• 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…

  • 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…

  • weekly recap #5 – sapporo and tokyo

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. sapporo (same airbnb), tokyo (3 night sairbnb in shinjuku) q. favourite meal a. butayaro. they have one item on the menu, all you have to do is pick your…