Tag: off the beaten path

Yunishigawa Onsen Travel Guide

Yunishigawa Onsen Travel Guide

In Japanese: 湯西川温泉 Prefecture: Tochigi Closest Train Station: Yunishigawa Onsen Station Distance from Tokyo: about 3-4 hours one way Famous Attractions: Yunishigawa Onsen Kamakura (Snow Hut) Festival (every year from late January – late February) Click here to jump to the useful bits of information. (I.e. Skip my lengthy prose about Yunishigawa Onsen!)  I’m not even sure how I found out about …

Tokyo Munch! YUMMY and UNIQUE Curry

Tokyo Munch! YUMMY and UNIQUE Curry

In Japan, curry is home food. It’s food that your ma’ makes just about every week with a variation or two. Pork one night, chicken another – but even with a repetitious formula, curry is arguably, Japan’s soul food. Talk to any Japanese person and …

Tohoku Tabi: Mt. Osore (Osorezan) Day Trip Guide

Tohoku Tabi: Mt. Osore (Osorezan) Day Trip Guide

Mt. Osore is a sacred mountain located in Aomori prefecture on the Shimokita Peninsula. It’s known as Osorezan 恐山 in Japanese, and also known by monickers like: Fear Mountain, The Gateway to Hell, and one of the three holiest sites in Japan. A day trip to Osorezan was an …