I flew to Japan in July 2014, a long overdue trip after a 10-day winter trip to Tokyo four years earlier. I still love the people, the food and the culture but the entire experience in summer is vastly different. It was one of the hottest summers too and we experienced a 40C temperature on one of the days in Tokyo; a day when we just couldn’t walk anymore and had to head back for a quick rest at the hotel.
My first trip to Japan was restricted to Tokyo and the plan was to try some of the oldest restaurants in the city. Here’s a late post about it. On this trip, however , I wanted to experience the cultural and food nuances in different regions. As I heard once, food is to Osaka what culture is to Kyoto and shopping to Tokyo. I wanted to find out for myself.
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