our jam-packed japanese travel route.
{click to enlarge} we flew from denpasar, indonesia to osaka, japan on AirAsia X route: denpasar –> kuala lumpur –> osaka 10+ hours in…
osaka
japanese comfort food: okonomiyaki
 okonomiyaki is called “japanese pizza” or “japanese pancakes” and it’s officially one of my new favorite hearty meals. (“yaki” means “what you like/want” –…
first stop in japan: the city of osaka
fifteen years ago, i spent a summer on an exchange program in southern japan (fukuoka with exploration in nagasaki and hiroshima). a high school…
daily ramen… from a vending machine.
we ate a lot of ramen in japan. probably more than we should admit. and much to our surprise, most ramen shops were synonymous with…