Japan
hootie hoo
we went to our first cat cafe back in sapporo so why not owls right? i don’t know what possessed us to climb the stairs to this cafe but once we got there, curiousity got the better of us and…
Fire Walking Festival at Mt. Takao
Last Sunday, we headed out to Mount Takao to check out the fire walking festival (Hiwatari-sai). We got there just in time to catch the procession of yamabushi monks walking towards the festival grounds. We quickly follow the procession, making…
butylicious butayaro
after trying tokachi ippin’s butadon in sapporo, we had to see how tokyo’s version compared to it. it’s just a bit outside of the core stations of tokyo in ochanomizu. even though we had the address we were walking up…
The Carry On Wardrobe
Before we left Sapporo, we shipped our large suitcase and snowboard bag back to Vancouver. It will take about 2 months for our bags to get to Vancouver. Surprisingly the cost to ship our bags back was a lot less…
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…
Mapo Tofu Times Two
Woke up this morning to a cold and rainy day, so we decided to stay in and get caught up with blog posts. Well, Jojo did all the posts while I caught up on Answer Me 1988 episodes. 😛 Hunger…
you’ve got a friend in me
for our first full day in tokyo we decided to check out the pixar exhibit at museum of contemporary art. it was on the east side of the city in koto and it took us about and hour to get…
dumpling hour at harajuku gyoza lou
no trip to japan would be complete without gyoza. after walking the streets of harajuku we stopped in at gyoza lou for a small snack to tide us over until dinner. it was mid afternoon the lineup of 20+ people…
monja street in tsukishima
if there’s one thing we’ve gotten down to a science so far this trip it’s that we’re proactive when it comes time to plan for our stomachs. we were halfway through our drinks at craft beer bar ibrew when the…
helloooo tokyo
upon our arrival to tokyo we were greeted with good old rain. out of tradition, i like to eat ramen as my first meal so couple that with the wet weather and it was an easy decision to look for…
