Jeju Island is defined by its volcanic landscape full of craters and cave-like lava tubes. Known also as the Island of the Gods, Jeju is a popular vacation spot for Koreans and many Japanese. If it wasn’t for Running Man, my favourite Korean variety show, I don’t think I would have ever heard of this exotic island that has literally everything! Flying out...

Before talking about the savory dish from Kobe, let me first introduce you to this beautiful city. Kobe is a city on Osaka Bay known to be Japan’s busiest port and one of Asia’s top ports until the Great Hanshin earthquake. While it isn’t as busy as it used to be, Kobe has many attractions along its harbour including various shopping malls at...

While cities like Osaka is an amazing place to be, Osaka is also one of the most convenient spots in the Kansai region, as it is very close to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe and even Hiroshima. It takes less than 2 hours on the JR West Line to go to any of the aforementioned places. Of the cities I visited in the Kansai region,...

Osaka was amazing! While I didn't spent much time in this city, I did roam around the streets quite a bit, to eat, to shop, and to embrace the big-city life. Taking the JR Line from Kyoto to Osaka, I found myself roaming around the Osaka Station where two shopping malls engulfed me. But shopping was not the only reason. The other reason...