An Indonesian and a Chinese went into a Japanese Izakaya located in a small town in Australia; It sounds like a start of a bad joke, doesn’t it? But that’s precisely what happened. Liz and I are staying in a lovely Airbnb in Mt Macedon this weekend, and we went to Kuzu Izakaya tonight…
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I am reading The Road To Sata by Alan Booth. I mean, I have started reading it. I have only finished the first section. Chapter I. Outposts.…
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I would get to tick off from my ultimate Japan trip list or add more to it. But I would be okay either way because I will always miss Japan.…
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Another good night’s sleep (Fafa complained that I started all my recent entries with the status of my sleep ━ it’s a diary, Fa, That’s how I write my diary) and stayed in bed for some time while Fafa cooked us Farmer’s breakfast. I so can get adjusted to this morning routine! After breakfast…
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Gyoza Gyoza has delicious tapas-style Japanese food. From edamame, yakitori, takoyaki to miso soup. And their drinks are delicious.…
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Tokyo On Foot I got his first book, Tokyo On Foot, last year, after contemplating for many moons, whether dropping serious dollars was worth getting a book filled with drawings only. The book ended up being my all-time favourite. I reread it countless times and at times it cheers me up as well. That…
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Confession time: I have committed several travel sins, including not travelling for a long time to needing bathroom amnesties.…
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I have a dream to travel to all of Japan’s 47 prefectures by train and experience a bit of culture in each of the prefectures. I have travelled to 17 of the 47 prefectures (crossed on the below list), and a few I wouldn’t mind revisiting. When I got some free time (and am…
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Is there anyone who doesn’t experience travel fails? Of course not. It’s just that most of the time, I intentionally choose to write about the good experiences of my travels instead of the travel fails. Today I am going to share my travel fails here in the hope that maybe you too can relate,…
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Let’s talk about pausing to take notice of the beauty in ordinary things. I am slowly losing a skill, especially if it's in my own backyard.…
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