Contemporary urban design, luxury ambience, amiable service and rooms facing Tokyo Tower set the tone at the Andaz Tokyo. That sounds like a nice hotel to stay but what do we seek in a hotel stay? Is the comfort, design or luxury ambience alone enough to meet our expectation of a great hotel stay? Does …
“At our heart is the 800-year-od Shakusui-en, a pond garden that firmly grounds our contemporary Hotel in tradition, artistry and natural beauty” The Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto boasts its traditional pond garden, “Shakusui-en” that was once owned by samurai family. It’s more than a traditional garden, it’s a garden that bears a significant history. It …
Summer… The heat and humidity can be unbearable. Wearing perfume can also be a challenge in this season or is it? The heat easily melts the fragrance away. “Wear citrusy scent”, said a perfume enthusiast. A good citrus perfume is also hard to find. If there is one, it is often pricey yet moderate longevity. …
Summer…….. you love it, you hate it. Nothing like soaking under the summer sun after nasty cold weather, sort of. I love sunshine, being the tropical girl that I am but I have a love and hate relationship with summer. In Japan, summer is unpleasantly humid and hot. The highest temperature range is only 39C …
In our recent visit to Hakone, we found a tiny restaurant named Kandachiya Soba that offers soba, buckwheat noodle. The restaurant was a full house when we arrived. Its narrow place can only fit about 10 people. It only took us less than five minutes to get a table. These days people don’t spend a …
Travelling sounds scary amid the pandemic let alone staying in a hotel, but it’s summer now, a holiday season. After restraining from travel for quite sometime, it’s not a surprise if the call to explore a new place finally surfacing. This time we followed that call and headed to Hakone. We had two staycations in …
