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June 21, 2026

Kobe to Hiroshima

The lunch here is hard to explain, basically lots of layers & sauces and the whole thing cooks down pretty flat. Very tasty! It’s been a reoccurring theme during the trip, noticing that tourism is up sharply since the last visit in 2023. When we were in Hiroshima the last time, we stuck out so… Continue reading

Bars, Food, Hiroshima, Japan, Kobe, Kobe beef, Steak restaurants, Travel

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June 20, 2026

Beef Dinner in Kobe

Oh boy, so this was the big one. So excited for Matt to experience this, and honestly so excited for me to experience this again! Our sushi lunch was pretty amazing though… Matt went off to take a nap, Robert and I flipped through channels for a bit and then decided to head out. We… Continue reading

Bars, Food, Japan, Kobe, Kobe beef, Steak restaurants, Travel

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June 18, 2026

Next Day in Sendai

This morning we awoke around six (hummm maybe we weren’t quite over jet lag after all) but it’s been my job to try and get coffee up to the room (mostly because Robert doesn’t care that much but I really want it) and this hotel was more difficult than most: there’s a guard keeping people… Continue reading

Food, Japan, Steak restaurants, Travel

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June 13, 2025

Still Cold in Todi

(More notes from March 2025) To make a long story short, we are freaking freezing!! It’s always in the 40’s here, howling winds, rain/sleet; we just didn’t pack for this!! And today I had a crap day at the stocks—you might ask why am I stressing about work stuff here? Well, that was kind of… Continue reading

Food, Italia, Italy, Steak restaurants, Todi, Travel, Umbria

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June 5, 2025

Still in Scenic Todi Italy

(notes from March 2025) We have been here long enough to have accumulated piles of various complicated recycling, and it was finally time to drag everything down to the nearest recycling centers. Naturally, it is needlessly complicated… The entire apparatus is under lock and key (I guess to prevent over-zealous recyclers from overflowing it all?)… Continue reading

Food, Italia, Italy, Steak restaurants, Todi, Travel, Umbria

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December 1, 2024

Lunch and Dinner in Valletta

It was a PIA any which way you slice it but I absolutely loved our day in Valletta Malta!! Continue reading

Food, Malta, Steak restaurants, Travel

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April 15, 2024

Day trip to Toyama

This post might be a bit amusing, inadvertently—my notes are scrambled at this point lol but I’ll try to piece the day together. Oh yeah, so it was pouring down rain in Takayama so we decided on a day trip to Toyama… we got to the train station a little early so we thought we’d… Continue reading

Food, Hida beef, Japan, Steak restaurants, Takayama, Toyama, Travel

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April 12, 2024

Hiroshima to Nagoya to Takayama

We were there for only two nights but we’re gonna miss Hiroshima (if not their oysters). But we did pick a good time to leave: the G7 is coming to visit and all the city seems to be locking down. The Peace Park has police all over the place, they are locking all the train… Continue reading

Food, Hida beef, Hiroshima, Japan, Steak restaurants, Travel

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April 6, 2024

Back to Kobe

One of the things I love to do in a foreign country is flip through channels. As you might expect, Japan has some pretty bizarre TV. There was a talkshow that we watched for quite some time where the host was a CG character: a five-foot tall woman with a three-by-two-foot head. I’ll admit it… Continue reading

Food, Japan, Kobe, Kobe beef, Osaka, Sake, Steak restaurants, Travel

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April 4, 2024

Perfect Day Part II — Lunch!

Our amazing Kobe Beef lunch (did I mention in Kobe?!?) was a meal to remember, joining the rarified list of best meals of my life, ever. It turns out that a chef prepares everything in front of you, on a huge gleaming stainless steel grill. This is nothing like a noisy hibachi meal in the… Continue reading

Food, Japan, Kobe, Kobe beef, Steak restaurants, Travel

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