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Hiroshima, Revisited

I’ve been so busy lately that travel was out of the question, but somehow I ended up going to Hiroshima as an extension of work -_- This is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It’s a park built rig…

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Scenes from Hiroshima

A collection of random, who-knows-what photos I took in Hiroshima. Rainbow It poured all night until dawn, then stopped right around sunrise. A pretty rainbow came out, but it didn’t come out well in th…

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Santouka Ramen in Hiroshima

Of all the ramen chains that went national and got famous, like Ippudo, Ichiran and Kamukura, there’s one I still haven’t introduced here. It’s Santouka, which has 11 branches in Tokyo alone….

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Things I Ate in Kyoto, etc.

On the first morning I looked around Tofuku-ji, and by the time I came out it was lunchtime. While wandering around deciding where to eat, I went into a place that for some reason had a long line out front. I …

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Ginkaku-ji in Kyoto

The photos I took at Ginkaku-ji weren’t as colorful as you’d expect from Kyoto in autumn, so I’ve gathered them here separately. The garden Trees and moss Coins Autumn leaves Moss and fal…

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Autumn Scenery in Kyoto

I went to Kyoto over the weekend to see the autumn leaves. I’d say Kyoto might be the most beautiful city in Japan in autumn. Coming here really blew me away. Countless temples, their gardens dyed in eve…

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Nomoto Karia in Tottori

This weekend I went to a DJ event featuring Nomoto Karia. Truth is, I didn’t go for Karia at all; I went because Groove Anchan, the leader of NovaFASE and a super fantastic DJ, was coming.. (really!) Fi…

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At the Oni-no-Shitaburui Gorge..

Autumn is getting deeper, so I thought I’d go see the fall colors and headed out for the weekend. I’d heard there’s a famous gorge called Oni-no-Shitaburui about an hour and a half away, so I…

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What I Ate This Weekend..

Yoshinoya has started serving gyudon again and is running an event called the Gyudon Revival Festival. It’s a limited-time gyudon sale ahead of the official relaunch in December. Remembering the bowls I …

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Hakata Ramen Shops in Fukuoka

As soon as I got to Hakata Station I had breakfast first and then headed straight for Karo no Uron, but even though I ate at 9 and strolled over slowly, I got there before 10 -_-; So with loads of time to kill…

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