While on my lonely candy haul the other day, I stumbled upon a bag of candy I hadn't even heard of before; Koume. I was instantly excited...

(Image by Unsplash, 5/3/21) If you've been watching my Instagram or my Facebook, you'll know that the upcoming sakura season in Japan has...

(All photos in this post will be have taken by me, 2021.) We're just coming out of the Lunar New Year season but as a Vegetarian, my...

You may be a cat lover, you might be a cat hater, but either way, the Kagurazaka Bakeneko Parade is guaranteed to have you transfixed....

When you visit Japan, you'll sometimes run into places that are frustratingly modernist; devoid of flavour and personality. But then...

Have you ever dreamed of being a ninja? Have you wanted to see a region of Japan that is not so often visited? Well, there is a Ninja...

Every year in Japan, in various cities, there is an event held called "Yabusame". And to look at, it is usually spectacular! Lavish...

For a long time I dreamed of having my hair done in traditional Japanese style by a trained professional. In fact, during my last trip to...

While I was scrolling through Facebook one day, I stumbled upon a post by a thread artist I follow, where he described a kind of...

In my efforts to learn more about the regional Geisha of Japan, I found that Fukuoka have their own variety of Geisha! And so, I decided...

In curiosity I decided to look into where in the world I would go if I wanted to see the biggest cherry blossom festival. I had expect to...

In contemporary Japan, there are many theme parks one could visit, including those dedicated to traditional life, like Edomura near Tokyo...

(Image borrowed from tripadvisor.jp, 2021.) The things I had learned of Akita Maiko and Sakata Maiko made me curious about what other...

Fairly recently, I became aware that Tokyo and Kyoto were not the only regions of Japan with Geisha. I then learned of the beautiful...

Every year, one of the great festivals of Melbourne City is the Melbourne Natsu Matsuri. It takes over Federation Square with food, craft...

When I was wandering around not far from Kiyomizu Dera in Kyoto, I got very excited to see this Starbucks that had been set up inside...

When Hayao Miyazaki talks about locations that influence the development of the 2004 film, "Spirited Away" one of the locations he talks...

By the time I finally got to visit Japan, it was something I had been dreaming of for about 10 years. In those 10 years one of the areas...

When I was planning my last trip in Japan, I made the decision to deliberately stay in an area called Kaizuka-Shi not far from Kansai...

(Pixabay, 2021) One of the things I miss about my trip to Japan is all of the wonderful exotic flavours of ice cream I could find there....