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Memories of Tokyo – my love affair with sakuras

Budding Sakuras at Meguro River my favourite shade of pale pink (: When the wind blows, pink petals flutter in the air… … Hanami (admiring sakuras) is a nation-wide event for the Japanese. Everyone...

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Raku Japanese Restaurant and Bar @ Greenwood Avenue

Do certain restaurants hold special memories for you? Our family used to go Raku fairly frequently whenever we wanted to indulge in Japanese food that was nourishing and tasty at the same time. But...

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Finding the best eats in Tokyo

Below is a pictorial of some of the best eats we had in Tokyo when we went to see sakuras at their full bloom. No addresses or info for most of the places as I could not read the signs! But here are...

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Fukuoka- Canal city and their Ramen Stadium

On the 5th floor of Canal City is Ramen Stadium which houses 8 outlets each selling ramen hailing from a particular part of Japan. We were a little lost and ravenous the first time we set foot in this...

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Tokyo Pinks

Update: Our prayers are with all those affected by the recent spate of events that happened in Japan. May the Lord protect all of you. I love pink. Really. Especially pale pink. Strolling along Meguro...

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Tokyo 2014: Hidemi Sugino

Spent almost a week in Japan and we had a ball of a time. Highlights included staying in the luxurious 5 star Conrad in Tokyo (THANKS DAD!!), waking up late, sushi at Tsukiji, Arashiyama in Kyoto…. and...

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Sushi Daiwa @ Tsukiji Market

We didn’t have an auspicious start that day. It was a rainy and cold morning, and we haven’t had our coffees so it took quite a lot of will to drag ourselves out of our comfortable hotel room. Tsukiji...

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Tokyo 2014: Ginza Kagari for chicken stock- based ramen

  Ginza Kagari is a tiny 8 -seater ramen-ya off the main street at Ginza. A queue is inevitable but it moved fairly quickly when we were there at about 11+. We tried both their best seller ramen with a...

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Tokyo and Kyoto 2014: Hydrangea Season!

The lavender and sakura seasons draw hordes of tourists to Japan every year. We missed both but in June, we were lucky enough to see hydrageas in full bloom. We bought a couple of stalks for CNY this...

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Tokyo 2014: Conrad Tokyo

I’ve never named a hotel in the title of my blog post before, but Conrad Tokyo is easily one of the best, and most memorable hotels I’ve stayed in. Well, I guess the whole experience is commensurate...

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