Crepes are common in Harujuku. There's several little shops, usually with long lines and usually right next to one another selling crepes. After visiting the owl village I decided to stop by the Santa Monica Crepe section and get in line for a crepe. I picked out their Matcha Cheesecake special with Matcha whipped cream. [...]
Before I left Korea I booked a day trip (through Viator at a friend's suggestion) to Mt. Fuji. I decided that of all the things near Tokyo I wanted to do, a trip to the largest active volcano in Japan, Fuji-san, was highest on the list. The tour I booked was a bit expensive, but it [...]
Ootoya is a Japanese chain my friend loves and suggested for dessert after our dinner at Keika Ramen. It was in the basement which wasn't fun to lug my suitcase down and it was somewhat crowded making it difficult to find a good spot to store it. We ended up putting it between us at [...]
After spending Chuseok running around like crazy and then two weekends recovering I was ready to get out and explore again, so I got a hold of my friend Mika because it'd been many many months since I'd last seen her. Last time we'd hung out we checked out a palace and just wandered around [...]
Some of you may remember my misadventures at Lotte World. It was hot, crowded, I got sunburned, went on only two rides, ect. Well not this time! For Chuseok (the Korean Thanksgiving which happens on the super moon) I decided I wanted to go to amusement parks. Supposedly over Chuseok, Seoul is suppose to empty [...]
While wandering about with my friend we passed Cacao Boom and out of curiosity went in. We saw they had iced chocolate and both ordered some. The iced drinking chocolate was amazing and we finished it way to quickly. The shop didn't have a ton of seating but had a fun atmosphere, there was [...]
On a rather warm Saturday all I wanted to do was sit down and have lunch someplace air conditioned. But all we could find were places that didn't seem airconditioned or street food stalls until we found the under 24 cafe. It looked to be just a building with 4 or 5 different cafes in [...]
After a really disappointing dinner, I was still relatively hungry. We decided to find a popular cafe that was on our (long) list of cafes. But we ended up circling the area a couple times and were unable to find it. Since we couldn't find it I opted for going back to the hostel and [...]
I recently got to try Soft Tree ice cream which is a soft serve ice cream shop. Most of the shops have little display cases filled with honey comb, since my throat was a little sore I thought that sounded amazing. Plus I don't think I've ever had honey comb before. So I ordered the [...]
Mitsuwa is a Japanese marketplace in the suburbs of Chicago at 100 East Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights. There are several other Mitskwa's spread out in California and one in New Jersey. Mitsuwa includes a bookstore, video shop, grocery, food court, and bakery. On weekends they tend to have special events. Books Kinokuniya I always [...]
