kojimatravelusaNov 11, 20191 minUdon Noodle in OsakaYesterday, my customers, who had a long layover at the Osaka Airport, asked me where they could go for a quick lunch in downtown Osaka. T...
kojimatravelusaApr 25, 20191 minJapan Festival Boston!Kojima Travel Consulting will be at the festival! Please come to our booth in Boston Common on Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th. ...
kojimatravelusaDec 11, 20181 minThank you, Gabby! In my previous blog post about the Boston sake tasting, I briefly mentioned Gabby, a local sake sommelier from Milton, MA. For those who w...
kojimatravelusaDec 9, 20181 minNiigata Sake LoversAs I mentioned in my Boston tasting blog, Tomomi Duquette flew from Niigata to join Yuichi Yamagishi and help out with our tastings. Tomo...
kojimatravelusaDec 7, 20181 minNiigata Sake Tasting in New York CityAfter the exciting Boston tasting, Yuichi, Tomomi, Doug (my husband) and I travelled to host another tasting in New York on Monday, Decem...
kojimatravelusaDec 6, 20181 minNiigata Sake Tasting in BostonOn December 1st, Kojima Travel Consulting sponsored a sake tasting with two renowned Japanese sake masters, Yuichi Yamagishi and Tomomi D...
kojimatravelusaOct 24, 20181 minSado Island - Why not? (Part 1)When I ask my Japanese friends if they have been to Sado island, their answer is universal, “Sado? Never!” I don’t quite blame them becau...
kojimatravelusaSep 30, 20181 minBubbling Hot Spring in ToyamaOn a sweltering summer day, a young women from the local tourism department in Toyama told me, with some reluctance, about a magical volc...
kojimatravelusaSep 30, 20181 minSake Tasting CupsWhat I love about sake tastings, especially in small family-run breweries in Japan, is that you have an opportunity to connect with the ow...
kojimatravelusaSep 22, 20181 minWagyu!People in the U.S. may occasionally see the word “wagyu” at specialty restaurants where high end Japanese beef is served. The word “wagyu...