Mt. Takao or known locally as Takaosan is notably the most famous visited mountain trail during weekends in Kanto region. An ideal place for people looking for natural recreational activities within Tokyo. It offers beautiful sceneries like view of Mt. Fuji, interesting shrines, and challenging mountain trails for thrill seekers. During my second month of living in […]
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Akasaka Palace/ State Guest House, Tokyo Japan
If London has Buckingham Palace, Tokyo have their own version, the Akasaka Palace. Originally built as the Imperial Palace for the Crown Prince way back 1909. This Neo-Baroque western style palace is one of the biggest structure built during the Meiji period. The palace has a floor area of 15,000 square meters of space. Currently, […]
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First Day of Snow
Living in a tropical country like the Philippines deprived us the season of winter and to see a snow. It’s not entirely surprising if Filipinos dream is to set foot at least once in their life to visit a cold country to experience it. Many would go to South Korea, Europe, US, and Japan. It seems the […]
Chasing Autumn – Ueno Park Tokyo
The color changing of leaves often describes the word, Autumn. It is one of the seasons that we Filipinos don’t experience until one moves up to North or in the South hemisphere. Our moved to Tokyo granted us to experience this season of changing the color of leaves. We’re lucky enough to live here. One of […]
New Year in Japan
New Year is one of the most important Holidays in Japan. Most of the business, banks, and shops are closed from January 1-3. It is widely celebrated in the country and observed until on the third day. Being a foreigner in this country. We are curious how the people celebrated here, the customs they follow, […]
2016: Nen Matsu (年末)
Invigorating… Yeah! what a year it has been. The itch for weekend escapade had diminished as we re-align our priorities and big decisions had been made which will set for new heights in future. But we didn’t finish this year empty. We reminisce, experience we missed, tick off some of the 40ish lists and finish the […]
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Meeting Hachiko
Would you travel to Tokyo just to see the dog? YES, our subconscious responded. A random question plays into our mind after watching that tear-jerking movie Hachi: A Dogs’s tale. We didn’t know how famous he was until we google it and surprisingly bump to picture where we saw his imposing statue. Then, we include Meeting Hachiko […]
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Best Ramen in Shibuya, Tokyo Japan
Ramen is one of the famous noodle dishes that becomes synonymous to Japan. It’s actually one of my favorites and considered as my comfort food. I had wolfed down more than a hundred of Ramen bowls since my existence. I had tried them all from Shio, Shoyu, Tonkotsu and Miso soup based Ramen. Honestly, […]
Sakura | Japan in the box, Meijiza Theater
Every time I heard the word Sakura first thing goes into my mind is the famous female character of street fighter video game and Sakura-chan from Naruto Manga/ Anime series. Both characters depict a youthful woman of innocence but fiercely strong. Now, I will be introduced again of another Sakura character but this time in a musical […]
Konno Hachiman-gu Shrine, Tokyo Japan
Out of the nowhere, I just feel like creating a travel video. I wanted to experiment something and I had thought of visiting the nearest shrine on the way to the office at Shibuya. This is my first attempt at using short clips in creating travel videos. Please forgive the amateurish video. Let me know […]
Meiji Shrine, Tokyo Japan
I arrived in Japan in the last week of May which is late spring. Just a week of living in Japan, I only manage to visit Tokyo Tower, Shiba Park, Zojoji Temple. I also frequently passed to Shibuya Crossing, and Hachiko Statue every time I go home by train. There are tons of interesting places just within Minato ward where […]
Travel Snaps: Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Japan
Travels Snaps: Features our best photos of iconic places that we visit during our previous travel. It’s a recollection of unforgettable snaps and story behind it. Tokyo Tower is the second tallest landmark in Japan after Sky tree. It stood about 333 meters tall radio tower built in 1958. The structure is an Eiffel Tower […]
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Moving to Land of Rising Sun
It has been a while since we update and wrote an entry on this blog. Many things have changed since I accept a new job and relocated to a new country which by the way included on 40ish list. It wasn’t an easy decision for us since we live in KL for the last five years […]