Squid is one of dishes we can’t live without in Japan. When it comes to street food, there’ll always be grill squids with soy sauce. When we first saw squid cracker shop in Kamakura, we immediately wanted to try it. We could not find any squid cracker in Tokyo by far, so without a second …
June is the month of Hydrangea. Meigetsuin, Hasedera and Jojuin temples in Kamakura are three places people go to see Hydrangea in June. Kamakura is not very far away from Tokyo, thus favourable by many people who want to see hydrangea. Like many other flowers lover, Kamakura was on our list of …
An ex colleague of mine was in town this week. When she said she wanted to eat affordable sushi, I could not think anything else than those sushi restaurants in Tsukiji market. We wandering around the market before finally decided to sit in Sushizanmai. Not only that this restaurant is affordable, the sushi is tasty. …
Rikugien is a Japanese type garden located in Tokyo. The garden is one of Japan’s cultural heritage from Edo’s era. It opens from 9am to 5pm. Entrance fee is ¥300 for adult. There are two sections of the garden: pond and man-made hills. Picnic is not allowed in the garden. Sitting areas can be found …
It’s a cloudy day with a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon. The sky is a bit unfriendly for flowers photography. I still managed to take pictures of these beautiful flowers in the neighbourhood though 🙂 Hydrangea is known as one of the flowers that bloom in June in Japan. These ones open much …
Don’t you feel cold? That was the question I wanted to ask to a school girl wearing extremely short skirt in freezing cold December. She looked just fine and got a warm smile on her face. Never once she touched her feet nor making “shhh” sound of feeling cold. She is not the only one. …