Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When Simona travelled to Japan recently, she didn’t let her lack of travel companions get in the way of a good meal. Eating alone isn’t unusual, so she wasted no time trying these three unmissable foodie experiences. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Food & Drink
Iwate, autumn leaves and the wanko soba noodle challenge
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Travel consultant Shakira takes in the sights, sounds and (most importantly) tastes of Iwate. Luckily she arrived hungry for the wanko soba challenge… Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Tokyo’s Kawaii Monster Café by night
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Travel consultant Leslie gears up for an evening inside a rainbow explosion at the Kawaii Monster Café in Harajuku (complete with a lemur waiter!) Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
New Year rituals and traditions in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With very few Christians in Japan, Christmas doesn’t go off in a bang of carol singing, festive films and enormous feasts (unless you count KFC…). New Year’s however has its own range of rituals, traditions, food and music and is an important date in Japan’s holiday-strewn calendar. […]
Japanese food: Five must-try regional dishes
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As someone who made Japan home back in 2005, tour leader Marky Hobold certainly knows his way around the foodie scene. Don’t leave Japan without trying his top regional dishes. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Top 10 things to do in Kobe
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! “The home of Kobe beef?” 9 times out of 10, when you ask someone if they’ve heard of Kobe, the famous marbled meat comes to mind, but (while apparently delicious) this port city has a whole lot more going for it. Despite being overshadowed by big brother […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! “The home of Kobe beef?” 9 times out of 10, when you ask someone if they’ve heard of Kobe, the famous marbled meat comes to mind, but (while apparently delicious) this port city has a whole lot more going for it. Despite being overshadowed by big brother […]