It’s Father’s Day in many western countries today, as it is in Japan and recently the Asahi Shinbun published a Father’s Day Special article where they asked 3277 dads (don’t know why it was that random number!) what was the best Father’s Day present… Number one was : Appreciation From Their Kids Which is nice. [...]
I found this little gem in the local supermarket the other day, and it’s an Australian wine so I’m sure this bottle is not exclusive to Japan, but it did have a certain Japanese feel to it in it’s clever design. It’s called “Dokodemo Wine” (どこでもワイン) in Japanese which translates as “Anywhere Wine” , because [...]
It’s coming up to sakura (Cherry Blossom) season in Japan now, the buds are just starting to blossom, which means Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) is only a weekend or two away. Hanami is a great Japanese tradition where everybody goes to parks or riversides and has picnics under the cherry blossom usually accompanied by sake [...]
A pleasant 30 minute walk from our B&B led us to L’Orient Winery (also called Shirayuri Winery). We really struck gold with this one, as while we were wandering around the shop and tasting room the winery owner, Mr Takao Uchida, who was extremely friendly with everyone, started talking to us and was very interested [...]
