Category: Travel guide

  • Offbeat Stays in Fukui, Japan: Townhouses Open for Guest Stays Mikuniminato

    Offbeat Stays in Fukui, Japan: Townhouses Open for Guest Stays Mikuniminato

    A new type of accommodation has opened up in Japan’s Mikuni Minato area. It’s called an “auberge”, but it is a selection of renovated townhouses dispersed throughout the area, with a central reception building and up-market French restaurant. I wrote the press release for them via Bluemoon Marketing, and was able to visit the auberge…

  • 10 Spots in and Around Tokyo for Plum Blossom Viewing

    10 Spots in and Around Tokyo for Plum Blossom Viewing

    While cherry blossoms often take the spotlight in late spring, plum blossoms are their lesser-known early blooming cousin you should look out for! Here are some great places to go plum-blossom viewing near Tokyo. https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/11244

  • Isehara: The Most Japanese Experience of Your Life

    Isehara: The Most Japanese Experience of Your Life

    Not far from Tokyo, you’ll find Isehara, an area home to Mt. Oyama and the nature and culture that comes with it. I recently visited this area on a tour that genuinely surprised me with how many cultural activities were packed into it. Take a look at my article about the tour that draws inspiration…

  • Organic and Earth-Friendly Markets in and Around Tokyo

    Organic and Earth-Friendly Markets in and Around Tokyo

    As the interest in sustainable living grows, so does the number of markets in Japan offering fun ways to achieve that lifestyle. Take a break from the faceless chain supermarkets and shops, and say hello to the local producers who come to sell their products face to face.  See my article with Metropolis here: https://metropolisjapan.com/organic-and-earth-friendly-markets-in-and-around-tokyo

  • teamLab Borderless Opens February 9 in New Tokyo Location (2024 Guide)

    teamLab Borderless Opens February 9 in New Tokyo Location (2024 Guide)

    teamLab Borderless reopens on February 9, 2024, in its new location at Azabudai Hills. With the closing of its previous Odaiba location in 2022, this new spot is bigger and better than ever before! See my exploration of the new location with Live Japan here: https://livejapan.com/en/in-tokyo/in-pref-tokyo/in-roppongi/article-a0005466

  • Warming words for this chilly season

    Warming words for this chilly season

    Japanese winters can get pretty damn cold, depending on where you are. But there are tons of ways to warm up, like snuggling under a kotatsu (underheated table). To go with those warming ways are a ton of warming words, too. Take a look at how to express that warmth in Japanese in my Japan…

  • 12 Best Tokyo Food Tours

    12 Best Tokyo Food Tours

    Food tours are a great way to really connect with an area in ways that are just so hard to replicate by yourself. The tour guides have so much knowledge and insider routes that make the food itself a cultural experience. Here are 12 food tours in Tokyo I recommend you try out: https://tokyocheapo.com/food-and-drink/best-tokyo-food-tours/

  • Restaurant Casita: An Open Space Matches an Open Welcome

    Restaurant Casita: An Open Space Matches an Open Welcome

    Walking towards Casita, you feel a calm wash over you as the sounds of busy Omotesando fade into the distance. And that feeling of finding your own little corner of this stylish Tokyo district is something that continues throughout your entire visit, in a way that is only made possible by Casita’s warm hospitality and…

  • Nature, History, and Delicious Seafood in Date City, Fukushima

    Nature, History, and Delicious Seafood in Date City, Fukushima

    There’s more to Fukushima than the headlines – this populous city is full of delicious food and luscious nature to explore: https://matcha-jp.com/en/13380

  • Recipe: Velvety kabocha soup

    Recipe: Velvety kabocha soup

    Squashes were never really a part of my diet back in the UK, and even though kabocha is basically available all year round in Japan, I still end up associating it with autumn and winter… So I love making my sweet and thick kabocha soup when I get the chance (my first recipe for The…