by Paula McInerney | Nov 18, 2013 | CULTURE and LIFESTYLE, Japan, Kyoto
The Jidai Matsuri Festival in Kyoto We were very fortunate to be in the enchanting city of Kyoto, Japan when The Jidai Matsuri Festival occured. We stayed in a ryokan, a...
by Paula McInerney | Nov 13, 2013 | DESTINATIONS, Japan
The snow monkeys of Japan are Japanese Macaque and are internationally renowned for bathing in the onsens or hot springs in the Nagano prefecture of Japan. We have had t…
by Paula McInerney | Nov 8, 2013 | DESTINATIONS, Japan, Nozawa Onsen, SKIING
For some reason once you have been to Nozawa Onsen in Japan, you can’t stop yourself from coming back. Am I speaking the truth here people? Why Nozawa Onsen? We like to...
by Paula McInerney | Oct 31, 2013 | DESTINATIONS, FOOD AND DRINK, Japan
Takayama, Japan has a lot to offer, but it is hard to go past the Hida beef. This is city come Village that will have you enchanted with its culture and certainly with its fo…
by Paula McInerney | Sep 29, 2013 | FOOD AND DRINK, Japan
Okonomiyaki is a food. It is a Japanese food. It is a cross between an overfilled omelette or pancake or a very thick pizza; some heathens call it a Japanese pizza – and it i…
by Paula McInerney | Sep 16, 2013 | CULTURE and LIFESTYLE, DESTINATIONS, Japan, Sarubobo
I first saw the Sarobobo or faceless dolls of Japan on a visit Takayama in the Gifa prefecture, and when we visited Shirakawa-go a UNESCO Heritage site. Takayama is...