Meg: When we found out that we could actually stay a night at a working Buddhist temple in Kyoto, my inner history nerd lit up with joy. I have a fascination with Japanese history, and the temples (and the monks they contain) played a major role in the social, cultural and political development of the [...]
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Eat & Run in Japan – Part 4: Myoshinji Shukubo (Temple Stay in Kyoto)
Posted in Asia, Japan, tagged blog, buddhist, eat, frank, hotel, Japan, kyoto, meg, run, shukubo, stay, temple, video on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eat & Run in Japan – Part 3: Eating Fugu (blowfish) in Tokyo
Posted in Asia, Japan, tagged blowfish, food, frank, frankenmeg, fugu, fuku, Japan, japanese, meg, poison, restaurant, tokyo, toxin, travel, video on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meg: Before we left for our honeymoon, we decided to try to do something “dangerous” in each country we visited. Since we didn’t have enough time to climb Mount Fuji, we decided upon something equally perilous: eating blowfish. Frank was especially enthusiastic about trying it, while I was a little reticent. The notion of putting my [...]
Eat & Run in Japan – Part 2: Tsukiji Fish Market & Sumo
Posted in Asia, Japan, tagged eat, fish, frank, frankenmeg, Japan, japanese, market, meg, run, sumo, sushi, tokyo, tsukiji on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Meg: When we arrived in Tokyo, we were a little jet-lagged (these all natural tablets helped, but there’s only so much you can do when it comes to a 12 hour time difference). So when we found ourselves awake before the sun came up on our first full day in Japan, we decided to make [...]
Eat & Run in Japan – Part 1: The Prince Park Tower
Posted in Asia, Japan, tagged eat & run, food, frank, frank and meg, frankenmeg, Japan, japanese, meg, park, prince, review, tokyo, tower, travel, video on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Frank: We kicked off our honeymoon with a glass of champagne during our 13 hour long flight to Japan. It was made bearable by the fact that we were in business class, so at we least had pretty good food and free drinks. We left at 1pm on Monday and arrived in Tokyo at 4pm [...]
