Monthly Archives: August 2015

{Japan Winter} Nara (Part 1): Experience the Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri festival

{Japan Winter} Nara (Part 1): Experience the Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri festival

When visiting the Kansai region, most people will stop by at Osaka and Kyoto. However, Nara is becoming a popular tourist destination too, filled with rich history, temples, shrines, and deers. Japan’s first permanent capital was established in the year 710 at Heijo, the city now known as Nara (奈良). Nara is located less than one hour from Kyoto and Osaka. Due to its past as the first permanent capital, it remains full of historic treasures, including …

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So, what makes you forget to eat and poop?

So, what makes you forget to eat and poop?

One of the things I do online is a whole lot of reading. I enjoy reading articles that stimulate me as much as I read tabloid-style voyeuristic posts about celebrities. Yes, I just read pretty much anything that catches my attention, especially when they are viral. And sometimes, I find a gem in an article that I want to share with the world – or at least, my little small world. That’s where Twitter comes in. …

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{Japan Winter} Kobe: Be enlightened by wagyu beef & Luminarie winter illumination

{Japan Winter} Kobe: Be enlightened by wagyu beef & Luminarie winter illumination

What comes to your mind when someone says Kobe, Japan? I assume wagyu beef! ;) Kobe beef is, after all, famous worldwide. So when we decided to do a daytrip to Kobe, we knew that eating this expensive beef would be our main priority. Plus there was also this pretty illumination… But that’s much later. So let’s focus on our main reason for visiting Kobe… Wakkoqu Kobe Beef (Shin-Kobe Branch) There are obviously plenty of restaurants …

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