Journey of a duck
Shirakawago is one of several historic mountain villages in Japan. It is located in the village of Shirakawa (白川村), Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県) in the center of Japan. The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are registered as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site since December 1995. The name refers to three separate villages in Japan.... Continue Reading →
It was our first time in Takayama. We just got back from Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village and it was kind of late (for a small town), around 8pm. We dropped off our rented bicycles at our hostel then walked around looking for food and seems that most of the restaurants are closed. Then we... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
We've been wanting to go to Tsukiji Market for a while. We first knew of its existence from Clean Bandit's - Rather Be music video and then we watched the documentary film Jiro Dreams of Sushi which also featured the Tsukiji fish market. Tsukiji is the one of the most famous wholesale markets in Tokyo also... Continue Reading →
Bekzilla's Journey 