Since it was the first country we ever lived in outside of the United States, Japan will always have an indelible mark on our travel experiences.
It’s the country we’ve visited the most frequently, and it’s the country we get the most excited for when we’re planning a trip. Check out our Japanese food and travel posts to learn more about the insane variety of snacks and dishes we recommend trying, the many reasons why you should definitely get a JR rail pass if you’d like to visit more than one Japanese city or prefecture, and exactly why there’s an advertisement showing a drunken cat passenger striking a cat train conductor. There’s always more to see and eat, so check out why we’re trip-obsessed with this island nation.
EFL Stories: Payday in Osaka
Becoming a vampire has its benefits. I’m not referring to your Bram Stokers, Vlad the Impaler, or even the twinkling variety of vampires—I mean being a functional adult while the rest of the city’s sleeping kind of undead. One such benefit is the ability to take advantage of a nearly empty bar while everyone else …
Top 5 Best Desserts in Tokyo
When you think of Tokyo, does dessert immediately come to mind? We’d completely understand if it didn’t. Outside of wanting to try some traditional Japanese sweets, Tara and I had all but convinced each other that sugar wasn’t going to be a major player during our trip. A phantom. A myth. Just a fairytale for …
teamLab Planets Tokyo: Immersive Art
Picture this. There’s an attraction or event you’re looking forward to more than anything else during an upcoming vacation. You haven’t been there before or experienced it yet, but in your head, it’s going to be the best part of the trip–you just know it is. Inevitably, the day of your visit to the sought …
Top 5 Hakodate Food Experiences
Hakodate is a harbor city in northern Japan that is quickly becoming a favorite spot for us during any Japanese adventure. Having both the Pacific Ocean and the spit of water separating Honshu and Hokkaido (two of Japan’s four large islands) nearby, makes the seafood found in Hakodate nothing short of euphoric. Furthermore, being located …
