Now you know I got love for Taipei. It’s the heart of Taiwan. But Kaohsiung (pronounced GAO – SHONG), a city at the southern tip of Taiwan, would no doubt… [Continue Reading]
Category: Travel
Oh, the Taiwanese night market. This cultural icon is so embedded in Taiwanese culture that travelling to Taiwan and not going to a night market would be like going to… [Continue Reading]
I walked into my school one day and was “voluntold” (a word we foreign English teachers around here use when we’re forced to do something for our school) that we… [Continue Reading]
If you can’t tell by my previous few posts, I think that Japan is one truly fantastic country, and I’ve just barely scraped the tip of the iceberg. There is… [Continue Reading]
A hallmark of any world weary traveler’s trip to Japan should be a stay in one of the thousands of capsule hotels, almost as symbolic of Japan as riding the… [Continue Reading]
Japan is one noodle loving country. Walk down any street in Tokyo and you’re bound to come across two or three noodle joints serving a variety of Japanese noodles, captained… [Continue Reading]
I was naturally curious to see what an Oktoberfest would be like in Japan. Again, this was Tokyo flexing its international muscle and proving it can hang with the likes… [Continue Reading]
If there’s one thing Japan is known for, it’s giant robot statues. I set off one afternoon to a waterfront neighbourhood called Odaiba in Tokyo to search for one of… [Continue Reading]
Akihabara. The very name draws a resounding “wowww” from those familiar with it, and a corresponding “HUH?” from people who have never heard of it. For those unfamiliar with this… [Continue Reading]
I’m not into opening up a paper in the morning and reading my horoscope. I just don’t believe in that stuff. But, if you make me shake a metal box… [Continue Reading]