If I were to pick only one thing as the highlight of my stay in Kii Katsuura, it would be the private onsen experience with Fafa…
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I can see myself living in Takahara village. I loved it there! I live for this kind of experience. It felt like my life joy had been resorted…
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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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I am grateful that my first Goshuin acquiring experience was memorable, even if it had started with an angry monk in a temple.…
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Kaiseki is a much more elaborate multi-course Japanese set menu. The menu follows standard steps, akin to a western menu.…
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I could be forever doomed after the one elusive Japanese breakfast in Tokyo that set an impossible-to-match standard for the rest.…
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As the saying goes ━ you don't forget your first Onigiri. I had mine at the Fushimi Inari train station on my first Japan trip with my best friends.…
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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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One of the things that excited me the most during my Japan trip was the daily visit to the Japanese supermarket. So much so that on the last three trips I picked our hotel based on the walking distance to a Japanese supermarket. To be fair, it’s not that hard, as there is at…
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Izakaya is a small Japanese styled bar that serves small portion dishes and alcoholic drinks. It’s one of the authentic Japanese cultural experiences you wouldn’t want to miss when travelling in Japan. It’s also the place I frequented the most in Japan, even more than temples and shrines. My First Izakaya Experience Hole In…
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