…using both hands and my mouth to dust off the cobwebs on this blog… What’s good everyone! Ahhh…looks like I got splainin’ (explaining) to do 😅 – first of all, I hope y’all are doing well (whether you’re in the states, or somewhere else in the world keeping safe and proactive in these times of… Read more

Hey what’s good y’all – I know it’s been a hot minute since I’ve blogged about my Japan trip that I took last November. I was slated to continue with Day 4: Part 3 of the trip (which I was super excited to write about!); however, life got in the way, priorities shifted, and a… Read more

As I was trying to make conversation with the bus driver in telling him that I needed to reach Shizuoka Station (as part of my journey to reach Kurasawaya (the lunch spot that I was talking about in the previous blog post), I was struggling to figure out how to say just that (granted, I… Read more

I got up about 5:45am in the morning, took a shower, and quietly got dressed and ready to go outside. The weather was partly cloudy, and the temperature was in the high 50s (°F) – not cold to be honest, but it was a decent drop from the low 70s (°F). I’m usually mindful about… Read more

Before I get started, excuse me for being away for a hot minute – it’s just been quite busy with other things going on in my life – whether it be the long hours at work where I’ve surprisingly have been managing my workload as best as I can, religiously working on building up and… Read more

“こんにちは私はケビンです! はじめましてどうぞよろしく。” (Kon’nichiwa watashi wa Kebindesu! Hajimemashite dōzo yoroshiku – or Hello, I’m Kevin! Nice to meet you. [in a very polite manner]) as I said to Yuko’s (the main airBnb host that I was in contact with for making the reservation to stay at her family place in Shizuoka) husband as he opened the… Read more

Pump the brakes kev whoa whoa whoa…yo hold up! what’s up with you man? I thought the next post in your travel blog would be about “Day 3 (Part 3) – [Insert a chill yet vibrant title to describe your late afternoon to nighttime experience in Shizuoka, Japan] (11/12/19).” WHAT IS UP?! D: To answer… Read more

Before I begin: Hey what’s good everyone? Hope y’all are doing well and keeping proactive + safe from the recent news about COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) – excuse me for not being as diligent with this travel blog as of late. I was originally going to write this up about a week after the last post,… Read more

I managed to get some decent sleep after yesterday’s long day of eating, walking, shopping, eating, walking, shopping, eating, eating, and eating (obviously nine different things haha) – my jetlag has started to die down quite a bit since waking up at 6am. One of the things that I really like about this AirBnb that… Read more

~ Side Note #15: The Pokémon Center Tokyo DX store that I was at is located in the Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. (stands for shopping center) East Building. Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. consists of three parts – Annex, Main Building, and East Building. Each section of the shopping center has a variety of things to shop and… Read more

Yodobashi Camera! Finally the place that a lot of people have been raving and talkin’ about. (I think I might have missed out on coming here the first time I went to Tokyo 12 years before this trip just due to the pace of the Japan tour that I was on with my mom at… Read more

My next destination would be an area that I’ve been wanting to visit in Tokyo for a long while now – Akihabara, THE LAND OF ELECTRONICS, VIDEO GAMES, AND OTHER COOL STUFF! HELL YEAH DUDE…oh man I could go off for days on how I had to make sure that I made a stop here… Read more

After having those amazing pancakes from Benitsuru, I walked a very short 2 minutes to hit up the next spot around these parts – Yukari! This is another spot that Paolo from Paolo FromTokyo (as part of his Tokyo Street Food Asakusa Top 10 Hidden Backstreet Tour | Fluffiest Japanese Pancakes Ever! youtube vid) recommended that I… Read more

Given that I got about 1 1/2 hours before I could sit down at Benitsuru later in the morning, and since a bunch of the places I wanted to hit up in Asakusa aren’t open yet anyway, I decided to walk to Sensō-ji temple while hitting up Nakamise-dori Street (aka Nakamise Shopping Street) on the… Read more

12:30am, 2:00am, 3:00am, and 5:30am – these are the times that jetlag decided to wake me up. Jetlag 1. Kevin 0. After waking up the fourth time, I just couldn’t go back to sleep – time to get the day started… with some tap water! Originally, I was going to take the elevator downstairs and… Read more

NRT (Narita International Airport) – I arrived a bit earlier than expected. Going through customs, grabbing my checked-in luggage, setting up my JR (Japan Rail) Pass, & retrieving my pocket wifi went really smoothly. Also, seeing the “Welcome to JAPAN” sign held by both Mario & Luigi (Nintendo Characters) was awesome (there was another “Welcome… Read more

Flight from PDX -> LAX: caught up on some sleep; not bad of a flight! (especially with the aisle seat! (my preferred option). Flight from LAX -> NRT (Narita Intl. Airport): even though it was a 10 – 11 hr flight… honestly, it was decent – it’s been a long while since I’ve flown on… Read more

Eight years since the last time I flew outside of the country, living in a city as an adopted local, priorities shifting left & right throughout the years, & the non-stop daily grind to be a better person everyday. After yesterday’s 13-hour fiasco of a workday, I was finally able to breathe a sigh of… Read more

What’s good y’all? Oh man… it’s been a hot minute since I’ve thought about blogging forreal – it’s one of those things where I felt that this is the right time to put thoughts onto print, and it could not have come at a better time where I just came back from my second trip… Read more