by leandra | Nov 12, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
The 30 minute train trip from Kyoto to Osaka was easy and our hotel was just a short three-block walk from the Nippombashi station. We dropped off our bags with the friendly staff at the front desk, grabbed our umbrella, and ventured over to the canal area to explore....
by leandra | Nov 10, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Even though our feet were pretty worn out at this point of the trip we couldn’t skip the 3.5 km hike through thousands of painted orange gates at Fushimi Inari Taisha. Many people suggest going first thing in the AM (it’s open 24 hours) but we just didn’t...
by leandra | Nov 7, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
We got to Tokyo Station early to sort out the JR tickets and then wandered through the downstairs food court area to look for some lunch options. Picked up a half bottle of cava, two pastries and a cheese sandwich for Eric, and a sushi bento box for me. Food in...
by leandra | Nov 5, 2019 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
While planning for this trip, I was looking up affordable places to try an omakase dinner experience. Omakase is translated as “I leave it up to you” and features a chef preparing multiple courses right in front of the diner, usually limited to a few...
by leandra | Nov 4, 2019 | International Travel, Travel
Eric had scoped out a pancake place in Harajuku for breakfast, but unfortunately Rainbow Pancake was closed (first Wednesday of the month – seriously?) so we ended up at Deus ex Machina for pizza toast with (spicy) ginger ale for Eric and banana peanut butter...