Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just like anywhere else in the world, you can spend an awful lot on food in Japan if you want to. But if you’re travelling on limited means, it’s actually very easy to eat on the cheap. Unlike most other countries, the Japanese hold their eating establishments […]
Food & Drink
Sweet Memories – “Sofuto Kuriimu”
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As I write this, it is 37°C (98.6°F) outside, a negligibly cooler 35°C (95°F) within my apartment, and humidity hovering at about 60%. Welcome to Summer in Japan. But in keeping with the spirit of “mind over mater,” let us think cool thoughts: cool places, cool people, […]
Being vegetarian in Japan: A survival guide
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Breakfast at the Nara Hotel
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! It may be one of the most advanced countries in the world, but being a vegetarian in Japan is far from simple. As we become increasingly concerned about our health and the environment, more and more of us are ditching meat and fish in favour of vegetarianism […]
Tokyo Restaurant Review – Takazawa Bar
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you’re a foodie there’s a good chance that you’ve already hear of Takazawa. The restaurant, named after it’s owner and chef, was ranked in the top 50 restaurant in Asia in both 2014 and 2015. Takazawa is loved by critics and patronized daily by Tokyo’s elite. In newspapers and magazines there […]
The Yamazaki Whisky Distillery is Pretty Neat!
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Rows of Whisky bottles
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A favourite pastime in Japan in summer is to get together with friends and while away the balmy nights around a habachi barbecue with some ice cold beers. In February however, what with the frequent snowfall and early sunsets, those long evenings can seem a distant memory. Beer […]
Tokyo’s Top Ten Wackiest Restaurants
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Strange fads, outrageous fashions, incomprehensible crazes… Japan has achieved worldwide fame for being “weird.” Say this to some people and they will roll their eyes and assure you that Japan is not as strange as you think. And many ways they are right: the famously crazy fashion […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Strange fads, outrageous fashions, incomprehensible crazes… Japan has achieved worldwide fame for being “weird.” Say this to some people and they will roll their eyes and assure you that Japan is not as strange as you think. And many ways they are right: the famously crazy fashion […]