One thing that you miss when you travel in Asia is a decent coffee. And NO, Starbucks is NOT coffee!
Bubby's New York, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
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Craft Beer Tap, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
It was my penultimate day in Tokyo and had decided to head over to Akihabara to check out the gadget shops on a Sunday afternoon.
Craft Tap Beer, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
Yakitei Juju, Nara, Japan
Nara, about an hour’s train ride east of Osaka, was the first permanent capital of Japan back between 710 and 794.
Yakitei Juju, Nara, Japan
The Western area of the city is full of magnificent temples and shrines and thousands of roaming wild, but relatively tame, deer.
After several hours exploring Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji I was walking back to Nara station looking for an Okonomiyaki restaurant that I had spied earlier on in the day. The restaurant was called Yakitei Juju.
It was mid afternoon by the time I climbed the stairs to find only a handful of diners enjoying their meals.
Despite it being quiet it took some time to grab the attention of the server to get an English menu, but I soon had a beer and an Okonomiyaki on the way. Okonomiyaki takes a little while to cook, so given the warm weather and over 10km I’d already walked, a second beer was ordered just as my meal was ready to be served.
At this particular restaurant they cook the Okonomiyaki in the kitchen then place it on a smaller hotplate in your table to keep your meal hot while you eat it.
In all, a decent Okonomiyaki to tide me over for the hour train ride back to Osaka.
Suginoko, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
I’d arrived at Haneda Airport for my flight to Sydney a little early and the Qantas check-in wasn’t open yet. I opened up TripAdvisor to see what were my options were for one last Japanese feast and I found that there was a Yakitori close by.
At the back of the public international departures concourse there are a couple of escalators leading upto the 4th floor to an area called Edo Market. It’s a large area with heaps of restaurants. Mostly Japanese but a couple of other options as well.
Suginoko, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan
After the Shinkansen trip from Nagoya to Shin-Osaka and then a local JR train to Osaka station, I was waiting for the Crowne Plaza shuttle bus for the short ride to the Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka in the Dojima area. Ten minutes later in the sweltering heat the bus pulled upto the hotel.
Crowne Plaza ANA Osaka, Osaka, Japan