travel tales

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Philippines: Flavors and Food Crawl (2026)

Where to go for your next coffee or dine-in experience?

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Toyama, Japan: Artisinal city of Takaoka

Takaoka, Toyama

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Japan: Toyama City Public Library

Finally, we were able to visit Toyama Kirari, a combination of offices, community area, retail/cafe/restaurant, gallery and glass museum.

Japan: Food crawl in Toyama

Sharing the cafes, restaurants we visited in Toyama, Japan.

Japan: Toyama Catholic Church

Toyama Catholic Church

Sunday, January 4, 2026

Toyama, Japan: Kansui Park Boarding Dock of Fugan Suijo Line

Kansui Park Boarding Dock of Fugan Suijo Line

Japan: Toyoko Inn Toyama

Toyoko Inn Toyama eki Shinkansen-guchi 2 - 東横INN富山駅新幹線口2

1 Chome-4-1 Sakuramachi, Toyama, 930-0003, Japan

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Gifu, Japan: Activities to do in Takayama

Gifu, Japan: Activities to engage in Takayama

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Takayama, Gifu, Japan: Hirayu no Mori

We tried to book the Finnish sauna for our previous trip last December 2024. But it got cancelled due to maintenance activity. For this trip in October 2025, I started to contact them in April 2025.

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Japan: Hiking Daikokudake from Norikura Tatamidaira

I didn't have knowledge about what winter looks like until I became more interested in watching several videos about it. Like the danger and difficulty someone might encounter when going to the top of the mountain. Like how is the situation of the huts during the heavy snow. Like how the mountain hotels have limited service, how they are prepared to stay safe before the winter, and how the buildings are recovered in the middle of deep snow.

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Nagano, Japan: Kamikochi

Kamikochi is famous for the clean, crystal clear Azusa river with Japanese northern alps (Hida mountains) in the background. One of the gateways to reach multiple summits, peaks and offers great adventures in several mountains.