Hakone is a place only 1.5 hours away from Tokyo, yet it has a very different atmosphere. While Tokyo is famous for the city lights, exciting shopping districts and night life Hakone is a place that people go to to escape the city life. It's a popular destination for both Japanese and international tourists who...

In Japan Family restaurants or 'famiresu' are popular affordable places to eat out that are slighly more luxurious than fast food restaurants. While people usually finish their Mc Donald's hamburger or Gyudon quickly and leave, they tend to spend hours at family restaurants! Usually you can find groups of Japanese high school students at family...

Okonomiyaki is just like Takoyaki a popular pan fried food originally from West Japan, it's popular in the cities Osaka and Hiroshima. Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki have several similarities such as a similar sauce and ingredients used in the batter such as dashi, yet they are very different at the same time! Okonomiyaki is often described...

In recent years more and more people in Europe and America have transitioned to a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. There are plenty of options in supermarkets as well as in restaurants for lovers of veggies and tofu meat. There are very few vegetarians and vegans in Japan however and it doesn't seem like that is...

Yoshoku (洋食) is Western food with a Japanese twist! Most of these dishes were created about 100~200 years ago during the Meiji era (1868-1912), inspired by popular cuisines from other countries like France, Italy, America, and the UK!

Do you love Pokemon too? When I was young it was super popular everywhere! Pokemon cards, Pokemon games, plushies and of course the anime. Nowadays Pokemon is still going strong! Japan has several Pokemon centers, like the one in Ikebukuro where you can buy the cutest Pokemon merchandise and even a Pokemon cafe where you...