The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful

Asia » Japan
May 28th 2015

Published: May 28th 2015

Three star Michelin restaurants in basement subways. Doll-like Japanese girls dressed in tutus, heavy goth makeup and sky-high chunky running shoes. Butter, wasabi and blueberry cheesecake flavoured kit kats. A single crosswalk where 1000s of people walk across at the same time without bumping into each other. One perfect mango priced at 8,000¥ ($80 CAD). Cafes where all the servers dress up as m... Read Full Entry

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Geisha

Ginkaku-Ji

Beautiful Japanese garden. They rake the sands.

Takoyaki!

Takoyaki Monster

Siphon Coffee

We found this quaint shop up the road from our place in Kyoto.

Okonomiyaki

"Japanese Pizza" - but not really. It is essentially a big cabbage pancake with different toppings. Very yummy!

Rokurinsha

This is a very famous ramen place in Ramen Alley located in Tokyo station. They specialize in tsukumen ramen where you dip the noodles in a rich flavourful broth. Sooooooo delicious. I crave them now.

P. A. R. K.

In order to burn some energy, we tried to find a park for the girls everyday. Sometime it was quite difficult to find one! Note that Sidd is sleeping quite soundly while the girls play in the sand.

28th May 2015

Arvind Thakore
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RE The weird nad wonderful
A great write up Melissa. You should be an author. I felt like I was in Japan. Thanks.

29th May 2015

Bharti
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Japan
I love your detailed description of everything. Sumo wrestling sounds like so much fun. I am amazed that the girls are so adventurous in their food habits. I guess not too amazed the fruit does not fall far......

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