About 10 km from central Takamatsu is the filming location of “Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World” (Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu). I really enjoyed that movie, so I went to have a loo…
Takamatsu, the hub of the Sanuki region, has a beautifully done-up harbor. That’s because most of its traffic with the mainland goes by boat. It’s only about 10 minutes from downtown, and I have to…
In Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku there’s a place called Naruto. In the strait between Shikoku and Awaji Island the currents create whirlpools, and they’ve built a walkway for sightseers right abo…
The Sanuki region of Shikoku, today’s Kagawa Prefecture, is famous for udon. In that small patch of land there’s an udon shop practically every time you cross the street.. A few years back an udon …
Here’s part 2. I only split it in two because the photos are so large; there’s no real difference in content. Here’s one of those pointless shots everyone takes everywhere. Spring is here. …
To welcome the spring of 2007, I spent two days in Kyoto on April 7-8 for some cherry blossom viewing. After going for the autumn leaves last fall, I’d told myself I had to come back in spring too, and w…
I haven’t been able to post for a while, so my photos have piled up… I finally have some time, so here they are. Love fortune at Yaegaki Shrine “A marriage proposal will become a good match….
I went to Shukaen, the original shop behind Onomichi ramen, which started getting popular nationwide a few years ago. It was the main reason for this trip. Rumor has it that this shop’s ramen isn’t…
I’ve gathered some of my personal favorites from the photos I took in Onomichi. Tyrannosaurus A Stegosaurus, if I remember right The very idea of building a dinosaur park inside a factory was fun. Judg…
I used a rare long weekend to visit Onomichi. Onomichi is a port town about 80 km from Hiroshima, and like Okayama it’s a transport hub with an expressway linking Shikoku to the mainland. The main goal o…
Apparently the latest trend in Japanese ramen is collaboration. Two famous ramen shops, Kukai and Kamado, have teamed up and opened a ramen shop in Shibuya. Funnily enough, this one shop sells the menus of bot…
I went to Steak House Hama, a teppan steak specialist that’s famous even in Tokyo. It turns out it’s inside a place in Meguro called Gajoen, so while I was there I had a look around Gajoen too. The…