Odaiba is certainly not my favorite part of town. A man-made island in Tokyo Bay, plastered with shopping malls, office buildings, and a fake Statue Liberty I would actually argue it is one of the last places you’d have to visit when coming to town. […]
Typhoon No. 19, a.k.a. Hagibis, was headed for Japan’s main island of Honshu this weekend and thus, messed up last week’s plans of going to Kyoto. Instead, I experienced hoarding for the first time: Already by Thursday evening, it was difficult to get hold of […]
O’zapft is – although not in Munich, but in Yokohama! Nowadays there’s an Oktoberfest in most major cites around the world and, of course, Japanese ones are no exception. I’ve never been to the original one, but this copy managed to deliver some key elements […]