Mexican Dining Avocado – Best Avocado in Tokyo & Kyoto
If you love avocados, Mexican Dining Avocado is the place for you. Their avocados come from the source, imported from a plantation in Michoacán province, Mexico. This restaurant prides itself …
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Hair Salons in Japan: Useful phrases and what to expect
Everyone needs their hair cut or styled at some point. What to do in Japan? Oh, just passing through? You might want to go for the experience of hair salons …
Japanese Vocabulary Speed Master: Text Review
One of the very best ways you’ll learn Japanese vocabulary is through the memory science learning app, WaniKani. However, it’s always a good idea to supplement and have different methods …
4 Books to Learn How to Speak Japanese Naturally
When you are learning a new language, phrase books and text books will certainly get you far. However, learning the phrases that truly make you sound fluent (the “ums” and …
Greatest benefits of speaking the local language when abroad
I’m bemused by American’s that take offense to people not speaking the local language when visiting the US, “this is America! We speak English!”, but that then go to other …
Trying Kirins Craftmanship: Grand Kirin
The big names of Japanese beer have slowly been jumping on the craft brew wagon as it becomes more and more popular in Japan. Kirin got in the game back …
Fantastic Sailor Moon Exhibit for Cruel Limited Time
美少女戦士セーラームーン (Bishōjo senshi sērāmūn) or Sailor Moon was originally a manga by Naoki Takeuchi that started in 1992. In 1995, the anime made its way to America and I became …
Quick Yumminess will make you smile: COCO Agepan in Tokyo
While exploring Cat Street, I happened across a food truck stand – a rarity in Japan! – next to Urban BBQ Smokehouse and The Roastery called Coco Agepan and a …
Blow your mind with Omakase Sushi Enji in Yokosuka, Japan
Yokosuka has a lot of 回転寿司 (Kaiten-zushi, the “s” in sushi becomes a “z” sound in this case) or Sushi-go-round restaurants but I had yet to find a local “real” …