Hidden away next to Kyoto’s river and bamboo forests in Arashiyama is a small restaurant Shoraian, serving traditional tofu multi-course Japanese meals (kaiseki). While most kaiseki meals tend to be rather expensive ($100~300/person), […]
When I was in high school I watched “Lunch Queen”, a Japanese drama about a lady extremely obsessed with lunches, especially the Japanese omelette rice called omurice. Since then, I have been obsessed […]
There’s only one place in Japan where you can find more free roaming deer than people…and that’s at Nara Park! Before the 1637, it was a capital offense punishable by death […]
While most tourists in Japan will visit Osaka and Kyoto, many pass by a lesser known city, Nara, which is just 25 miles away. This post will showcase Nara’s temples and scenery, while the following […]
One of Hayao Miyazaki’s most well known anime is his 1988 masterpiece “My Neighbor Totoro“. Without ruining too much of the story for you, two sisters (Satsuki and Mei) move into an old rural […]
My favorite place in Kyoto is the Fushimi Inari Shrine — the most popular shrine dedicated to Inari (Shinto god of rice). Stone fox status can be found everywhere […]
