Furukawa Ramen in Mito

We’ve been trying to go Furukawa ramen for over two years now. It has some of the highest reviews on google so we figured it must be a worthwhile ramen shop in Mito. The only catch is that the ramen shop is only open Monday – Friday from 9:00 – 14:00. They don’t serve dinner […]

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Hirokawa Service Area in Fukuoka

Our original plan was to spend the night at the Kita Kumamoto Service Area North Bound. We were surprised to find that the Service Area was under construction. The main building complex had been completely demolished and was in the process of being rebuilt. They did have basic restroom facilities and a portable that housed […]

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Sano Service Area in Tochigi

We stopped here on a recent trip to Nikko. We had just wrapped up a couple of days touring the area and were on our way to the Tsuchiura Firework Festival. After doing some research we settled on Sano Service Area. We had been to Sano before during one of our biking trips and were […]

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