TOKYO—Called sampuru, this fake food has been used outside restaurants to lure customers inside for more than 100 years. The practice pre-dates colour menus.

posted on Monday, June 8th, 2020 by Doug Wallace Posted in FOOD & BOOZE Comments Off on Fake food in Japan

When my partner Tim gets something in his mind, there is no shaking it out. Such was the case in Kyoto the day he decided we would bike around Kyoto to visit all the temples. A guide book had told him that that was the most efficient way to see Kyoto, which he took this … Continue reading Japan: Kyoto →

posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 by Doug Wallace Posted in DESTINATIONS Comments Off on Japan: Kyoto