Having a Japanese kaiseki meal is an experience in itself, and there is no better place to enjoy it than in Kyoto, where it originated.
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Spending an entire day at the Osaka Kaiyukan
The Osaka Kaiyukan (海遊館) is one of the largest aquariums in the world and is a great place to spend an entire day when you’re visiting Osaka. It has dolphins, penguins, sea lions, whale sharks, capybaras and all sorts of marine life from around the world.
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Teppanyaki at the butcher’s shop
Where do you go for nice but reasonably-priced Kobe beef teppanyaki? First, you take the train to Kobe. Second, you opt for lunch and third, you choose a butcher’s shop that also happens to run a restaurant upstairs.
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Crab diem, seize the crab!
The Wife and I are huge crab fans and satisfy our cravings at various seafood restaurants in Singapore — chilli crab, black pepper crab, steamed crab, curry crab, crab beehoon, cold crab — you get the idea. So when we found a restaurant in Osaka that served crab kaiseki, we had no choice but to go.
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Trip planning: Snow, sushi and onsens (Japan Winter 2021)
The last time we were in Hokkaido was in 2015. It was a group tour where we were bused around and didn’t get to spend much time at each stop. For our return visit, we’ve decided to go free-and-easy and add in a trip to Hakone and stay at a traditional ryokan.
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