Adventures in Aichi-ken continue as we head further south to Gamagōri, a place I had truly never heard of until Emi added it to our itinerary due to our penchant for onsen. A population of just 80,000 or so, the… Continue Reading
The road to the end of 2019, to the start of 2020 and to Aichi Prefecture began with our first stop in the city of Nagoya. Nagoya is famous for not having very many things to do at all, or so… Continue Reading
A child of summer can count the number of times she’s seen snow, no matter how many seasons of winter she has endured. Each moment is ephemeral, a love or fear at first sight, before it fades unrecognizably into the… Continue Reading
January 1st this year, my mom called me asking why I hadn’t wished her or my stepdad Happy New Year. It seems like a no brainer but I guess I didn’t and have never really thought of the (western) New… Continue Reading
Journeying into Hida-Takayama takes one deep into the woods of your last Studio Ghibli film. When I’m stressed, I typically drift off into mindless scenery viewed from the vantage point of a moving train. But on this day, I visited… Continue Reading
There are any number of folk beliefs, developed through Chinese history and culture. Some of these superstitions have manifested in different ways, tapered off, interlaced with the rituals of other communities, or born anew as would happen when our brand,… Continue Reading
March has well and truly entered the room and we’ll soon be saying goodbye to Q1 of 2018. And if thinking about the year in terms of financial quarters isn’t already an indication of old age, I don’t know what… Continue Reading
I haven’t written a comprehensive ‘I did this, then I did that’ travel post in a long time. This wasn’t a conscious decision on my part, just a gradual shift in the way I wanted to write my posts. However,… Continue Reading
Mortality is not something you think about in your twenty somethings. Death and decay come for everyone, irrespective of age, but you believe in the invincibility that you’re afforded because of your youth. 2017 is likely the fittest I’ve been my… Continue Reading
Many people I know have a love-hate relationship with Hong Kong. They share a common dislike for its impatient disposition, for the way their bodies perspire uncontrollably in summer humidity and for the stereotypical Hong Kong local’s lack of candour.… Continue Reading