The cherry blossom season in Japan is often between March and April each year. However, there is one place in Japan where the cherry blossom trees start blooming from as early as…

Isomaru is a major Izakaya chain in Japan and they can be easily found in Japan. The chain’s main specialty is seafood and there are dishes that you can order to grill them…

We got bored of Kita Senja and we decided to stop by Nippori Station because I remembered that Japan Hour (Channel NewsAsia) featured the area before. It was supposed to be one of…

We were looking for a place to stop for lunch when we stumbled upon this soba shop located along the shopping street, west of Kita Senju Station. While one would have to place…

We decided to start our day by exploring Kita-Senju. Kita-Senju is the first major transportation hub from Nishiarai. Kita-Senju is one stop away from Nishiarai on the Express…

Kura Sushi is a conveyor belt sushi chain that serves affordable and delicious sushi at 100yen (before tax) per plate. The nearest branch was 2km away from Emblem Hostel and we…

Emblem Hostel is located just a short walking distance away from Nishiarai station. It is in fact so close that we were able to see the hostel building from the train platform.…

We had to drop of our bags at the reception as we could only check in after 1500hrs. So we decided to explore around the neighbourhood. Our first impression of the neighbourhood…

We departed from Singapore Changi Airport on the 18th of Feb 2017 at 2200hrs. After an one hour transit via Bangkok, we landed at Narita Airport at 0800hrs the next day. Breakfast…

Tokyo, Osaka & Kyoto are cities that are widely visited by tourist who are visiting Japan. However, the one region that caught my attention during my 2015 trip was the Chūbu…