Author: Wisterian Watertree
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As Local As They Come
maps.app.goo.gl/zyrXvptjmsz58J7j7 There are several local restaurant chains in Japan, but it is hard to think of one that is more local than the Bando Taro chain. You will only find it in the prefectures bordering the Tone river (another name for Tonegawa is Bando Taro), which rins out into the sea a few miles north…
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The Most Different Yakisoba Experience Ever
Sometimes you come across places you did not realize could exist as you thavel through the Japanese countryside, servong dishes which you had never imagined yet impossibly essentially Japanese. This is one of them, a result from the continued re-checking of my Tochigi road trip. maps.app.goo.gl/nKRpk3e2nS8M5vHE6
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Adventure In The Forest
I reviewed the Ohira Forest Adventure here, a zipline park which is great excercise for your kids at the same time as it is exciting. It is on the route of one of my Tochigi road trips, you may want to include it. maps.app.goo.gl/vhyGfy9HFJYAGovx6
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The best sushi restaurant chain in Miyagi – now available in Tochigi!
maps.app.goo.gl/AFjcaGpM4J3Kr13T7 Read my (glowing) review here.
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More Day Trips Over Christmas
Christmas is not a holiday in Japan, even though it is famously celebrated with Christmas cake and Christmas chicken. But the school winter break where we live starts on December 25, which means the kids have a long break this year – all the time until January 8, which is a holiday, too. Companies usually…
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The Other Winter Weather Warnings
As fall segues into winter, there are two types of weather warnings that will affect drivers. The first is strong winds. When the cold air from Siberia pushes against the warm air of the Pacific it not only causes snow in northern Japan, the push itself is a traffic danger. The northerly winds can be…
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The Winter Driving Dangers Came Suddenly
The winter came suddenly in Japan. More snow than in many years, as far south as Shikoku. If you are not used to drive in winter conditions, and do not have snow tires, stay off the roads. That is the simplest advice. If you have snow tires, you still need to drive carefully. The roads…
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The Trick To Japans Fast Trains
You probably know that the Shinkansen trains in Japan are the fastest conventional trains in the world. But the explanation to why they are so fast is not only the speed. Actually, it is not even the explanation. The Shinkansen trains are so fast for two reasons: the tracks go in a straight line between…
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The Reservation Trick That Saves You Money
It happened again when I used the new reservation function in Google Maps. I have seen it before, although that time it was for reservations on the night bus between Tokyo and Osaka. What happened was something that I would not have expected in Japan: Tourist pricing. Or at least not the same pricing on…
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The Treat That Tricks You
Japan has embraced Halloween wholeheartedly. Stores bring out the Halloween displays in August and Halloween decorations start appearing already in September, even though the summer heat has not subsided yet. But the Halloween decorations, apart from pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks, are the only things there is. Japan has taken the decorative part of Halloween…
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