The Grand Hyatt in Bali
For our 5-day, 4-night trip to Bali we stayed at the Grand Hyatt in Nusa Dua. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it the best-equipped hotel in Bali, but it’s probably the biggest. The weather was grea…
For our 5-day, 4-night trip to Bali we stayed at the Grand Hyatt in Nusa Dua. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it the best-equipped hotel in Bali, but it’s probably the biggest. The weather was grea…
Breakfast at the Grand Hyatt. The display was pretty shabby, but the omelette was excellent and the rest was decent enough. You don’t see much mango or durian in Bali. I’d really been looking forw…
Even if you call it Balinese traditional food, there’s nothing all that special about it. The signature dishes are nasi goreng, which is fried rice, and mie goreng, which is fried noodles, and they taste…
My company sent me on a trip to Bali as a reward for working hard. I’d been collecting info on places worth visiting before I left, but two of the four days were spent on bus tours, so in the end there w…
Wagyu, Japanese beef, is pricey, yet plenty of people love it. I suppose that’s because the quality control is so thorough that the flavor is guaranteed. Once you get to nationally famous names like Mats…
There was an exhibition in Odaiba, so I went on a business trip to Tokyo. Since it was for work I didn’t get many chances to take photos, but here are a few. Mr. Kaspersky, flown in from Russia He’…
Riding the regional ramen boom, styles like Onomichi, Tokushima, Kitakata, Wakayama and Sapporo ramen have all become popular. The local character is nice, but they’re not especially outstanding in taste…
After striking out at Nakamura, I headed straight to Yamashita nearby. This is another famous shop where the line never stops. I suspect it’s probably the best-known name in the whole Sanuki area. You ca…
Shikoku is famous for its pilgrimage route around 88 temples, but Konpira-san isn’t a temple at all. It’s a shrine called Kotohira-gu. When I told people I was going on a trip to Shikoku, lots of t…
Ritsurin Garden is one of the must-see sights in Takamatsu. It’s right in the middle of the city, and since it looked small for a park I went back and forth on whether to bother, but I had some time left…
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Matsuyama is Dogo Onsen, said to be the oldest hot spring in Japan. So it was the very first place I headed when I got to Matsuyama. A full view of Dogo Ons…
On the morning of day three of my Shikoku trip, the first place I went after arriving in Matsuyama was Dogo Onsen. After parking at the hot spring, I could see Matsuyama Castle way off on top of a mountain. I&…