Beach getaway to Isumi, Chiba

To celebrate a friend's birthday, we visited the beach side of Chiba prefecture called Isumi last weekend. Just around 100km away from Tokyo, Isumi that faces Pacific Ocean is accessible from Tokyo and is filled with seafood and peaceful countryside with lots of rice fields and bird chirping. To celebrate a friend's birthday, we visited … Continue reading Beach getaway to Isumi, Chiba

Summer weekend in Sapporo

sapporo otaru milk scallop seafood sapporo university crab all the good things of sapporo hokkaido photographed by native expat

A lucky business trip to Sapporo last Monday gave us an opportunity to travel to the prefecture that I most wanted to visit in Japan, the northern island in Japan, Hokkaido. After landing in Chitose Airport at 8:30am on Saturday, we caught the train for 50 minutes into the city center, Sapporo. It was quite … Continue reading Summer weekend in Sapporo