Beer

  • koenji, kichijoji and a menchi katsu kind of afternoon

    west of the tokyo core and away from the fast paced lifestyle of shibuya and shinjuku are koenji and kichijoji; neighbourhoods connected to shinjuku via the odakyu line.  our original plan was to visit both in conjunction with visiting studio…

  • a tour of the suntory musahino brewery

    our second day in tokyo was a lazy day after all the walking around we did.  we woke up late and ate breakfast at home thanks to our (drum roll)… TWO burner stove.  yeah we did. seeing as how we…

  • craft beer in sapporo

    i miss a lot of things from home and at the risk of sounding like an alcoholic, beer is definitely on that list.  i love an icy cold sapporo after a day on the mountain as much as the next…

  • the yakitori sendoff from sapporo

    this post is a little overdue as well.  about two weeks ago, our travel companions and fellow powder hounds from new zealand and vancouver were packing up their bags to return to their homes and careers.  both of which haha…