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…
Continue reading → Japan-Korea 2019: Individually wrapped bananas
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…
Every year in September there’s a food festival held in Sapporo called Autumn Fest. During the festival Odori Park is filled with vendors selling food…
The pension I stayed in while on Rebun Island served me breakfast and dinner each day and let me tell you it was a culinary…
If you travel to Japan you’ll no doubt notice a beverage called Pocari Sweat in many of the nation’s stores and vending machines. Pocari Sweat…
I spent two nights on Rebun Island and the place I stayed at was a guesthouse called Pension U-NI-. Unfortunately I forgot to take any…
Continue reading → Rebun Island 2019: Pension U-NI- (ペンションうーにー)
I got up early on my final morning in Daisetsuzan to pack up my backpack. Before hitting the road there was a final meal served…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: A final meal before leaving Daisetsuzan
For dinner in Sapporo I went to a restaurant called CoCo Ichibanya. A friend of mine who used to live in East Asia highly recommended…
My favorite fast-food restaurant in Hakodate is a burger chain called Lucky Pierrot. There are 17 Lucky Pierrot restaurants scattered across Hakodate and each of…
On my second and final morning in Hakodate I walked down to the daily Morning Market to see what the local fishermen and farmers had…
