When I asked around about what to eat in Nagoya, everyone said the same thing: you really should try hitsumabushi. Well, going by the guidebooks it looked like a pretty ordinary eel rice bowl, and at 2,500 yen…
We went out to Odaiba, but finding somewhere worth going isn’t that easy ^_^ You don’t even get a parking ticket unless you spend over 3,000 yen, so we wandered around looking for a decent place to…
My first weekend in Tokyo: around lunchtime a friend called me out, and we headed to the Gyoza Stadium in Ikebukuro. I’d seen the Ramen Stadium in Fukuoka, but who knew there was a gyoza stadium too? App…
Continued from the previous post. Scenes from the Expo 2005 Commemorative Park (Moricoro Park) Around Nagoya Castle Out on the street At Atsuta Shrine I’m sure I’ll have a reason to …
I didn’t get to do much sightseeing in Nagoya. The weather was bad, so even the photos from the few places I did stop by didn’t turn out that great. I’m not too disappointed, though. I can al…
Korea may be the birthplace of grilled meat, but Japanese yakiniku is a different animal from Korean bulgogi or galbi. The seasoning is a bit sweeter, and instead of the meat coming out in whole pieces that ge…
I’ve written about Fujimasu before. It’s a place where you can eat top-grade wagyu at a ridiculously low price. I heard they have sukiyaki as a special menu item that you can only get if you book a…
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 took lots of photos, enjoyed the brilliant autumn scenery, ate great food, and wrapped up the trip happily, but when I got home and was checking the photos on my computer, I lost roughly half of the data on …
If you leave the Tenryu-ji garden by the back gate instead of the front, about 500 m away there’s a temple famous for its autumn leaves called Jojakko-ji. Jojakko-ji itself is lovely, but the walk there …
Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama (天龍寺 in kanji) is a temple with such a deep history that it’s registered as a World Heritage Site. I’d heard the autumn leaves in its Japanese garden were gorgeous, so I wen…