Tokamachi (十日町) is a small city in Niigata Prefecture (新潟県), 232km away from Tokyo. Tokamachi is known for its beautiful designs of Kimono. But they're also known for their Snow Festivals. We got info that the 2018 snow festival is on Feb 16 to 18. Since we are flying home on the 18th and we... Continue Reading →
Ramen Miyako (らーめんみやこ) – Gion Main Store (祇園本店)
What do you do when you're starving after a whole day of exploring Kyoto and Himeji? Food of course! So this couple just spent the last hour going around Kyoto's Gion area, and taking long exposure pictures of the area from Nishiromon, were so hungry that we just went in the first restaurant that we... Continue Reading →
Toyama Black Ramen (富山ブラックラーメン) – Menya Iroha (麺屋いろは)
The Toyama black ramen (富山ブラックラーメン) is a unique ramen of Toyama where the soup is jet black and made of simmered koikuchi shoyu or dark soy sauce. It is known to be created by a ramen shop of Toyama city called Taiki (大喜 根塚店) back in 1947. Since we're passing through Toyama, we decided to... Continue Reading →