A friend of ours had been urging us to try this fairly new bakery/cafe that was just down the street. We decided to stop by for brunch one day. The inside of the bakery was really nice. It had a clean and modern style with lots of bright lighting. There were a number of different […]
On a recent ski trip to Nozawa Onsen in Nagano Prefecture, we stayed at Lodge Matsuya. The criteria we used to choose a place to stay was availability, price, location, favorable reviews, and value. During our time of stay, Lodge Matsuya fit all five of our criteria. During the planning stages of our trip to […]
We got a recommendation for Montemps Café in Ashikaga from our Airbnb host. We decided to check it out. The café was a short five minute walk from Ashikaga Station and was off of Chuo-dori which ran parallel to the train tracks. From the outside it looked like an older commercial building that had recently […]