Travel Archives - World According to Pete

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

ANA, Gibson’s, Gibson’s Chicago, Narita, Narita Express, Tokyo Narita

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

eel, eels, Michelin, Michelin star, Sushi, tokyo eel, tokyo eels, tokyo michelin, tokyo sushi

June 26, 2026

Saturday in Tokyo

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

Food, Japan, Sake, Tokyo, Travel, Uni

Sushi, sushi restaurant, tokyo sushi, tokyo sushi restaurant

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

Mandarin, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, Mandarin Tokyo, Manderin Oriental, shabu ahabu, shabu shabu tokyo, shabu tokyo

June 23, 2026

Dinner in Hiroshima

So the funny thing…. remember Waygu Labs? This is the father’s restaurant!! They overheard us talking about about last night’s steak dinner, and all the staff immediately shot looks back and forth, I couldn’t tell if they were impressed, or just amused? In any case they prolly knew by now we weren’t just casual foodies… Continue reading

Bars, Food, Hiroshima, Japan, Travel

Beef, Uni

June 22, 2026

Day Trip to Kure

Today’s excursion is gonna be a really fun trip, I have wanted to see Kure for a while. But first, we have to figure out the trains from Hiroshima Kure is still an important shipyard but it was a critical one during WWII (that’s World War TWO, not World War ELEVEN :-D). The allies conducted… Continue reading

Hiroshima, Japan, Travel

Hiroshima daytrip, Hotel En, Kure, Yamoto

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

Hiroshima, Hiroshima beef, Hiroshima castle, Hiroshima ground zero, Peace Park, Waygu, Waygu beef, Waygu Labs

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

garlic, Japanese whiskies, Kobe, Kobe steak, lotus root, Whiskey

June 20, 2026

Sushi Lunch in Kobe

We walked to the national park just outside the train station, the park Robert and I climbed all the way to the top of last trip, but this trip we decided on an easy elevator up to where you can catch cable-cars all the way to the top! Continue reading

Food, Japan, Kobe, Travel

kobe sushi, sashimi, Sushi

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

Bullet train, eel restaurant, eels, Kobe, Kobe french, Kobe french restaurant, Tokyo Station, Tokyo Station eel