Category: Saitama

[JP18] A Day in Kawagoe, Japan: Food-Trippin’ feat. unagi, sweet potatoes… and Starbucks Kawagoe.

I’m not a foodie; at least, not in the strictest sense of the “foodie” that the blogosphere and this-age-of-social-media has defined. I am not picky with food, but I am not overly adventurous (still haven’t tried those pupa thingies sold in the streets in Seoul and Jeju). But I do know how to appreciate, and I am not difficult to persuade new things or, in this sense, new types of food. And if you go to a new place, and they have a specialty, then…. when in Rome, as the saying goes… right?

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[JP18] A Day in Kawagoe, Japan: Kurazukuri, The Old Warehouse Zone

There is something about “old towns” that never fails to touch something within me. Regardless of the comforts and conveniences that I have grown accustomed to in a “digital” setting, there is something… comforting, when you go to places that evoke the past. I suppose because almost everything seems to have become so modern that they are, well, flitting, these “old towns” are those last hints that there used to something in the distant past that has somehow endured to this day.

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[JP18] A Day in Kawagoe, Japan: Hikawa Shrine

A visit to Kawagoe wasn’t in the plans, at least until a week before our trip, when my friend put it out as one of the suggestions of a day trip from Tokyo. For the longest time, I’ve always associated Saitama for the Saitama Arena, which is also a venue for concerts *coughsArashicoughs*. Good to know that I can now associate it with another charming place, which is Kawagoe. Continue reading “[JP18] A Day in Kawagoe, Japan: Hikawa Shrine” →

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[JP18] A Day in Kawagoe, Japan: Kita-in Temple

Finally getting around to talking about my jaunt in Japan several months ago and I’m pretty sure as I go through these hundreds of photos and videos I took for the duration of my trip, I’d be feeling all itchy about going back there very soon. Revisiting Japan will probably be perpetually on my mental bucket list, as there are still so many things to see and explore. Oh where’s a gold mine when you need it?

For my first posts, I’d be talking about that hot, sweltering, day we spent walking around the city of Kawagoe.

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