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…
Following last year, I went to Kyoto again this year. The main goal was to finally see Arashiyama, which I didn’t make it to last year. I’d heard people say you can’t talk about autumn in Kyo…
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…
Continued from Part 1. Let me take a moment to explain the rules I follow for my posts. I don’t record every single place I visit. Rather than a travel log of what was at the first stop, what was at the …
The biggest problem with country life is that there’s not much to do on weekends. Of course, you can always find things to do, and I’ve always had a real knack for making work for myself -_-; so it…