Our Adventures in Japan

In Tokyo, they have antenna shops, which are outlets for products from different areas of Japan. Like in Shinagawa, they have an antenna s...

We woke up the next morning and the snow was slightly falling. I didn't eat much breakfast (good thing it was buffet style) because I ...

From Osaka, it is about an hour and fifteen minutes to Akita Prefecture. The airport has bus service into Akita city, but since we were go...

Recently Hankyu Department Store had a Tohoku fair. We picked up some bento for dinner (Yonezawa beef for me and salmon for Satoshi), ibur...

Remember that dip we had at Donpachi in Sendai? Well, I found the tsukemono, Iburi Gakko (smoked pickles in Akita dialect). Smoked Daiko...

Part of a foodie care package from my host-brother's wife, Kazumi. She sent us these pretty rusks. Rusks are hard biscuits or twice b...