April was so busy that after I got back from Kyoto I didn’t go anywhere and just worked. Then one day a friend asked if I wanted to go see some sculptures made of sand, so off we went. On the way we sto…
So here it is, finally my last Kyoto post. ^_^ Having come all the way to Kyoto, I felt I’d been eating pretty carelessly so far, so I went looking for a kamameshi place with a good reputation on Tabelog…
I found out about an interesting place from a blog I often visit. It’s a cake shop in Kyoto called Ghost, and unusually, it sells cakes made with alcohol. The blogger raved that they tasted amazing, so I…
Since hanami was one of the three goals of this trip (the other two being good food and going somewhere I’d never been), here are some cherry blossom photos. The sky was dark, so only a handful came out …
There’s one place in Kyoto that’s famous for bo-zushi. Bo-zushi is sushi made from fish that spoils easily, cured in vinegar and left to mature before eating. As expected it isn’t cheap, but …
I introduced this place the year before last, I think. It’s famous for Kyoto’s local cuisine, yet oddly it hardly shows up in guidebooks. Last time an SD card problem wiped out a whole bunch of my …
After a slightly disappointing meal, the first place I headed to was the two Hongan-ji temples. Two famous temples, Nishi Hongan-ji and Higashi Hongan-ji, stand not far from the station. They’re easy to …
With cherry blossom season here, I went to Kyoto again this year. Compared with the early days, when I’d just get in the car and drive there with no plan at all, my travel skills have come a long way. Th…
I had some free time during a business trip to Tokyo, so I arranged to meet a friend. There was a French restaurant I’d really wanted to go to, but I was told it was already fully booked. So I switched t…
I went out to Harajuku, but there wasn’t really anywhere that jumped out at me. There are some set-meal places, and Italian and French too, but for two guys that’s just an extravagance. At times li…
While looking for somewhere to have breakfast in Shinjuku, I came across BEER&CAFE BERG. Come out of the underground Central East Exit at Shinjuku Station and head left, and you’ll see it. It’…
If you land at Haneda Airport on the last flight, it’s usually around 8 pm. Heading into the city, checking in at the hotel and then going for a drink gets you to around 10 at the earliest, and with the …