Ganryujima in Shimonoseki
Ganryujima is about 10 minutes by boat from the Shimonoseki mainland. At first I figured the pier must be somewhere closer to the island, but when I asked the information staff at the fish market, they said yo…
Ganryujima is about 10 minutes by boat from the Shimonoseki mainland. At first I figured the pier must be somewhere closer to the island, but when I asked the information staff at the fish market, they said yo…
For Golden Week I did a northern Kyushu trip again, same as last year. The first stop was Shimonoseki, a place Koreans know from the Treaty of Shimonoseki. In Japan it’s famous for winter fugu, but, well…
This visit was more than two weeks ago now. I’d heard that Kokoan (香古庵), a sister restaurant of an onsen ryokan in the Daisen area of Tottori Prefecture, opened back in February, so I went to see what it…
At long last I’ve found the time to sort out the rest of the photos from my Osaka/Kyoto trip. This time I was traveling with my elders, so we ended up eating at department-store restaurant floors not onc…
I’ve had way too much work this week (damn you, Hibernate) and couldn’t give the blog any attention. Milking the Kyoto travelogue for a whole month is starting to prick my conscience. The busy stre…
The standard Kyoto sightseeing route is probably Kiyomizu-dera / Kinkaku-ji / Ginkaku-ji / Sanjusangen-do. We’d already done our cherry blossom viewing in the morning, so we figured we’d do some si…
Kyoto has such a long history that its traditional cuisine is famous, but a lot of the places go for an upscale concept, so they’re not cheap. Serious gourmets won’t hesitate to spend what it takes…
Here are the photos I took on the way down from the Philosopher’s Path, past Heian Jingu Shrine, to Kyoto City Hall. The whole city is overflowing with cherry blossoms. This is why Kyoto in season is suc…
I spent the weekend in Kyoto. As an office worker who can only travel on weekends, there was no way to time it for peak bloom, but the day was clear and warm and I could really soak up the full feeling of spri…
I’ve mentioned this before, but these days I hardly eat out and mostly cook for myself at home. When you spend a dozen-plus hours a day doing desk work – and even your downtime is spent watching mo…
It was a weekend when I could finally relax for once, the weather was nice and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, so I went out… well, not really… The cheap iPhone charger I’d bought in …
A friend came to visit, so I booked a table at an izakaya that’s fairly well known around here. It may be just a neighbourhood izakaya, but it serves regional dishes made with ingredients shipped straigh…