A cool sea breeze and the scenic Yokohama Port served as the backdrop for the Yokohama North Dock Running Festival, which drew more than 1,600 runners to the installation May 18 for the annual event.
At Anettaisakan, or subtropical teahouse, aka Reptiles Café, you can make friends with various snakes, turtles and other reptiles while sipping on some Chinese tea.
Whether you live near Atsugi or Yokosuka, Yokohama Station is a fairly quick train ride and from there, Minato Mirai Station is only two stops away. It is an excellent place to step out into Japan to explore without having the worrying burden of traveling for hours.
The Kanazawa district of Yokohama City, 10 miles north of Yokosuka Naval Base, was once known as a popular sightseeing attraction made up scenic shorelines and mountains, along with majestic Buddhist temples and library of samurai lord.
A foreign businessman opened the first brewery to serve Japanese beers in 1869 in Yokohama. With the changes of the ownership of the brewery, it started producing Kirin-branded beers in 1888. You can visit the modern day factories and taste the different types of Japanese beer that is available on tap
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan by population, located just south of Japan’s capital, and offers dazzling views of Tokyo Bay’s sparkling waters.
Yokohama, a city in the Greater Tokyo Area, is the second largest city in Japan and home to the largest Chinatown in Asia. Here, you can get your fix of everything from Hong Kong-style egg tarts to Peking duck to Taiwanese noodle soups
My co-workers and I entered Moti, a restaurant close to busy Roppongi Crossing, on a whim. It was the Spring Equinox holiday in Japan and many eateries in the area were closed, but Moti was open for lunch. We entered due to hunger but what we found were delicious North Indian cuisine lunch sets at reasonable prices.
You have to eat at Din Tai Fung. That was a tip recently given to me prior to a trip to Taipei. The words of wisdom came from a friend who, despite being a vegetarian, still craves the pork soup dumplings at this famous Taiwanese restaurant.
Just a five-minute walk from the main gate of Misawa AB, Akanoren is very popular eatery serving a well-known local delicacy called “barayaki” or grilled beef rib.
Located from the northern island of Hokkaido through the southernmost island of Okinawa, family restaurants, aka ‘famiresu’, offer a variety of unique menu items at a reasonable price, providing an indispensable dining facility for anybody in Japan.
I’ve never made doughnuts before. This was my first time. I’m sure they will only get better the more I make them. So I started by doing a bit of research. Then I figured out what kind of doughnut I wanted and got to work.
