While I was visiting it turned out there was also going to be a hiking event with a group my friend had gone with before so I joined in. It seems, every Sunday a group meets up through Meetup and explores some new part of the Kansai area. We all met at Takatsuki station, ran [...]
After lunch my friend showed me the Umeda Sky Building, also know as the floating garden observatory. It's a unique looking building near the Umeda/Osaka stations. The Umeda Sky building is a good place in which to view the city. It opens up into an open circle that you can walk around on the roof. [...]
I met my friend for a late lunch around the Grand Front Osaka which is one of the large shopping malls near Osaka station and Umeda station. (This area can be a bit confusing) Kyu is located on the 7th floor of the South building of the Grand Front Osaka. It's open from 11am until [...]
For the first time this year I spent Chuseok outside of Korea. The airport was utter madness seeing as this year Chuseok lasted for ten days, but it was worth it. I went to Japan, starting in Osaka to visit a friend. I've only been to Osaka once before and all I saw was USJ. [...]
I spent about a week in Tokyo visiting friends. I was able to stay with a friend in their old fashioned tatami mat styled apartment outside of Tokyo. While I spent a disproportiante amount of time in Shibuya compared to anywhere else I had a lot more fun this time then last year. To get home I [...]
After having lunch at the Alice Restaurant I didn't have much else planned. It had been suggested to visit Tokyu Hands for souvenirs, so I thought I'd give it a try. Tokyu Hands has a bit of everything, but also special hand made things that were somewhat cheap. I went to the one in Shibuya which was huge. [...]
My friend and I stumbled upon this restaurant while she was showing me her favorite spots in Shibuya. We thought it'd be a nice place to relax and for me to get something to drink. However they have a policy that every person must order food and a drink in order to stay and since [...]
Warning parsites and possibly upsetting parasite pictures ahead. In Meguro there is a free museum of parasites. It opens at 10 and stays open until 5pm on all days but Mondays or Tuesdays when it's closed. My friend and I thought it'd be fun to check out, especially since it's free. The first floor is suppose [...]
While in Tokyo another friend also happened to be traveling around Japan and in Tokyo so we met up for the day to catch up. We started off having lunch at Kaisen Donya, a small restaurant that had tons of lunch sets and a ton of business men smoking heavily beside us. We had decided [...]
Pie Face is a pie shop in Shibuya. They're a cute little shop that sells all sorts of tiny pies that they decorate with faces, from savory curry pies to sweet choco pies. They also serve drinks like the best Chai lattes I had while in Tokyo. I ended up getting a choco pie and chai [...]
