Places
Neighbourhoods, day trips and the quiet corners between the landmarks.
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Christmas in Japan: KFC, Strawberry Cake, and Date Night
A Japanese wife in Nagoya — on fried chicken, strawberry cake, and why December 25th is a normal…
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Yanagawa: Japan’s Venice, Minus the Crowds
I live here — the slowest hour in Japan, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Some…
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Tokyo Sweets Crawl: Matcha Stands to the Emperor’s Anpan
Organic matcha stands, bean-to-bar chocolate, viral donuts and the 150-year-old bakery that invented anpan.
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Ginza Itoya: Japan’s Stationery Heaven, Floor by Floor
Twelve floors, 120 years, 2,000 pens and a rooftop farm: Ginza Itoya is Japan’s stationery heaven. What to…
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Fresh From Our Camera Roll: A Week in Tokyo
Unedited frames straight from our camera roll: a week in Tokyo in giant shrimp sushi, iced matcha, cold…
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Our Kimono Pre-Wedding Photoshoot in Japan: What It Really Cost (Receipt Included)
We did a traditional kimono pre-wedding photoshoot in Kobe, Japan. Here is the exact cost (receipt included), how…