One of the strangest things about Japan (at least for me) is that you can buy individually wrapped bananas in some convenience stores. I’m not…
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On my first trip to Japan and Korea back in 2017 I had noticed all the vending machines with cans of Boss Coffee but never…
Having finished my sightseeing in Nikko, I returned to the central part of town and got a late lunch at a restaurant called Ramen Bonten.…
On my first night in Nikko I went out for dinner with two other guys from my hostel. One of them was a British web…
When I exited the Tokyo National Museum there was a Japanese Cultural Festa being held in Ueno Park a short distance from the museum. It…
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For dinner on our final night in Rome (and Italy) we went out to a restaurant between Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon called Taverna del…
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That night for dinner we went out to a restaurant called Rossopomodoro. I had some gnocchi that was tasty, though not quite as good as…
For dinner that night we tracked down a pasta shop called Dal Moro’s that is hidden away in the heart of central Venice. I had…
The next morning we packed our bags and then went out for breakfast at a nearby pastry shop called Nannini. I don’t remember what the…
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For dinner that night we were having a little trouble deciding where to go. If the weather had been better we might have splurged on…
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