Best Hotels in Nikko Japan
September 4, 2023
By janelawsonfood
The best places to stay in Nikko Japan!
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Dining
KANAGAWA Region – Hakone, Odawara, Yokohama & Kamakura, Japan
March 22, 2020
By janelawsonfood
When the world gets back on its feet…. I’m fairly certain all of us who suffer from travel-lust (not just travel writers and tour operators) will be desperate to bust out of isolation and travel our buns off . So in an effort to maintain positivity […]
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Confessions of a Travel Writer
September 15, 2019
By janelawsonfood
Dear All, I have something to confess. It’s been almost 12 months since my last blogpost. I’m ashamed. And ever so sorry. It’s just that… well, no excuses really – except that I’ve been super busy travelling for work (and writing elsewhere eg Escape, Delicious, Real […]
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Heavenly Hayashi
August 19, 2017
By janelawsonfood
Once again I’ve stolen an old post from my other blog eatspeakjl.blogspot.com to share with you a ryotei (traditional restaurant serving Kaiseki cuisine) I ate at around 7 or 8 years ago in Kyoto… I really can’t believe it was that long ago because I still […]
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Reine Des Pres
August 9, 2017
By janelawsonfood
Reine Des Pres, a pocket sized French Restaurant in Kyoto, is particularly popular with ladies who lunch and couples who give each other perfect red roses on Valentine’s Day. It’s situated a little north of the main city hub in a street that runs south from […]
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Japan Blue
July 31, 2017
By janelawsonfood
Every so often we get swept away with the colour in Japan. We cannot tell a lie. In fact it’s an every day occurrence whether we are in situ or looking at 30 something years worth of Japan travel photos. Or merely dreaming. Last week it […]
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Sandor Does Kyoto
July 22, 2017
By janelawsonfood
Earlier this year I had the great pleasure of introducing Fermentation Guru Sandor Katz to just a small snippet of some of Kyoto’s wonders. He was on a mission to try some Funazushi (fermented sushi) so we tracked some down at a shop specialising in foods […]
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Naoshima
June 9, 2017
By janelawsonfood
It had reached the point of embarrassment. The business of ‘not yet’ having visited the ‘art island’ of Naoshima. Many of my clients had made the trip and raved, or were seeking my advice on a regular basis… ‘what’s it like?’ ‘when’s the best time to go?’ ‘where should […]
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Breakfast in Kyoto…tbc…
September 7, 2016
By janelawsonfood
Locals generally eat breakfast at home in Kyoto -town so unless you are staying in a hotel, ryokan or an apartment a sit down breakfast, like you might be used to in your own country, can be difficult to find. There are a few boulangerie and fast […]
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Red, White and Black Japan
September 6, 2016
By janelawsonfood
Last week I was blissing out on all the calming green of Kyoto and this week I’m seeing RED. Red, white and black that is. Dramatic, graphic, striking and stimulating. In Japanese culture the colour red represents energy and lifeforce ( it also wards off evil spirits […]
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