TOKYO JOURNAL: ICHIRAN RAMEN
- April 01, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
I have a confession to make that will shock many people. Even though I’ve gone to Japan many times since 2013, I have not tried Ichiran Ramen until this trip....
PAPER CUT
- March 22, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
I don’t quite know where to begin. It’s strange to have felt this way again – angry, disappointed and hopeless. All the emotions that lay dormant for the last two...
TOKYO JOURNAL: CAPTAIN’S DONUT @ SHIMOKITA-ZAWA
- March 20, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
Captain’s Donut is just a two-minute walk from Shimokita-zawa Station. You won’t miss the cute, quirky exterior. Besides, the smell will lead you to it...
TOKYO JOURNAL: NEZU SHRINE
- February 27, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
Visits to Japan are incomplete without paying homage to one of their many temples/shrines. You would definitely have Meiji Jingu or even Sensoji in Asakusa under your radar but have...
ORDINARY LIFE
- February 25, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
I don’t quite know what direction this piece is taking but I’ll take my chances. My thoughts are muddled but the urge is real...
FOOD CAN BE POISON
- February 19, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
After spending 2018 being relatively healthy – period cramps being the only exception – I have somehow managed to fall sick twice in two months because maybe my body has...
TWENTY SIX
- February 07, 2019
- by
- Denise Lee
When I turned 25, I joked about going through a quarter-life crisis because when else will you go through it? Assuming that I’ll live till I’m a hundred, of course,...
IN RETROSPECT
- December 30, 2018
- by
- Denise Lee
This year has been a roller coaster, to say the least. And I know that I say this every year but 2018 really flew by in a flash. I wasn’t...
