castironguy At our traditional #japan hotel a traditional Japanese #breakfast mixing and matching flavours and textures. Rice, soup, simmered tofu, egg, fish, and little tasting dishes of about a dozen fermented and pickled bits and bites. [read more...]

8r4dsfeets When in #japan … our first hotel in Kyoto was a splurge to stay at a traditional Japanese style hotel complete with tatami mats and, yeah, I’m wearing a yukata. [read more...]

castironguy Our welcome tea at our traditional #japan hotel experience. [read more...]

squwetchy We dropped off our bags at the hotel and went for a walk to a nearby temple. The monks were chanting and I was sketching. #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Sayonara Nagoya #japan… on our way to Kyoto. [read more...]

8r4d Cultural fun in Nagoya #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets It literally says “fire hydrant” … which explains why there is one of these every fifteen meters or so. #japan [read more...]

8r4dsfeets Cyclists are everywhere… except here I guess. #japan [read more...]

pixelazy Morning walk through Nagoya while we wait for our train to Kyoto #japan [read more...]

castironguy Dinner in Nagoya #japan on our second & last night here, we just randomly went into a small shop steps from our hotel and pretty much blindly ordered. Turns out it was a cook at your own table place, and we got some meats, seafood, eel and hotpot. It was excellent and tasty, even though it was pretty much a surprise as we went. [read more...]

8r4d Sights of Ghibli Park #japan [read more...]

castironguy Grilling my own mochi on a stick in the Mononoke village in Ghibli Park in Nagoya #japan … sticky rice on a stick grilled crisp and then a miso walnut sauce finished on the grill. They charged ¥1100 (about ten bucks) for this but it was as much about the experience as the food. [read more...]