Tokyo
walking around daikanyama and ebisu
7 weeks into our trip and we had yet to eat a single piece of western fast food. this might be the longest stretch that i’ve been able to avoid the evil grips of mcdonald’s (maybe the #1 reason why…
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…
hootie hoo
we went to our first cat cafe back in sapporo so why not owls right? i don’t know what possessed us to climb the stairs to this cafe but once we got there, curiousity got the better of us and…
Fire Walking Festival at Mt. Takao
Last Sunday, we headed out to Mount Takao to check out the fire walking festival (Hiwatari-sai). We got there just in time to catch the procession of yamabushi monks walking towards the festival grounds. We quickly follow the procession, making…
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…
