Tag: Japan
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Izakaya By Name…
…izakaya by nature. It’s a mini travel blog incorporating all of your favourite things: food, Japan and impulse buying! Don’t worry though, I have been playing more Hollow Knight, Mortal Shell (where you control a different kind of hollow knight), and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Fewer games have been played in the run up to the […]
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The Japanese Toilet (Toire)
No, stop thinking in French! It’s pronounced “toy-ray”, an informal way of saying toilet in Japan, and is quite the phenomenon. Starting in the 1980s, the automatic bidet toilet seat was invented and rapidly gained popularity. Travel to Japan (outside of pandemic times) and you’ll find a high-tech toilet in most homes and hotels. These […]
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OkinaWOW – Japan 2019 – Part 5
Part 5 in the Japan 2019 series. Part 4 is here. I hadn’t quite anticipated being out the night before out 5 o’clock start. Narita airport isn’t exactly close, hence we were on the airport train at 6am. We were flying with Jetstar, a low cost airline, but because we were taking hold luggage we got […]
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Shibuya and Shabu Shabu – Part 4 – Japan 2019
Part 4 in the Japan 2019 series. Part 3 is here. Like so many places in Japan, Shibuya crossing is unique. Two thousand five hundred pedestrians crossing with each signal change at rush hour. A crazed mass of people moving in every direction. It’s a tad overwhelming. Just pick a point and keep walking towards it. After […]
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Hair of the Dog that Bitte – Part 1 – Japan 2019
Taking inspiration from a good friend, and combined with my need to pun from time to time, I hope you enjoy the title. Our journey begins in the early hours of the 18th of May, driving down a deserted motorway (not really, but this adds to the drama) to the not-so-London Heathrow airport. Yes, this […]
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Easter – Food, Games and Japlanning
Greetings. I’m writing part of this post on my epic train journey from Cardiff to Truro, looking out on the tumultuous sea, and enjoying a glass of the moving-house white. A Sicilian pinot grigio, served from a plastic cup. The faux leather lap of luxury. The last month has been a blur, and an emotional […]