Sakura cherry blossom season is over but spring has not. Tokyo and its surrounding offer plenty of flowers to see: wisteria, azalea, shibazakura.
Golden Week is a series of public holidays in Japan. It is one of the busiest time in Japan. Learn more about the Golden Week in the blog.
Sakura cherry blossom season is a prelude to spring. There are plenty more flowers to see after Japan’s iconic flower sakura season is over. Nemophila baby blue eyes, azalea, shibazakura, wisteria are some of the beauty of Japan that can be seen in spring.
Sanmitsu, Covid-safe buzzword to keep in mind. Sanmitsu in English is known as three Cs: confined (spaces), crowded (places) and close-contact setting. The three magic words to remember to keep us safe this pandemic time. Because of sanmitsu, media have been radio silent about places of interests for autumn foliage sighting. There was a time …
Hundreds of people walking down the most iconic historical alleys in Kyoto, a queue formed in front of the pictures-taking spots, shopkeepers were busy attending customers, offering food tester and the street buzzing with chatters in different languages. Those were all a distant past. Kyoto nowadays does not feel like Kyoto anymore. Before the pandemic, …
Food is a part of hotel services that make a memorable stay. In most of traditional Japanese hotels, the room rate is often inclusive of breakfast and dinner because most of the traditional hotels are located either in secluded area or there isn’t any restaurant nearby. We have stayed in numerous tradition Japanese hotels throughout …