Visiting the country where my family is from with my family has been eye opening but mostly stomach expanding. Taiwanese culture is centered around food. In fact, my parents greet their friends by asking if they’ve eaten yet “jia ba me.”* While my parents were excited to show me around and I got to see the places where they used…
Tokyo to Taiwan
I spent some of my last moments in Tokyo under the pouring rain at the Imperial Palace. After I had enough of the rain, I decided to take shelter enjoy some art at the museum of modern art across the street. I was able to dry off and rest my feet ponder the many beautiful pieces in that museum. Plus, it had a…
Day 3
The highlight of the day was the world famous Tsukiji fish market. This is where the best sushi restaurants get their fish. If there is one word that describes that place it is mayhem. Trucks, dollys, scooters zipping around the place barely dodging the relentless horde of tourists. I stopped into Ryu Sushi which, if I remember correctly, has been…
Day 2
Most hotel breakfasts are nothing to write home about. Yet here I am! The breakfast at this hotel was probably one of the best I have ever hadd. While they had traditional western fare, the star of the show was (obviously) their Japanese style breakfast items: they had everything- tomagoyaki, cod roe, udon, taro balls, mackerel, and the list goes…
Day 1
I am awake at 5:30 am in Tokyo writing this post. I had vastly underestimated how tired I would be after 24 total hours of being in transit (car/airport/airplane/airport/airplane/train). I had planned to stay out late last night but ended up crashing hard after 8pm. Nonetheless, the short time I have been here has already been a massive flood of…