Yokohama, Japan 2020

We did a day trip to Yokohama today and with Aaron’s guidance, we were able to walk around the entire city in 3 hours. This is our travel diary 😄.…

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Sushi Kinoshita: Omakase 2020

Tonight we were very lucky to secure an omakase seating with Chef Junichi Sato during our short trip to Tokyo, Japan 🤩. This restaurant, opened under the guidance of 3-Michelin-star…

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Echigo Nagaoka Kojimaya CoCoLo

We stopped by Echigo Nagaoka Kojimaya CoCoLo during our day trip to Niigata today (LINK). It was a cute soba restaurant inside the train station. We were all feeling clogged…

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Ponshukan

Japan does it again with the coolest attractions 😍. Ponshukan is a museum dedicated to sake (rice wine). There are three branches, all located inside Niigata station, making it the…

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Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery

One of the coolest things we did during our short trip to Japan was visiting the Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery in Niigata. This was part of our day trip from Tokyo…

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Hakusan Park and Shrine

We did a day trip up to Niigata today with our JR Passes and stopped by Hakusan Park and Hakusan Shrine. This park is one of Japan’s 100 best city…

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Niigata, Japan 2020

We love day trips around Japan. This is our travel diary of our trip to Niigata today. We woke up early and departed Tokyo around 9 AM. It was a…

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Takoyaki of Dotonbori

Takoyaki is a small, round Japanese snack. It’s made of wheat flour-based batter, filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger and green onion. Sprinkled with takoyaki sauce (like Worcestershire),…

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Shibuya

Shibuya is one of the most popular suburbs in Tokyo, Japan, known for its shopping districts and Shibuya crossing. I’m sharing some photos here because I don’t know where else…

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Tokyo, Japan 2019

I’ve been trying to convince my family to travel to Japan for the longest time and when they finally agreed to two weeks, I was thrilled and planned our itinerary…

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