Ginkaku-ji in Kyoto
The photos I took at Ginkaku-ji weren’t as colorful as you’d expect from Kyoto in autumn, so I’ve gathered them here separately. The garden Trees and moss Coins Autumn leaves Moss and fal…
The photos I took at Ginkaku-ji weren’t as colorful as you’d expect from Kyoto in autumn, so I’ve gathered them here separately. The garden Trees and moss Coins Autumn leaves Moss and fal…
I went to Kyoto over the weekend to see the autumn leaves. I’d say Kyoto might be the most beautiful city in Japan in autumn. Coming here really blew me away. Countless temples, their gardens dyed in eve…
This weekend I went to a DJ event featuring Nomoto Karia. Truth is, I didn’t go for Karia at all; I went because Groove Anchan, the leader of NovaFASE and a super fantastic DJ, was coming.. (really!) Fi…
Autumn is getting deeper, so I thought I’d go see the fall colors and headed out for the weekend. I’d heard there’s a famous gorge called Oni-no-Shitaburui about an hour and a half away, so I…
Yoshinoya has started serving gyudon again and is running an event called the Gyudon Revival Festival. It’s a limited-time gyudon sale ahead of the official relaunch in December. Remembering the bowls I …
As soon as I got to Hakata Station I had breakfast first and then headed straight for Karo no Uron, but even though I ate at 9 and strolled over slowly, I got there before 10 -_-; So with loads of time to kill…
I got to Hakata Station, the western end of the Shinkansen line, at 9 in the morning. Looking around for something to eat, I found a few places in the station basement serving breakfast. I guess that’s w…
I went to Karo no Uron, a hand-made udon specialist that has been in business in Fukuoka for 130 years (“uron” is Hakata dialect for udon). It turns out it’s near Nakasu. There are plenty of …
Having come all the way to Fukuoka, I couldn’t just eat ramen the whole time. I’d decided to skip sushi, soba and wagyu on this trip, so I was thinking of trying a French or Italian place, and this…
I went to Hassho, a famous Hiroshima okonomiyaki spot. I couldn’t find anywhere decent to go for dinner -_-;; The entrance. A pretty ordinary atmosphere. First I order a draft beer. One cold draft beer…
I got back from Fukuoka early and wandered around the streets of Hiroshima. The main reason? This! The Legend of Ultraman exhibition It was on at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum. I’m a fan of the U…
I used the weekend to go to Fukuoka. I left at 3 a.m., got to Hiroshima at 7, and took the shinkansen to Hakata Station in Fukuoka, arriving at 9. I didn’t get back to the hotel until after midnight and …