Feb 15
We did a hell of a lot of food-related activities over the last 12 months for Grantourismo. And my best moments of the year didn’t occur while seated at a voguish restaurant… 1. Tasting cheese at Neal’s Yard Dairy in London. It’s not just the French who have fabulous cheeses! And yes, we had some …
Jul 06
For the first time on our Grand Tour this year, in Tokyo we got to play at being tourists. It wasn’t because we hadn’t been to Tokyo before (we had), but because it was so long ago (a stopover 17 years ago!) it was as if we were visiting for the first time. Experiencing the …
Jul 06
I’m not going to name names, so don’t ask. But a Tokyo-based guide recommended to us emailed me to say he was away on a tour while we were in town. He apologised for not being there to meet us and kindly gave us his number in case we needed help. His one piece of …
Jul 05
Many people think of Tokyo as a high-tech, high-rise city and while that is true to a certain extent, it’s not the complete picture. Tokyo boasts charming, low-rise, traditional neighbourhoods such as Yanaka and Asakusa (which we wrote about here), but more surprisingly there are atmospheric old quarters hidden right amid the neon-lit towers of Shinjuku, such as …
Jul 05
Strolling the leafy lanes of the atmospheric quarter of Yanaka is like stepping back in time. Dotted with historic temples and traditional low-rise wooden houses, this laidback area is one of Tokyo’s oldest neighbourhoods, dating back to the Edo period (1603-1867). It’s also one of the few areas of the city to survive World War …
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