Japan

  • looking back at asahikawa

    when did we visit and for how long? late february for 10 days what kind of accommodations? two hotels.  we barely stayed in the first one for 30 minutes because it was so disgusting.  smoke was seeping out of everything,…

  • our homes away from home: the asia edition

    so one thing we found out very quickly into our travels was that although airbnb is a nice alternative to hotels to get that ‘home away from home’ experience, it’s not quite perfect.  i swear that we weren’t trying to…

  • looking back at sapporo

    i’m trying my hand at maybe my last ‘regular’ series of posts… to look back upon the cities that we’ve stayed in this trip and to compare that to our first day to see how our opinions of the city…

  • Funky Foods of Asia

    I was able to sample some interesting foods while in Asia, some courtesy of the ever adventurous eating sensei Frank. Here’s a list of the highlights. Raw marinated crab. The ick factor for me was not knowing how clean the…

  • the many walking styles of asia

    location: niseko terrain: resort town with fresh snow and high winds style: slowly, usually with our heels slipping out from under us resembles:    location: rusutsu terrain: hotel lobbies and designated trails to the uploading lift style: upright resembles: location:…

  • weekly update #7 – tokyo & seoul

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. tokyo (airbnb in shibuya/harajuku), seoul (airbnb in itaewon) q. favourite meal a. our build-your-own-lunch at the tongin market in seoul.  for a mere 5000won (~$6 cad), you get 10…

  • In Search of Pho

    Didn’t realize how much pho I have until I was missing it badly after two weeks on the road. I guess I almost have it every week and it’s one of my go to cold rainy soup. I didn’t find…

  • Kamakura by the Sea

    We made a day trip out to Kamakura on the Monday predicted to be sunny. What we didn’t know was that there was a national holiday of some sort and it’s a long weekend. So we crowded onto a packed…