Seoul Friendship Fair
Seoul Friendship Fair is a rare opportunity to sample international food outside Itaewon. It’s held this weekend at Seoul Plaza (City Hall Station) from noon to 7 pm.
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Oktoberfest in Japan
The Munich Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world and over 200 years old. I’ve never been there but many foreigners travel to Germany each year just to get drunk.
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Turning NEX train seats
One of the great features of many Japanese trains is that the seats always face the driving direction. Personally I’m fine sitting in the opposite direction because I’m usually sleeping anyway. Some trains turn the seats automatically after they’ve reached their final stop, in others it’s done manually. I recorded this video of the NEX, JR East’s airport train.
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Gio Cat Café in Seoul (Café Gio Cat)
Last year I wrote about a cat café in Tokyo, but there are plenty in Seoul as well. So I went to Café Gio Cat in Seoul with a friend – and while it has cats too, it is very different compared to the Tokyo one.
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Cafe with Penguin & 1st Penguin – Penguin Cafes in Seoul
I already talked about Seoul’s coffee shops such as the Charlie Brown Cafe and Hello Kitty Cafe. One day I wondered if there are cafes about my favorite animals (penguins) and yes, there are at least two in Seoul.
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Solo Karaoke
Karaoke is either done with friends/colleagues (Asia) or in a bar in front of people you don’t know (West). But friends don’t always have time and trying out new songs in front of others can be embarrassing.
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Google Cave View
Google making panoramic shots of another city is no big deal (unless that city happens to be in Germany), so
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Sendai: Zuihoden, the Mausoleum of Masamune Date
Date Masamune (family name: Date) build his castle in Sendai in 1600 and was important in the growth and development
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From Hakodate to Sendai by train – going underground
The Shinkansen bullet-train is one of the trademarks of Japan, yet, there’s no Shinkansen on Hokkaido. Routes have been proposed
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An evening in Otaru
There is one other city in Hokkaido I visited during this trip to Japan: Otaru. Otaru is close to Sapporo
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Hakodate’s Tram
Hakodate’s public transport consists of tram lines and busses. For tourists, the tram is probably the most useful with the three most important stops being Jujigai (Mount Hakodate, Motomachi, Red Brick Warehouses), Hakodate Station and Goryokaku Koen Mae (Fort Goryokaku) all used by both tram lines.
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