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  • Toritake – Tokyo, Japan

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    A stone’s throw from the busy and world-famous Shibuya crossing, Toritake is a perfect place for a lunch break. Their speciality?  Yakitori ! Yakitori is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which meat is skewered and grilled on charcoal fire. Fun fact, yakitori in Japanese means ‘burned chicken’. From the outside you wouldn’t even notice Toritake. It is in…

  • Ichiran – Tokyo, Japan

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    Our first ramen experience in Japan was at Ichiran in Tokyo. We went to their Shinjuku branch as it was the closest to our hotel. I call it an ‘experience’ as it couldn’t have been further away to any restaurant experiences you may have in the western world. In the centre of the vibrant Shinjuku…

  • 4 days in Kyoto – highlights

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    This Spring we took a trip of a lifetime. We went to Japan! It was on our wander list for a very long time, so we decided to bite the bullet and use all our miles to make it across the world to the Land of the Rising Sun. We were not disappointed, Japan is…

  • What’s – Kyoto, Japan

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    If you happen to be visiting Kyoto and fancy some beef, I may just know the place you want to go to! What’s in Kyoto is one of those restaurants you would probably miss while walking around Kyoto city centre. It is in a quiet back street about 10-minutes’ walk from Shijo Dori, Kyoto main high…

  • Where I have been so far – 2017

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    A little overview of the countries I have visited so far.

  • Skincare & Cosmetics – 11 Japanese Must-Buys

    Skincare & Cosmetics – 11 Japanese Must-Buys

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    Asia is known to produce some of the best skincare and cosmetic products. Japan, in particular, is renowned among beauty-lovers (yours truly) for its very high-quality, , result-oriented, affordable cosmetics. For a beauty product addict like me, the Land of the Rising Sun was heaven! I visited the drugstores about 4 times. The first 2…

  • Back from Japan!

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    I am back beautiful people! Landed yesterday evening in London after 2 amazing weeks in the land of the Rising Sun. Japan was beautiful! I loved every minute of it and I am having a serious case of holiday blues as I type this post at 5 am (jet lag!) on this rainy morning day…

  • Out Of the Office

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    Hi guys, Heading to Japan tomorrow! So I apologise in advance if I am a little less active for the next 2 weeks. Follow my Instagram stories for some Japan videos! See you in 2 weeks! Claire