Tag: Mochi
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Sendai Diaries: Casual Shopping and Sendai Meat
I spent long weekend #2 of Golden Week 2024 in Sendai! Yes, Hakodate and Sendai are the two places I stopped by with my family from the trip we took last year from Tokyo to Hokkaido, but I didn’t spend nearly enough time there as I would have liked. Plus, my boyfriend has been to…
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Exploring Japan with Family: Part 3 in Hakodate and Sapporo
July 14th: This was the day we left Sendai to go to Hakodate! Sendai was very fun and I wish I got to spend more time here! I definitely want to come back, for the food, and more tohoku souvenirs…I was also desperately hunting for the Miyagi Kirby keychains, but they were nowhere to be…
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Sapporo Diaries: A hangout at the Lilac Festival
I went to Sapporo on May 20th because a friend asked around if anyone wanted to get lunch at a ramen place she found and then hang out at the Lilac Festival that was happening over the weekend. Apparently the lilac is Sapporo’s representative flower, and there’s a whole bunch blooming around Odori Park this…
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Tokyo/Nagoya Diaries: TeamLab Planets and Ghibli Park
Here’s part 2 of my Tokyo trip! March 28th: Our main planned thing to do of the day was TeamLab Planets, and other than that, just chill in Tsukiji in the morning, and Asakusa and Ueno in the afternoon/evening. Because I planned on getting a brunch at Tsukiji, I bought tickets for TeamLab for 1pm…
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Otaru Diaries: 26th Snow Light Path
On February 11th, my boyfriend and I spent a day in Otaru to go see the lights that were happening in the evening. Apparently there’s a famous event there called the Snow Light Path (translated), and the 11th was the first day of the event. I decided to spend the whole day to make the…
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Sapporo Diaries: Christmas Weekend!
Merry Christmas (weekend)! To celebrate, my boyfriend and I are doing a longer overnight stay in Sapporo and eating good (food is always good, but more so than usual?). As usual, we made a rough meal plan and general itinerary for our trip, along with some more formal reservations. Friday December 23: I’m still working…
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Sapporo Diaries: Special Guest and First Long Stay!
I normally go to Sapporo on day trips on a weekend day so I don’t have to worry about staying too late and overnight, but this weekend was an exception, because my boyfriend is coming to visit me! The plan was to meet up with him in Sapporo Friday evening since he would land earlier…
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