Month: November 2014
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Small break.
I tend to stick to the generics in my life while writing here on the blog. I was once upon a time much more personal but it turned out that came back to bite me in the backside, so I just stick to what is observable. But there are always exceptions, of course. Because this…
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Robot Restaurant.
This is the craziest most awesome place in the whole world I believe. It could only have come out as a product of Japanese minds. I intend to let the pictures speak by itself, because there are really no words that can accurately describe what that place is. But I’ll try. In the heart of…
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Asakusa and the Skytree.
Back in July, on the 18th was Keoshi’s birthday, so we knew we had to push it to the limit, even if being in Tokyo was already pretty much doing that. We strolled around Asakusa, bought a crazy amount of stuff, ending up with our hands full of bags right at the beginning of the…
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back to Tokyo.
The first day back in Tokyo we headed out to try something very different — Ramen. Ah but not the usual kind of Ramen, a deconstructed Ramen. The flavours were incredible, and I can still remember how decadent that fried chicken was, how it fell from the bone, how juicy and flavourful it was and…
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Kiyomizu-dera.
Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the early Heian period (…) in 798, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633, ordered by the Tokugawa Iemitsu. There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water,…
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higashiyama.
Everything about Kyoto was incredibly special this time around. I don’t know what it was — maybe last time our expectations were just way too high? But the bikes played a very important role. It allowed us to see more, more of what Kyoto really is, and that felt so very exceptional, echoing deep within…