Suzuki, a Chicken Restaurant in Nagoya
I ended up going to Nagoya, supposedly Japan’s third-largest city. It wasn’t as big as I’d expected, but it was a charming, cozy sort of place. (Contrary to the rumors, though, I didn’t…
I ended up going to Nagoya, supposedly Japan’s third-largest city. It wasn’t as big as I’d expected, but it was a charming, cozy sort of place. (Contrary to the rumors, though, I didn’t…
I bought a 5-megapixel phone but hadn’t really been making good use of it. The main reason is that the picture quality was below what I’d hoped for, but it’s still fine for keeping a simple r…
I spent yesterday and today on a two-day trip to Kyoto, and Vista went and wiped out all the photos I’d worked so hard to take. I’m still in shock. I managed to recover a few, but not a single rest…
I was meant to post these photos two years ago and am only getting around to it now. The information is old, so things may well have changed since — keep that in mind. Motor show season has already come around…
I went to Jongno to stop by a bookstore, and while I was at it I paid a visit to Myeongdong Kyoja, the place that’s famous with Japanese tourists. Truth is, back when I had an office job, I was a fan of …
My Chuseok business trip this time was on such a tight schedule that I figured I wouldn’t have time to see my friends, but somehow a gap opened up the day before I left. We had to pick a place in a hurry…
The day before Chuseok I went out to Yeonan Pier. The main goals were to try the abalone ramyeon and to buy some seafood. Ever since I started university in Seoul, I haven’t really gone around Incheon be…
Incheon is my home turf, but honestly there aren’t many places here you could call great restaurants. I met up with my high school friends for the first time in a while, and while we were trying to figur…
Wine is really cheap in Japan. I bought a few bottles to share with friends, and while I was looking for a place to drink them, I heard there was a spot near Gangnam Station with free corkage, so I dropped by….
Over the last Chuseok holiday I came to Korea for a visit, for the first time in almost seven months. Someone I’m on friendly terms with seemed glad to see me back in Korea after so long and insisted on …
I couldn’t find any restaurant in Hagi in the guidebooks that looked especially good (cheap and tasty), so I booked a ryokan that serves meals. Even where I live, the cheap, tasty places rarely make it i…
Since it was food served on a boat, I didn’t expect much at first, but the dishes turned out to be pretty high-end. (Had I known it would be this good, I might have skipped the Kitakata ramen…) Sas…