tokyo (2020) in pictures: teamlab borderless & the tour de ramen
rounded off the 2020 japan trip with 5 days in tokyo to meet up with haha, frank & karan. teamlab borderless on odaiba was a mindblowing experience. with only a couple days in town managed to revisit some fav spots…
hokkaido (2020) in pictures: sai-ko japow with a side of gyu katsu
after my first snowboaridng trip to hokkaido, i knew i had to get back there so the four of us (efka, gleb & simon) organized a two-week trip together to pop their japow cherry. with a toyota hi-ace minivan and…
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,…
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…
spicy kikanbo tsukemen
the last ramen store we tried was a break from the norm. kikanbo’s calling card is spicy ramen and their bowls have been so popular that they opened up a second shop two doors down solely to specialize in each…
afuri ramen, revisited
afuri ramen is another popular chain in tokyo and has been on our hit list thanks to a visit to the harajuku branch four years ago. i’d say that their callings are: -their broth is chicken based so it’s noticeably…
ippudo ramen
ippudo was a recommendation from our tokyo sensei, pablo. he’s the master of all things tokyo and after he gave our group a hands on tour four years ago, if he suggests to eat/walk/jump, we do it. we were coming…
weekly update #6 – tokyo
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. tokyo (air bnb in shibuya) for the last week q. favourite meal a. oh man… toss up. it’s either gyokotsu matador’s shoyu beef ramen or afuri’s yuzu tsukemen. i…