Our Adventures in Japan

Between Kamata and Kojiya is a tiny shopping arcade called Hinode Ginza. If I am not mistaken, a lot of shopping arcades include the word ...

Went to Shimokitazawa to check out Bio-Ral , the organic brand of one of the supermarkets in our area.   I just wanted to see what kinds of ...

Been a pandemic and then some since I've been back to Shin Okubo On that first visit, I checked out the Indian grocery and food shops, t...

On one of our walks , we stumbled upon Jason, a discount store chain from Chiba. (photo from the internet) They sell all sorts of things and...

Back at the end of December, we tried this fantastic katsuo chip snack . Well, I looked online and found their website and ordered all sor...

Just a heads up for those of you who come to Japan to shop. At the 100 yen stores, food items are 8%..."things" are 10%. When ...

Thursday, Val and I planned to check out to the shopping mall that is under Tokyo station. On my way to meet her at her hotel, I witnessed...

Friend Val was visiting from Hawaii...she wanted to see the pandas at Ueno Zoo. It was my first time to the zoo...and even on a weekday, t...

Yesterday was cold and rainy. Met up with V for shopping and lunch. Lucky for us we could get around with the subway so we didn't ha...

Monday was a national holiday...Keiro no hi (Respect to Elders Day). In the past, I've said this holiday is similar with Grandparents ...