World According to Pete

Wacky random ramblings about wacky random trips

Tokyo

June 28, 2026

Japan 2026 is a Wrap

So we just finished our eel lunch in Tokyo and it’s high time to get to the airport for our flight back to Chicago. The endless flight to Chicago passed uneventfully… we landed, and Matt had to hurry off to make his tight Boston connection. Robert and I had like six hours to kill, and… Continue reading

Chicago, CVG, Japan, Tokyo, Travel

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June 27, 2026

Last Breakfast & Lunch in Tokyo

OK so it’s Sunday, we have a plane to catch, but before that we still have two amazing meals in Japan to enjoy! First order of business: fish market for breakfast. We wanted to try a new one, so alarms were set for seven AM and we were out the door by 7:30. We went… Continue reading

Breakfast, Fish Markets, Food, Japan, Tokyo, Travel, Uni

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June 26, 2026

Saturday in Tokyo

What an absolutely sick final meal!!!! Continue reading

Food, Japan, Sake, Tokyo, Travel, Uni

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June 24, 2026

Back to Tokyo

Scary post to write! Apparently I was tired of writing in my journal by now so I don’t have much to go on… but also the sadness of approaching our final destination is setting in. I honestly never wanted this trip to end, but here we are heading back to Tokyo, and the next stop… Continue reading

Bars, Food, Hiroshima, Hotels, Japan, Tokyo, Travel

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June 19, 2026

Sendai to Tokyo to Kobe

The plan was for a fairly leisurely lunch in Tokyo Station, where there are literally hundreds of restaurants, then a much longer train ride to Kobe! We found a pretty serious eel place luckily. Continue reading

Bars, Food, Japan, Kobe, Tokyo, Travel, Uni

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May 14, 2025

We Visited the Todi Duomo

Then it was back to the flat for our work day. As luck would have it, the stock markets are melting down at the moment so I’m sort of in a “batten down the hatches” mode. And speaking of luck… I completely tested out all my equipment in Rome, everything was all well and good—but… Continue reading

Food, Italia, Italy, Todi, Tokyo, Travel, Umbria

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April 16, 2024

Final Japan 2023 Post :'(

Survived another night on the floor! Apparently, in this room with the window open and the street light immediately outside us, I spent the night snoring Robert’s ear off. Sorry about that, something about a lack of mattress must have disturbed my sleep 😀 For our final breakfast in Japan, we obviously had to return… Continue reading

Fish Markets, Food, Japan, Sake, Tokyo, Travel, Uni

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April 15, 2024

Takayama to Tokyo

As written in my journal, this is an exact quote from Robert: “We haven’t eaten anything too weird” And then…. and then, and then and then and then 😀 Checks notes: “we entered our final accommodation of the trip: a six-foot by ten-foot traditional ryocan, with shared bathrooms and everything.” Heading out to dinner, we… Continue reading

Food, Japan, Takayama, Tokyo, Travel

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April 1, 2024

Day One, Part Three 😀

That afternoon, fresh off the eel skewers, we wandered about for a bit—we went into a Buddhist temple (where pictures weren’t allowed) and checked out a beautiful traditional Japanese garden. In the interest of brevity I’m just gonna blast out a few pics with little-to-no explanation: At last, it’s time for dinner on our first… Continue reading

Food, Hotels, Japan, Tokyo, Travel

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April 1, 2024

Still the First Day!

Feeling like it was high time for an afternoon snack, we hiked across the Shinjuku station to find this small street by the beautiful name of Piss Alley (seriously). Once inside, we were drawn to our mysterious snack destination—this is the entire restaurant: Apparently they don’t get a lot of US tourists here, but they… Continue reading

Food, Japan, Tokyo, Travel

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