Before we move on to my other adventures, let’s cap off the coverage of my winter 2014 trip to Japan by going over the flight back home.
Category Archives: Japan 2014
Field Report: Tōkyō, Japan (15 February 2014)
Not much to report for the last few hours of my winter journey across Japan, but I’m not one to leave a day undocumented.
Food Report: T’s Tantan (Tōkyō)
Diego dearly loves his meat, but he’s no stranger to meatless cuisine (especially on Veg Fridays). Today, let’s have a look at one of Tōkyō’s better-known places of refuge for desperate vegetarians.
Field Report: Tōkyō, Japan (14 February 2014)
We’re on the last leg of Diego’s winter visit to Japan. There isn’t much more left to say, so let’s start rounding things off by looking at how I spent my last night in Tōkyō.
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (14 February 2014)
Today, we’re off to see one of Japan’s finest railway museums – stocked with trains, trains, trains, as far as the eye could see.
(Mini-)Food Report: Yabaton (Esca Branch, Nagoya)
Regular readers might be scratching their heads over the “mini” prefix in this post’s title, but I’ll have more to say on that later. For the moment, the task at hand is to savour one of Nagoya’s signature dishes, miso katsu.
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 2/2
There’s more to Nagoya than its famous castle – and more than I can hope to see in just one day. No worries, we’ll hit a couple of other sights before the sun goes down. On today’s agenda: the castle lord’s private possessions, his former backyard garden, and wondrous mechanical conveyances that not even allContinue reading “Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 2/2”
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 1/2
Another day, another castle. Diego travels to the historic city of Nagoya and visits one of its most prominent landmarks.
Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 3/3
Old-fashioned onsen bathing is an experience one normally associates with resort towns or rustic mountain hideaways, but Matsuyama’s own hot spring district brings the experience a little closer to downtown.
Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 2/3
All right, I’ll admit it: I’m a castle nut. Not once in my several visits to Japan have I ever failed to visit at least one of these striking symbols of the country’s feudal history, and on several occasions (such as here and here) I didn’t hesitate to invest hours of travel time just toContinue reading “Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 2/3”
Within striking distance 