Fujiya 1935, 3 Michelin Stars in Osaka, Japan
A popular Japanese belief is that people from Kyoto will spend all their money on clothes, people from Kobe on shoes, and people from Osaka will spend everything they’ve got on food. The Osakans...
A popular Japanese belief is that people from Kyoto will spend all their money on clothes, people from Kobe on shoes, and people from Osaka will spend everything they’ve got on food. The Osakans...
It is not often that a town’s main attraction is it’s cemetery. But then again, there are few burial grounds as beautiful and impressive as the Koyasan cemetery. The sacred mountain town is surrounded...
Koyasan (Mt. Koya) is famous for being the center of Japanese Buddhism and is home to a university dedicated to religious studies and 120 temples. Many of these temples allow pilgrims to spend the...
We just can’t get enough of Koh Lanta, Thailand! Granted, we have not been to very many of the Thai islands (only 4 out of 200-300), but so far it is our favorite. It...
What is the best wine pairing for ramen? Which wine has a higher than average alcohol content for those nights when Tom and I feel like getting high-spirited in a hammock, or dizzy over...
When Tom and I visited Thailand for the first time a few years ago, we were super excited to interact with some of the large and magnificent animals that SE Asia is famous for....
The Baan Phor Liang Meun garden, also called the Terra Cotta Garden of Chiang Mai, is not technically a secret, but it feels so magical and mysterious that it’s nice to believe it is....
What is Songkran? Traditionally it’s a festival for the New Year that involves throwing or sprinkling fragrant-herb infused water as a symbol of cleansing, or washing all of the bad away. In Chiang Mai...
The Ladyboy cabaret Chiang Mai show runs every evening in the Anusarn market (an offshoot of the night bazaar) at 9:30pm. The show is free if you buy a drink, or you can pay...
We love experiencing the world through food in all of our travels, but the cuisine plays an especially central role for us when we are in Thailand. Thai food is some of the best...
Hanoi was our last stop in Vietnam, the only city in the North that we were visiting and sadly, we only had one full day to appreciate it. We were anticipating how much we...
The area around Phong Nha feels incredibly quiet and remote, though apparently it is relatively bursting with tourists compared to a few years ago. We stayed at The Phong Nha Farmstay, one of the...