The weather in Tokyo has been crisp, sunny and warm these days and we wanted to stretch our legs after a week of working from home. To enjoy some 紅葉 (koyo or autumn leaves) again since our visit to Nikko (check out my previous post about a weekend away at one of Japan's famous travel … Continue reading Koyo in Tokyo: walking along Todoroki Valley
Let me just start by saying that last weekend was a late one. After working at a Japanese company in Japan for over a year, it felt like I finally participated in my first proper Japanese work dinner. My company is now remote working first but as one of my colleagues from another teamwas … Continue reading Kanpai for goodbye – Dining out and drinking in Japan
As autumn makes it an ideal temperature and weather to be outside to wander, we finally visited somewhere that has been on my Google "star list ⭐️" for ages: 江戸東京とてもの公園 (Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum). Located inside Koganei Park (a little bit west from Studio Ghibli museum where I visited last year), Edo Tokyo Open … Continue reading Ojamashimasu, visiting Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum
My husband, our friend and I decided to visit one of top Japanese tourist destinations in autumn, 日光 (Nikko) in Tochigi prefecture to enjoy 紅葉 (Koyo or autumn leaves). Koyo is basically the autumn version of 花見 🌸 (hanami or cherry blossom viewing) in spring and is one of the seasonal nature activities that Japanese … Continue reading 🍁Let’s go, koyo! Enjoying autumn leaves in Nikko🍁
On the last week's post, I mentioned about the Japanese government’s initiative called Go To Eat Campaign that aims to support the restaurants. Last weekend, I tried it out twice using 2 different online reservation sites. Here's how things went.
Japanese economy has shrunk like many other countries this year and the Japanese government has been throwing many initiatives at the consumers hoping that we'll loosen our wallets to inject much needed cash into the economy 💵. I have mentioned about Go To Travel back in July (the update is that Tokyo residents are FINALLY … Continue reading Eat for free everyday in Japan? How the “Go to eat” campaign works
Hokkaido is famous for dairy cow farms because of its vast open land and good mild climate. 🐄However, farming can be done in a range of conditions, even in one of the busiest cities in the world, Tokyo 🗼. Tokyo lifestyle...?! Last weekend, we visited the only dairy cow farm within 23 special wards in … Continue reading Patting a cow in Tokyo – visiting Koizumi Ranch
We travelled in the northern part of Japan in Akita, Aomori and Hokkaido during the recent 4 days long weekend in September. The first part of the travel post was about our visit to: Japan's deepest lake, Lake Tazawathe hidden onsen village called Nyutou onsenLake Towada in between Akita and Aomori, andthe stunning 14km long … Continue reading Aomori and Hakodate – Silver Week 2020 Part 2
Colloquially called Silver Week, last weekend through to Tuesday was a 4 day long weekend due to Respect for the Aged Day and Autumnal Equinox Day. My husband and I took Friday off so that we can return to 東北 (Tohoku), the northern part of Japan. Previously, we have visited 山形 (Yamagata), 福島(Fukushima) and 宮城 … Continue reading Akita and Aomori road trip- Silver Week 2020 Part 1
At the start of the year, my husband's brother who loves to travel discovered a new hotel from the Hoshino Resort chain was opening in mid March 2020 called BEB5 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki prefecture. It's a casual cycling hotel located very close to the train station; so close it's actually inside it. They had an … Continue reading A quick weekend getaway from Tokyo to the city of cycle: Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
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