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Meiji Jingu Shrine Takeshita Street Meiji Jingu Shrine Dotonbori Street Kyoto Station Know Where You Want To Go Many people ask me where to go and what to do. I always ask them what do they want to see and go from there. I am a MILLENNIAL. However, I would also like to see more than just the tall buildings and busy life of people. So if I were to give myself an advice, I’d say go to Tokyo and then to a more rural place like the Kansai area. It is crucial to plan ahead because as a tourist, I’d assume you’d be on a very limited time. Say, a week. If you don’t plan your trip, you’d waste your precious time looking for a place to go and before you know it, you’re already leaving tomorrow and you’ve already missed a lot! It’s true that you can always just go back to Japan but why not make the most out of “this” trip? You know what I mean? Hachiko Statue Sensoji Shrine Tokyo Tower Dotonbori Kobe Tower Don’t Miss the Tourist Spots ...

lips darker than my soul  Harajuku. For some reason, it's growing on me. I remember just being neutral about it. I kind of like it now. Also, I don't really have much choice but to like it. This was when I had the job interview for my now part-time job in Harajuku. All went well obvi.  Harajuku Life Harajuku Street The cute clock  I made sure to go around since I don't have work that night. And I know that I would just come and go for work there so yeah I grabbed the chance to roam around. It's weird! I feel like myself again going to places.  crepe  Yup! Harajuku is all about fashion and crepes. I was hesitant to buy crepe because I was planning to have a proper lunch but since it's Harajuku, I just can't pass on the hype.  Blueberry Cream Cheese Seriously, why do I look like the world turned its back on me? Well maybe because it did. Kidding!!  Fall's perfect color going in Meiji Shrine sake barrels  selfie! wine barrels During that time, they h...

There are quite a lot of ramen places in Japan. It's Japan so it's given that all their ramen places are better than everywhere else in the world. However, the competition is still up in Japan.  This ramen place is one competitive player. I've learned about this place thru a co-worker and hella thankful they did tell me about this. Speaking of competition, they do have a challenge here where you can win a shirt and a place where you can brag on the wall. The challenge is you have to finish 7 servings of noodles. I don't know if I can do it (no) but it's not impossible because they don't have much place left on their walls. Go Bry! ;)  Ramen places here in Japan especially in the city are mostly modernized but this one is like still semi-vintage. And for some reason, I still like this kind of set-up where you still see the workers manually doing their thing. My Ramen Buddy Ramen buddy who's always craving for this ramen. Even joked that he'd go alone when...

  We finally did it. We went to Tokyo Tower because I told Bry that it's been ages since I last went so after we watched the Hunger Games, we went to TT. For some reason, I know I have been here but I definitely have no memory of it whatsoever.  I don't know if it's like an everyday thing but when we went, they were having this food bazaar that we fully enjoyed.  Beautiful. I told Bry that if I see The Eiffel Tower I might cry.  We weren't able to take pictures of all the food so bare with me. What I'm eating here is grilled saba which was awesome! I think it's like 350/piece and like 1000/3 pieces but the man selling was kind enough to give us 2 each for the price of one. Awesome sauce. We also had this dashi udon which was nice because it was chilly that day. They come with daicon sushi which we survived to eat. Not really our cup of tea. I had to force Bry to eat his sushi. We also had karaage, grilled chicken, and taiyaki. So as you may know, we had a full s...