After a bountiful stay in Aomori, the next leg of our Tohoku travels is Sendai. Despite not being one of the ‘big name’ cities like Tokyo and Osaka, Sendai definitely isn’t a city to sleep on. Boasting a population of over one million, it holds …
Eneko Tokyo, Nishiazabu
Restaurants and bars are a universally competitive industry, but never is it more so than in Tokyo. A city with an estimated 60,000 establishments coupled with an income destroying pandemic certainly is akin to playing the game on a God-tier level of difficulty. The closure …
Building a Career in Japan – Professional Development Forum
Super excited to share that I’m on a podcast! In this episode of Professional Development Forum‘s, I talk about my journey through a career lens, from moving from Malaysia to Australia and now, living in Japan. It’s a super informal and conversational piece with, Shaun …
Katsu Midori, Meguro
The idea of having delicious food revolving around us endlessly sounds like something dreams are made of, but the reality is that 回転寿司/kaiten sushi are becoming more and more commonplace, even outside of Japan. Seemingly ubiquitous with cheap and cheerful Japanese cuisine, these are sometimes …
Pokemon Illumination at Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest
Night time illuminations are now synonymous with the cold winter season. In Sydney, this took the form of Vivid which was positioned as a light, music and ideas festival, to encourage locals to venture out despite the drop in temperatures. Here in Tokyo, some really …
Aomori, Tohoku
The latter half of 2020 was rather busy for me, with moving homes, work and other personal projects. But after some schedule alignment, we were able to plan a mini end of year getaway. Taking a break for our more usual escapes – Netflix and …
4 Things Brands Can Learn From Video Games
Never has there been a more opportune time for brands and marketers to be looking towards the video game industry than right now. Coming from an automotive and hospitality background, I’m all too familiar with the business unusual or business new-usual of our markets across …
2020 Racing Into The Night
It’s easy to write 2020 off as a year where nothing happened except pain and suffering. And indeed, this post isn’t to flaunt whatever joy I experienced or to woe-is-me the tragedies. But having to sit down and really contemplate the opportunities I’ve been given, …
Namino, Shibuya
Kaisendon or seafood bowls are hands down one of my top 3 favourite Japanese dishes of all time. I mean, what is there not to like? It’s rice topped with generous portions of fish, crab, crab roe, shellfish and even sea urchin if you’re lucky, …
Freeman Shokudo, Hatagaya
The year of the lockdown hasn’t been all that conducive for dining out and subsequently, the writing of said dining out. But there are still a few great eateries I need to expound on before we banish all memory of 2020 to a box, locked …