by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
On a scale of one to seriously weird, our next activity was about a seven and we were extremely excited to see what all the fuss was about. Having met up with Takae, who was back from her business trip to India, I insisted she take us to a maid-o cafe. Maid-o...
by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
So Tokyo isn’t all neon lights, smiley faces and cartoons. East Tokyo is the older part of town, which had its hay day before WW2. Asakusa at its prime (3-4 centuries ago) was the place to be, where you could find anything from kabuki, a popular Japanese theatre...
by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
Some of you may already know what Shabu Shabu is. I must confess even with my mad love of Japanese food, I had never heard of Shabu Shabu before. So when I asked where to eat black cod and it came along with a recommendation to try the Shabu Shabu, I presumed it was a...
by senoritamaja | Mar 25, 2016 | Japan
For continuity’s sake we decided to get all the nerdy stuff over with in one day. Our next stop was therefore Akihabara, the nerdville of Japan. Akihabara is the tech district of Tokyo where all the video games, comic books and memorabilia can be found. And boy...
by senoritamaja | Mar 24, 2016 | Japan
So Anna and I decided to go check out one of Japan’s favourite traditional pastimes – sumo wrestling. The sport is over 2000 years old and is based on an ancient fighting style called sumai (meaning to struggle). The tradition is still super popular with...
