Ever heard of Rakeru in Tokyo? One of the things I really like to eat in Japan is hamburger steak. It might look counter intuitive to go and eat western food while it Japan but it’s not odd. Westernized Japanese food is called yoshoku and it is very popular. You will find many different Italian […]
Due to my (small) addiction to UFO catchers, I was very happy to find out that there was a SEGA Game Centre in Takayama. Spoiler alert: we spent a lot of yen and walked away with nothing. However, we when we left it was nearly dinner time and when we looked across the parking lot, […]
We went to Sant-AnGelo (サンタアンジェロ) for our last meal in Osaka before we headed off to Takayama. The address is: 5-1-60 Nanba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 542-0076. It can be tricky to find because it’s located in a mall called Namba City. Just walk past all the shops on the first floor to an […]
Our first day in Tokyo was a rainy, rainy one. We started off the morning by heading off to Gotokuji Temple and that was a bit of a trek. We decided we need to warm up and we stopped by an udon place in Shibuya that Howie likes. I love my ramen but Howie loves […]
A lot of people were interested in our last post about what we learned from our Japan trip. We thought more about it and here are some more things we want to share with you! Smoking Is Very Common Our home city bans smoking inside all public buildings and you even have to be 5 […]
We decided to spend a couple nights in Takayama on our last Japan trip. Neither of us had ever been and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. It’s about a 4 hour trek from Tokyo to get there but it is completely worth it. We fell in love with its small town feel and […]