Tag: Food
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Tokyo Diaries: Obon Weekend Part 2
August 12: My boyfriend’s obsessed with this mapo tofu in Yokohama Chinatown, and the weather happened to be nice and sunny, so we took the oppotunity to make the trip down to Yokohama. Plus, it just so happened that the Pokemon World Championships were taking place in Yokohama the weekend we were there, so there…
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Otaru Diaries: Ushio Matsuri and New Ghibli Movie
On July 29th, I went to Otaru to go attend and see the Ushio Matsuri, one of the biggest festivals in Otaru. Now, originally my boyfriend and I were going to go to Sapporo, mainly so he could buy some summer clothes, but he wasn’t feeling well, which left me to decide if I should…
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Exploring Japan with Family: Part 3 in Hakodate and Sapporo
July 14th: This was the day we left Sendai to go to Hakodate! Sendai was very fun and I wish I got to spend more time here! I definitely want to come back, for the food, and more tohoku souvenirs…I was also desperately hunting for the Miyagi Kirby keychains, but they were nowhere to be…
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Sapporo Diaries: the 2023 Yosakoi Soran
I’m back in Sapporo on June 10th to go see the Yosakoi Soran Festival this year. It’s an annual festival, and one of the largest and popular in Sapporo, as I believe people from all over Japan will come to perform in it (the list of teams was kind of insane). One of the groups…
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Sapporo Diaries: Hokkaido University’s Culture Festival (Hokudaisai)
A bit ago, my JTE invited me to go with an English Teacher Association she was in to Hokkaido University’s annual culture festival happening the weekend of June 3. Since the group was taking a bus and that would end up being free, it was like a free trip to Sapporo! Plus, the actual event…
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Sapporo Diaries: A hangout at the Lilac Festival
I went to Sapporo on May 20th because a friend asked around if anyone wanted to get lunch at a ramen place she found and then hang out at the Lilac Festival that was happening over the weekend. Apparently the lilac is Sapporo’s representative flower, and there’s a whole bunch blooming around Odori Park this…
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Taipei Diaries: Foodie Days and Saying Farewell
May 5: This day was going to be my Yongkang day. I already knew I wanted to go to Yongkang street because there was a ton of food spots there I wanted to try, and earlier in my trip when I told my grandma I wanted to eat beef noodle, both her and my mom…