Today a nice Japanese colleague of ours took us to a traditional market street in the Bandobashi area of Yokohama to introduce us to a fantastic soba noodle restaurant and to show us around some shops. We took the opportunity to ask her about some of the local fruit and vegetables as she is an…
Tag: Japanese food
Long weekend in Taipei
I have to admit I knew almost nothing about Taiwan until a few months ago when we watched an episode of BBC’s life swap where an elderly lady from the British countryside went to stay with a Taiwanese clothes shop owner in her home town of Taipei. Even from this budget TV programme I was…
Summer in Hokkaido – First four days
This year we experienced our first full summer in Shanghai with hot and humid weather that feels like right out of hell or to be precise, according to our weather app like 46°C every day! So when it came to planning our summer vacation, we wanted to stay in Asia, but go somewhere with decent…
Kyoto Fairytales
We absolutely love Japan. Our holiday in Kyoto just exceeded all our expectations! Just as we landed and the Chinese tourists pushed us off the plane, I was overwhelmed with the friendliness of the Japanese airport and train station staff…
Jitensha Adventure 