"What is Onsen Tamago?" he followed me down the short steps. "You know, onsen egg — egg you make by boiling in the hot spring water!".…
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Tsuboyu Onsen ins the only UNESCO World Heritage site hot spring in the world, located in Yumino Onsen town in Wakayama prefecture, Japan.…
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It was a random weekend in 2020. I was nursing the ennui, a semi-permanent guest in my pandemic brain, when I read the first article about Kumano Kodo and proceeded to fall into the rabbit hole of the topic for the rest of the afternoon. Eventually, I emerged into the living room and told…
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Japan, especially Tokyo, has started to lose its' charm. These cities had the same vibes I got whenever I visited Singapore - familiarity.…
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Cabe, Indonesian restaurant in Tokyo, was good, but I was hoping for better. Good, but not comparable to other food I have eaten in Japan.…
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If you are here solely for the Kumano Kodo packing list, scroll to the bottom, but if you have time for a bit of story, then start from here…
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I am ready for Kumano Kodo because I am always ready. I might not be fully ready, but who would be anyway? But I will be ready enough.…
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I thought this Narita Skyliner was an express train to Narita, but there have been stops. That's fine, though; we have plenty of time.…
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Counting my wins: I have taken Amma to ride the Shinkansen, we visited Niigata—a new place together, and I ate the best onigiri of my life.…
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It was Fafa who found out about Tsumugi’s 18-dish breakfast in Tokyo, which wasn’t surprising as the man has been obsessed with breakfast time and breakfast food ever since I knew him. Shojin Ryori? I have had Shojin Ryori (Japanese temple cuisine ━ a set menu based on Buddhism teaching) before, while staying in…
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