Yojiya is known as Kyoto’s most traditional cosmetic brand. It has a long standing history as traditional Japanese cosmetic brand. For many Japanese women, Yojiya these days are more popular for oil blotting paper with traditional Kyoto’s woman face illustration. I never skip shopping at Yojiya’s store whenever I visited Kyoto even it’s just for …
Mima Isono
Welcome to TiptoeingWorld, a blog by Mima Isono, hyperactive mom with restless feet and wandering mind living in Tokyo, Japan.
If there is one place one should never skip while visiting Japan for the first time it will be Kyoto. It has a long list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, bamboo grove, Gion, traditional Japanese houses and the food, those more than enough to allure traveller to come for a visit in Kyoto.
Autumn foliage starts reaching the peak. It’s time to hit the road again. This week is the best time to travel to Nara and Kyoto.
Winter is well underway in many places in Japan. Autumn has yet reached its best here in Tokyo.
We are not the only ones who adjust to season change. Cuisine world too starts changing the menu on the day of autumn equinox. Summer dishes that incorporate cool element ingredients to calm down the body heat now has gone. Japanese restaurants start preparing autumn menu. When it comes to a fine and luxury …
I had difficulty finding information on Lake Shikaribetsu in autumn. It did not mean that Lake Shikaribetsu was a stranger to the travelling world. It is a famous lake located at Hokkaido’s highest altitude that only comes to live in bitter cold winter. When temperature drops to -20C, the Lake will turn into a massive …