Other than being the home of the world famous tuna auction, opened in 1935, Tsukiji market is also the largest fish market in the world.…
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There was no English menu, but the breakfast menu had cute hand-drawn pictures. It was the best Japanese breakfast I have ever had so far.…
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Daruma Doll is considered as one of the most popular good luck charms in the Japanese culture and it is also one of Japanese many Kami.…
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With all these bad and ugly during my last Japan trip, you might think I would be done with Japan. Hey, even I thought so.…
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Almost all of the Japanese toilets I have been to are high-tech. My absolute favourite Japanese toilet is one inside the Ueno Starbucks.…
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When I watched the Jiro Sushi documentary some years ago, I silently vowed that one day I would eat at his restaurant, making it onto the list shared by Obama and such. That “one day” happened when during my third Japan trip. I made the lunch booking immediately after I booked my ticket to…
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Sumi-e is the ancient Japanese charcoal drawing technique practised by Buddhist monks initially. It is created with brush strokes, creating a natural flow of the drawing. The central theme of Sumi-e is nature, with four types of plants most painted representing the ever-changing four seasons. It uses ink derived from densely packed charcoal ash,…
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I usually pour my post-Japan-trip thoughts into a blog post shortly after I leave the beloved country, but this time it took me a much longer time. I kept digging into my short term memories for the parts of this Japan trip that I wasn’t a fan of, the bad and the ugly before I continue…
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I have small and big things on my to-do list for this Japan trip, one of which is to try the iconic Japanese Starbucks Matcha Pudding.…
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Dōtonbori might be the one neighbourhood in the entire Japan where I have eaten most, even compared to the more famous ones in Tokyo.…
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