One of the highlights of our trips to Japan has to be eating onboard Japan’s high-speed rail network, the Shinkansen. Our kids always look forward to purchasing new and unusual snacks from shops at the local train stations. While visiting the Aomori Prefecture in Japan, we decided to pick up a few snacks before boarding …
Jaf, my 6-year old, is a huge fan of sumo wrestling. You often find him watching it for an hour or more on TV Japan. So, it made sense that watching Japanese Sumo wrestling live was at the top of our to-do list during our trip to Japan. During a brief stop-over in Osaka in …
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The Harajuku neighborhood in Tokyo has been known as the center of Tokyo’s kawaii youth fashion for decades. It’s where crepes, pancakes, and many other trends started, and a line can always be seen outside many of the popular shops. You’ll find everything from boutiques selling unorthodox, unique costumes & clothing, to big name retailers …
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From riding high-speed bullet trains to spending time in its family-friendly airports, and trying out unique street foods, it’s no surprise that Japan has a special place in our hearts. Another Japanese quirk we can’t get enough of? Japanese Candy. Japan has produced candy on a large scale since the late 1800’s with the amount …
No matter where you go in Japan, it’s hard to ignore the smell of freshly made Taiyaki (たい焼き). You can find taiyaki vendors in every city at almost every train station or shopping mall in Japan, just let your nose do the work. What is Taiyaki? There are a couple of stories concerning its origins, …
Every child, at some point in their lifetime will experience the joy of placing their very first coin into a gumball machine. From that moment forward, every single toy vending machine becomes a beacon of light when they reluctantly visit the grocery store or mall with their parents. My first 5 years of parenting sounded …
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We arrived the first week of March into the New Chitose Airport (by way of Narita, Tokyo) to spend a week of skiing in beautiful Hokkaido, Japan. As our flight arrived early in the afternoon, we booked one night at a nearby hotel so we could start the next morning off fresh, touring the city …
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It’s almost March! Which means very soon we’ll be hopping on a plane, heading to Japan for a month! This will be our first trip overseas for the year, and we can hardly wait. We’ve been reading up on Japanese culture, what to see & do in all the cities we’re going to visit, and …
As I pulled up to the local 7-Eleven both of them made unusual sounds from the backseat and asked in synchronicity if they could go to Kuru Kuru sushi, the “Merry Go Round Sushi Place” (yes, that’s what they call it). Kuru Kuru is a small conveyor-belt sushi joint located in Aiea. Extremely busy at …
Growing up in Hawaii, we know the in’s and out’s of what you should see and do on the island on Oahu. Especially when you have children whose energy levels and imagination exceed the norm. A visit to the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park was what the kids needed on a lazy, hot summer …
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