Before continuing with my usual field reports, let’s jump ahead and review some flights that I’ve taken recently. First on the table is the latest experience: a round-trip journey on Philippine Airlines (PR) between Manila (MNL) and Fukuoka (FUK).
Category Archives: Japan
Food Report: Nakamura Tōkichi Honten (Uji, Japan)
The ancient town of Uji in Kyōto Prefecture is known far and wide for its tea. It should come as no surprise that, over the course of its centuries-old love affair with this soothing gift of the bush, some of the leaves harvested hereabouts began to end up in places other than your typical bowlContinue reading “Food Report: Nakamura Tōkichi Honten (Uji, Japan)”
Field Report: Uji, Japan (20 November 2014)
Fresh from my Taiwan trip last November, I barely had time to empty out my bags before I needed to pack them again – this time for a relaxing autumn family trip to Japan’s Kansai region.
Flight Report: NRT-MNL on PR 429
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.
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”
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