While I was browsing Hakone town in Japan, I came across this little shop selling senbei – Japanese rice crackers. They sold mostly traditional rice crackers, plain or with sesame or seaweed and I bought lots of little packets as gifts for friends. It was delicious! Crispy, not too salty and overall yum! But what [...]
While in Japan, I ate a lot at these “vending machine” restaurants. No, your food does not come out from the vending machine. What you do is select your food from the vending machine, pay and then collect the ticket that comes out. Take it into the restaurant and pass it to the waiter, find [...]
While I was in Hakone, I stayed in a hotel done in traditional Japanese style – Hotel Musashiya. We had to sleep on the floor (its NOT fun!) and we were served traditional Japanese dinners and breakfasts. This was the traditional breakfast we had. I had to face this at 8am. Picked beans, mochi cake, [...]