Food
The Izakaya Experience | 居酒屋経験
Well, we decided to head back to where we wanted to eat dinner. Which proved to be a bit more difficult than we had anticipated. The menu out front of the building, for the Teng Izakaya (which was also a chain we discovered later, recognizable by its bright red mascot) looked good, real good. Finding [...]
The “Real” Tokyo Subway and Pokemon Center
After leaving the East Gardens we headed for Takebashi station. With my handy Subway guide book, we figured out we needed to transfer three times to get to Hamamatsucho station, from there a short walk to the Pokemon Center to get some souvenirs for our kids. What had we gotten ourselves into?! Here’s a tip, [...]
Akihabara | 秋葉原
Still recovering from yesterday’s marathon walk, we decided today we’d take it easy. We only had one destination in mind, which actually turned out to be two by the time we were finished, but that can wait. After a long lazy morning, we set out on the Yamanote line for Akihabara. The land of Manga, [...]
Senso-ji and the Nakamise Arcade | 浅草寺, 仲店
At the end of the Ginza line is Asakusa station. A short walk from there begins the journey into Senso-ji, probably the most popular tourist destination in Tokyo, both for locals and foreigners alike. At least it seemed that way to us. The crowds around Shinjuku station had nothing on this scene, at least on [...]
Mt. Takao
(note: I may split this post up, and with more detail later…) Today we started our day trips out of the city. Rather than get breakfast at the hotel, we opted for a little (again, pseudo-Italian) bistro/cafe place up the street from the hotel. We shared a mediocre-at-best panini or whatever you call it. Meh. [...]
Iwamotoro Ryokan and Enoshima Island
Just to recap, we had to carry our luggage from Shinjuku all the way out to Enoshima Island, where we would be spending our last night in Japan. We made our way from the monorail station out to the island, found the hotel, and were able to leave our bags at the front desk until [...]
Konbini Food | コンビニの食べ物
Much like here in “the States”, you can run down to the local convenience store, or “konbini” (コンビニ) in Japan, and grab some food. Now, I’m not going to go off on the “OMG Japan’s konbini food >> everything” tangent. I’ve had some pretty damn good food from the local QT before. OK, maybe not [...]
Advice? Travelling in Japan with Food Allergies?
If I could reach out to the community here for a moment…. We’re taking the kids on this next trip, and I’m wondering if any of you have any advice on this situation. My son has a pretty bad food allergy to fish. Basically if it swims, he can’t eat it, let alone handle it. [...]
