Ginza Toyoda is a 1 Michelin star restaurant in Tokyo that sells a kaiseki dinner for 30,250 yen. Whew! That’s quite out of our budget! So we opted for a lunch which was much more budget friendly at 12,100 yen. We have read that Ginza Toyoda used to have 2 Michelin stars but at the […]
There’s a Din Tai Fung in Japan?! Yes! You guys know by know that we’re experts when it comes to traveling around Japan! You’d think that for every meal we would be devouring Japanese food when we’re there. That’s actually not the case! Sometimes we crave for something that tastes familiar because we do get […]
Vacation Photographer in Tokyo? What are you talking about? On our last two Tokyo trips, Howie and I discovered the joys of hiring a photographer to do a photo session with us on our vacations. In particular, we really enjoy hiring one when we’re in Tokyo. Tokyo is one of the most aesthetic cities in […]
We were looking to eat some hamburger steak in Osaka when we thought about Rakeru. Do you remember when we were in Tokyo and ate at Rakeru? Well one year after that visit, we stopped in at a Rakeru in Osaka! This location is conveniently located at Namba City which is a huge mall located […]
Toyoko Inn is a hotel chain in Japan with locations in every location you can imagine from Tokyo to Osaka to Hiroshima and everything in between. This is our favorite hotel chain to stay in because it is very affordable even in a city like Tokyo. It is a no-frills kind of hotel and provides […]
On our way to the Tiffany Cafe, we passed by Ichiran Shibuya where we saw a few people waiting. It was about 10:45am and there was already a lineup out the door. We hesitated but the Tiffany donuts were calling our name. Around 12 noon, we popped back out to see that the lineup had […]