We take the huge journey from Kanazawa to Fukuoka, the shinkansen made it so much faster than it would anywhere else in the world, but still! We did as the locals and bought a bento box for our lunch on the train, its like, a beautiful box of rice, meats, fish and pickles (pickled anything…
Month: April 2020
1996 : Année noire au Japon : 32 personnes étouffées par un mochi…
La gastronomie au Japon est souvent élevée au rend d’art. Elle n’a peut-être pas la renommée de la gastronomie française mais elle a une subtilité et une délicatesse qui lui sont propres. Toujours bien présentée, car pour les japonais l’emballage est aussi important que ce qui se trouve l’intérieur, on peut facilement se régaler avec…
Defrosted Monkeys and the Frail King.
We spent some days in Kyoto, it is a beautiful city! With the perfect representation of this idea of Japan being ultra-modern, yet ultra-traditional. Huge temples and shrines litter the streets and if you start to explore one, you may get lost for hours climbing up into the hills of the surrounding mountains. Saving Kyoto…
Faster Than A Speeding Shinkansen
We board our first bullet train. Headed to Osaka, this was to be or base for the next week, where we would shoot off to all the citys and towns close by… well, close by when you can use the shinkansen! On our first use of it I had an app on my phone to…
Roast Beef and Grenouille Au Bout Du Monde. 