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The Japanese are very welcoming towards visitors, but their unique customs can present some situations where first-time travellers may accidentally insult locals. “It’s perhaps impossible to have a completely faux-pas free journey the first time [Read more...]

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Greedy Girl is an inveterate watcher of TV food shows – and where they involve travel, so much the better. She’d seen Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations which featured the culinary equivalent of taking coals to Newcastle [Read more...]

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On our first visit to Tokyo, two short years ago, there were a handful of cafes serving European-style coffee that didn’t fall under the umbrella of one of the global chains. Greedy Girl has nothing [Read more...]

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This restaurant has closed. Like many big cities, Tokyo has a lot of different personalities on show in its various neighbourhoods. On our last night in this amazing city for this trip, we headed out [Read more...]

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While not as gaudy as some areas of Tokyo, Roppongi’s main street has more than its fair share of nightclubs and whisky bars. Thankfully, Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband were heading for a quiet side [Read more...]

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This area is now known as Commune 2nd. Depending on who you ask, Omotesando is not so much a defined area of Tokyo but rather the neighbourhood takes its name from the sweeping tree-lined avenue [Read more...]

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While the ubiquitous neon signs and pachinko parlours are staples of downtown Tokyo, there are many more faces the city can show. On a hot and humid weekend we wanted to search out some relative [Read more...]

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While there’s no jet lag travelling between Australia’s east coast and Tokyo (the time difference is only an hour), Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband were a little the worse for wear after the overnight flight. [Read more...]

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Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband travel to Asia a lot and are looking forward to visiting Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand over the course of this year. This week’s announcement of the San Pellegrino [Read more...]

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There are lots of coffee shops in downtown Tokyo. They’re a mix of hole-in-the-wall establishments, sometimes in basements, everywhere in department stores and, of course, the American chains are well represented. But European coffee lovers [Read more...]

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