As the sun goes down we leave the Peace Memorial and make our way back towards the center area, Shintenchi, for dinner. After having it already once for lunch we decide to have okonomiyaki again for dinner. It’s always best to have the meibutsu of any place twice, just to make sure it’s really as […]
After Hiroshima made a warm welcome with its meibutsu, it was time to switch to a more somber tone. Anxious we walk towards the direction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Not only is Hiroshima a very walkable city, but I recommend exploring by foot as it is a beautiful city. On the way to the […]
Sometimes a place grabs you. As soon as you exit the gates of its station it screams with character. It invites you in. Welcomes you like an old friend. This was Hiroshima to me. I can’t lie and say I wasn’t a little apprehensive about visiting. Of course I wanted to visit and felt I […]
Last day of my Kyushu adventure. I had to get back to Fukuoka at some point to catch a shinkansen back to Tokyo, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t do a little exploring on the way. I heard about this town in Oita that has been proclaimed as the Mecca of karaage. I would have […]
This week I interrupt your normally scheduled programming to bring you a cultural special on New Year’s in Japan! First a little bit of backstory. Christmas and New Years are reversed in Japan compared to the west, where Christmas is a date night or a holiday spent out and New Years is the holiday spent […]