The Yokohama Ramen Museum wasn’t on my radar when Hunter and I were brainstorming places to go to during our anniversary trip to Tokyo. I was fairly pre-occupied with my dreams of visiting the Ghibli Museum! So when Hunter suggested we go, I wasn’t very enthused. “The...
Now THIS is a castle! Completed around 1628, it is one of only 12 castles to be considered ‘original,’ meaning the main keep has survived since at least 1868; the current keep of Matsuyama Castle was built in 1820 after being destroyed by lightning. Some famous castles, like...
Crazy to think that this month last year, I was off exploring Shikoku with friends for a week; looking forward to being able to travel again, both domestically and internationally! Back in the old days, people in the Iya Valley would cross the many rivers and gorges using bridges made of...
Hi everyone! This post is the second in my Kanazawa series. The first was about gold-leaf ice cream; read about it here! When my friends and I walked through the curtain and into the Kaikaro Teahouse, I immediately began getting excited. The stone genkan was, surprisingly, wet; I wondered...