Afternoon Tea in Tokyo – Shangri-La Hotel
For Mumu’s birthday, I decided to surprise her with a treat to afternoon tea in Tokyo! She had no idea where we were going, and en route to…
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Plum Blossom Festival in Mito, Ibaraki – v2.0 Nyx
This is the v2.0 of the Mito Plum Blossom Festival, which we visited on March 14. (yes, a bit late, but I was away!) v2.0 covers the night portion…
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Viewing Plum Blossoms in Mito, Ibaraki – v1.0 Hemera
In Japan, viewing plum blossoms is not big a deal as viewing cherry blossoms, but this year, I wanted to properly experience it. So on March 14 (also…
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5 Things Japanese Associate With Singapore
Whenever I tell Japanese that I’m from Singapore, I would always get the standard initial response. Without fail. It’s like they all sat through the same “How to react…
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Torikaku Restaurant, Tokyo
Sometimes, the best finds are those that you come across by sheer coincidence. One such chance encounter is this lovely place called とりかくTorikaku that Fu & I randomly picked out…
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5 Things to Do in Spring in Japan
We are literally at the doorstep to Spring (which I’m extremely eager to welcome!) therefore this week’s Friday Five will be covering 5 things to do in Spring…
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Buying a Car – 5 Ways Japan is Different
As you might have already read, we recently bought a new car! Although it hasn’t arrived, here are some practices I thought were quite different from usual so I’m…
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