Creative washoku restaurant
What exactly is sosaku washoku (meaning “creative Japanese cuisine”)? Even after 20 years living in Japan, I’m not sure if I’ve ever had it. …
What exactly is sosaku washoku (meaning “creative Japanese cuisine”)? Even after 20 years living in Japan, I’m not sure if I’ve ever had it. …
If you’re visiting Japan and wondering where to go out for dinner, I recommend you find a random small establishment like this izakaya …
In addition to cars that retain a retro atmosphere, Sapporo City Trams run the latest models introduced after 2014. These cars …
I find that parked two-wheel vehicles, whether a motorcycle, a moped, a bicycle, or a scooter, often make excellent subjects for street photography. …
Outside the Ichiban pub I see a Scoopy and a Jog, if I’m reading the labels on these two scooters correctly. I can understand how Jog could work as a name …
It’s perfectly common for delivery people to leave their work vehicles running while they hop off to hand over a package. It’s also not uncommon to see …
Most Shinto shrines look pretty similar to each other, but Mikane Shrine in downtown Kyoto stands out for the golden torii gate. Visitors come to pray …
One of the many wonderful things about doing night photography is the much cheaper parking. At this particular spot, after 10 p.m. it’s 100 yen an hour …
As the sun sets over Tokyo, the iconic Tokyo Tower is reflected in the glass walls of the Mori JP Tower in Azabudai Hills. The steel tower was completed …
I walked through the backstreets of Sapporo’s city center before dawn. The surface of the road was completely frozen due to the cold wave that …
Konkai Komyoji is one of Kyoto’s many impressive Buddhist temples, but I only first visited there after living in this city for nearly 20 years. Perhaps …
Yes, I took this photo from a graveyard. Yes, it felt kind of creepy. No, I did not see a ghost. No, I don’t think I’ve been cursed. But if I am, it may have been worth it …