Accommodation Hotel Relief Premium Haneda Airport Sleiman Azizi A quick trip to Tokyo required basic accommodation. Relief Premium Haneda Airport turned out to be a great hotel with friendly staff..
Culture Hanezu Odori Dance Festival 2025 Late Mar Hanezu, the colour of plum blossom. The pink is so surreal in the paintings, it is other worldly, almost referring to some Buddhist..
Food Inago Locusts in Japan Sleiman Azizi Inago are locusts and were a traditional source of protein for many inland mountain areas in Japan. Inago no tsukudani is the main..
Food Hamazushi, Yashio City Sleiman Azizi Hamazushi in Yashio City is located in the Frespo shopping centre. Close to Yashio station, Hamazushi is a sushi train restaurant..
Food Chocolate Ramen Sherilyn Siy For several years now around Valentine's Day, ramen chain Kourakuen has been offering its (in)famous chocolate ramen. This ramen..
Culture Tako-jinja Gary Luscombe Tako-jinja is a small shrine in southern Osaka close to the birthplace of Takamuko-no-Kuromaro. A largely forgotten figure, he was..
Transportation The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Sleiman Azizi The Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line features 14 stations and its purple line starts from Shibuya station in the west and cuts across central..
Culture Atami Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Kim There are a myriad of cherry blossom festival during spring, and the grounds of Shizuoka's Atami Castle are home to one of the..