Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Monday April 18th 7pm was the last night and our final dinner of the first Hidden Japan tour of the year. We were in Shinjuku, the bright neon heart of central Tokyo. We ate at a traditional izakaya (Japanese diner). Earlier in our tour, we had a memorable picnic under the sakura […]
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Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We are almost ten days into our Hidden Japan tour. It has been perfect picnic weather almost everyday. The sakura (cherry blossoms) are in full bloom, so on Sunday, we took advantage by having a hanami picnic of sushi, bananas, soba noodles and scotch eggs. Like this post? Help us by sharing […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We are almost ten days into our Hidden Japan tour. It has been perfect picnic weather almost everyday. The sakura (cherry blossoms) are in full bloom, so on Sunday, we took advantage by having a hanami picnic of sushi, bananas, soba noodles and scotch eggs. Like this post? Help us by sharing […]