If you’ve been hunting for the best cakes in Nagoya on RedNote (Xiaohongshu), HARBS would’ve popped up on your feed more times than you can count. That’s exactly how it landed on my Nagoya to-try list. After a heavy late lunch at Unagi Unayasu Nishiki, my tastebuds were begging for something sweet, so off we […]
Okay, I’ll be honest with you upfront — I’m not really a fan of unagi. Freshwater eel (and honestly, a lot of freshwater fish) tastes a bit earthy and muddy to me. Plus, unagi has all those tiny bones, so the texture just isn’t my thing. But hubby? He absolutely loves it. It’s like a […]
After our morning at the Toyota Commemorative Museum, we took a quick 5-minute walk over to AEON Mall Nagoya Noritake Garden. I really wanted to check out the Tsutaya Bookstore there — you know, the one with that magical optical-illusion wall of books that’s all over Instagram. Once we were done admiring the viral book […]
If you’ve been doom-scrolling travel reels lately, you’ve definitely seen that staircase. You know the one. A towering wall of books that looks like something out of a movie. I was recently in Nagoya checking out the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, and since it was just a quick 5-minute walk over to AEON Mall […]
Arrived in Nagoya way too early to check in. Dumped the luggage at the hotel and went hunting for lunch. Misokatsu Yabaton kept popping up on every Nagoya must-eat list, so off we went to their Esca Underground Mall outlet, right by the Shinkansen side of Nagoya Station. Spoiler: it lived up to the hype. […]
Goodbye Singapore, hello Japan! We’re off to Hakuba for our very first snowboarding adventure, but decided to spend a couple of days exploring Nagoya first since we’ve never been. If you’re flying in too, here’s the lowdown on getting from Chubu Airport to Nagoya Station via the Meitetsu train — the fastest, cheapest, and most […]
