Legend says that two men brought a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, but the statue returned to the river afterwards. In remembrance of the incident, Sensoji temple was built in honor of Kannon, which is why it is also known as the Asakusa Kannon Temple. It is the […]
The only thing that I’m not very keen about whenever we go abroad is the upcoming flight to and fro. I’m very particular about my comfortability and entertainment to be able to spend hours in the sky awake (I’d rather not sleep because I can never find a good position while sitting up). As soon […]
Hurray for clear skies and sunny weather! In the previous post, in our first night at Tokyo, it rained really hard that our luggage got wet. We were relieved to wake up the next day with no sign of the storm at all. Thank God! My family and I decided to spend our first morning […]
What started out as a spur of the moment decision three months earlier boiled down to six days of absolute kawaii and sugoi adventures in Tokyo. I’ve been a nerd for Japanese culture since I was little, even reading Dad’s old and brown book about Japanese etiquette in my elementary days. So can you imagine how a trip to […]