As the shuttle van winding up the narrow road to Tsurunoyu (鶴の湯), where we would be staying on our second night in Nyuto Onsen-kyo i...

Since we have planned to stay in Nyuto Onsen-kyo for 3 days, we were in no hurry to take off after our first night at the lovely ryokan of...

Enjoy a relaxing outdoor hot spring bath/onsen whilst watching snow flurries slowly falling down has always been something we would lo...

After spending the first evening at a wonderful sushi-ya in Aoyama , on the second (and last) night in Tokyo we came to the neighborhood o...

Every guide book for Morioka will probably mention the so-called "Three Great Noodles" of this major city in Iwate Prefecture ...

After leaving the onsen resort of Hoshino Aomori-ya, we made a pit stop at Hachinohe, the second largest city of Aomori Prefecture, before...

Of course we wouldn't leave Tokyo without at least one proper meal of sushi. This time, we made a booking at Sushi Takumi Shingo, an 8...

Over the last decade or so we were blessed with many trips to Japan, through cities and villages north and south, and trips that brought u...

We swung by three onsen regions in our trip to the northeastern Japan in late March, and Komaki Onsen (古牧溫泉) in Aomori is the first. A...

After spending the night in the town of Aomori, we decided to walk over to Furukawa Market just a block away from our hotel for an ear...

Before Easter, we set off on a week-long journey to Japan and this time, to the Tohoku region in the northeastern part of Honshu, Japan...