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
We set our alarms to go off at 6 am but were awake before they went off. It’s always difficult to sleep the night before a big trip. Once up I had a light breakfast while Kuah did the finishing touches on readying our house. Then we went next door loaded up Mom’s car and . . . read more
We had a fun day in Boston and Mira did more walking than she had ever done before. It started out with lunch at Legal seafood by the Warf. Mira was the winner of this meal. She ordered the Spicy Salmon Oshizushi. It was different than other presentations of pressed sushi I’ve seen but really . . . read more
On one of our final days of the trip I dragged Kuah out to St. Stephen’s Basilica. We had walked by the outside of the building several times but I wanted to see the inside. As it was a Tuesday it wasn’t very busy so we decided to go in. Once inside we were treated . . . read more
Kuah and I have had so many delicious meals and snacks around town. Not all of them need their own blog so I’m combining some here. This restaurant was super duper cute inside. I say this restaurant because I forgot to write down the name. Here Kuah had his first stuffed cabbage in Hungary. I . . . read more