It was finally here. The day we got to go to a yuba kaiseki at a restaurant called Yubani. It was attached to a yuba factory. I had been looking forward to this all trip. It was going to be about a 90 minute walk to get there so we left in the morning. Along . . . read more

Our hotel came with breakfast but didn’t have a restaurant. The way it worked was you set your breakfast time the day before. There was a choice between western and Japanese breakfasts. Kuah and I both went for the Japanese ones. Then they had it catered from a nearby restaurant and delivered it to your . . . read more

We decided to take a taxi to our hotel in Kyoto. It wasn’t too expensive and standing on the train for 30 minutes while balancing luggage could be tough on my foot. After breakfast we headed to Hotel Alza which is in the Gion district of Kyoto. We picked this area as it has a . . . read more

Our stay at the Yumotokan came with both breakfast and dinner. The specialty at dinner was beef. Although I don’t love beef I need iron so I was hoping it was good. The dinners were similar but not exactly the same. Both dinners came with a beef yakiniku and a beef shabu shabu. They also . . . read more

After all the walking we did in Osaka it was great to have a relaxing day at the Ryokan. Originally we thought we would be walking around the Lake Biwa a bit but the town turned out to be different than imagined. While Lake Biwa was very beautiful the area we were in turned out . . . read more

Our final morning in Osaka arrived. Kuah decided to go all out at breakfast and ordered the french toast. It looked very yummy but he thought that it was a bit too soft. Overall we really enjoyed our time in Osaka and at the St. Regis hotel. One of the things you get when you . . . read more

Monday was all about sushi. Kuah and I woke up early and decided to walk to Endo Sushi at the Osaka Fish Market. We left the hotel a little before 5 am and headed out. Along the way we stopped in a Family Mart for some hot tea. The convenience stores here have both hot . . . read more

I started the day with the Japanese breakfast at the hotel. It came with salmon, tofu, rice, miso soup, green veg, burdok and pickled plum. There was also some fish or vegetable cakes. It seemed to be fairly healthy but wasn’t really delicious. Kuah was on a Benedict kick so he stuck with that. As . . . read more

I’m so lucky to have such a great husband. Knowing that I was disappointed by Osaka castle he found the perfect museum for us to visit, Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses. It has twelve traditional Japanese farmhouses moved there from all over Japan. We were a bit short on time so we didn’t get . . . read more

Waking up at the hotel on Friday Kuah and I were both glad that we had takend the shinkansen the night before and didn’t have to worry about going to the airport. We slowly got ready and then headed down to our free breakfast. Breakfast included a small buffet and some items you can order . . . read more