A year ago this week, I landed in Tokyo, bewildered and nervous about what was soon to be one of the greatest travel adventures of my life. The country delivered way more than I even could have expected and I dream of getting back there one day. My favorite discovery was the art, beauty, and diversity of Japanese food. If you enjoy food and live to eat, you NEED to add Japan to your world ...
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A Guide To Vegetarian Food in Japan
Before we went to Japan, I was a little nervous I would have trouble finding things to eat. As a long-time vegetarian (with a few key exceptions), I try my best to avoid meat and fish, and Japan is wild about seafood! Luckily for vegetarians, Japanese meals are much more than just fish. Japanese cooks fill the plate with vegetables, beans, tofu, and other soybean products. Meat and fish are ...
100+ Gift Ideas for Travelers, Foodies, and Photographers
This guide was updated with fresh ideas in November 2015. We also released two more holiday gift guides this year: 40+ Holiday Gifts for Travelers and 50 Gift Ideas for Foodies. Over the last few weeks, I've been coming up with holiday gift ideas for travelers, food lovers and photographers. Most are practical, a few are fun, but all are things that I think someone who loves these things ...
A Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony in Uji, Japan
My stomach grumbled, and Kevin looked at me, alarmed. It was a bad time for my body to let me know it was lunchtime. We were kneeling on tatami grass mats in a tiny hut, silently watching a kimono-clad woman fold a napkin again and again. Just a few minutes before, we were asked not to speak during the silent performance. I was trying so hard to be polite yet, here I was, ruining the ...
Visiting a Traditional Japanese Inn and Hot Spring Spa
Centuries-old tradition runs deep in Japan. Customs developed over the country’s long history influence all aspects of daily life. One way to immerse yourself in this culture is by spending the night in a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn. I recently stayed at Ryokan Tachibana in the seaside resort town of Atami and learned a lot about Japanese customs, cuisine, and design. What is a Ryokan? A ...
Links I Love: May
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan A (semi-) monthly round-up of things I'm reading, watching, and obsessing about. We’re doing our next #SweetsCrawl food tour next weekend in Sacramento. Northern California friends, join us there! You learn so much from traveling and working that you could not get in school. I love this trend for college-bound students who are able to take time off. I ...
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