Japan, within walking distance of wherever we sleep.

We are a long-married Japanese couple. We travel a lot and sightsee little: we pick a hotel, then stay within walking distance of it, drink for hours, and write down what things actually cost — Sapporo, Okinawa, Fukuoka, and the places we fly to. Real menus, real prices, no sponsored stays.

Stays Eats Costs Abroad

Craft Beer House BAKU, Naha: three IPAs, a lamb menchi katsu and a ¥5,730 bill
Eats Aug 19, 2026

A craft beer bar on the second floor in Kumoji, Naha: three IPAs, a hibiscus sour ale, an ¥880 lamb menchi katsu and ¥5,730 for two on a Thursday in March 2026 — and what the menus say in English.
Sapporo food and drink costs: five nights near the Sapporo Prince, ¥65,875
Costs Aug 19, 2026

Five evenings out and one travel day at ¥0, itemised from the bills: the cheapest night was ¥5,740, the dearest ¥15,330, and what made the difference was not the drinking.
Sapporo on foot from the Sapporo Prince Hotel: the 14 places we drank and ate at
Eats Aug 19, 2026

Two five-night stays in 2026, one hotel with no lounge, and every bar, izakaya and restaurant we walked to — what each one is, what we ordered, and what it cost.
Hilton Okinawa Chatan: a no-sightseeing day, a cat cafe in American Village, and a hotel-credit rule
Stays Aug 19, 2026

Day five of five: breakfast after we overslept, a cat cafe we had given up on the day before, forty minutes on a treadmill, and why we spend a hotel credit down to the last yen.
Uchoten, Sapporo: the omu-katsu that tastes like okonomiyaki, and a wine tasting we walked into
Eats Aug 19, 2026

A ¥1,200 omu-katsu at Uchoten in Sapporo tastes like okonomiyaki, and my wife called it an invention. Then a wine shop we pass most days was pouring a supplier's tasting: seven glasses, ¥10,700.
Nepalica, Sapporo: a clay-pot biryani finished at the table, and ¥14,800 for two
Eats Aug 19, 2026

A Nepali place near the Sapporo Prince Hotel — momo, seseri, a Wednesday-and-Saturday biryani set at ¥7,980 for two, and the coriander one of us pushed aside. Prices as paid, June 2026.
Beer Bar North Island, Sapporo: four IPAs on the tenth floor above Tanukikoji
Eats Aug 19, 2026

A Hokkaido brewery runs this bar ten floors up in the Tanukikoji arcade. Twelve taps the night we went, four IPAs in 430 ml glasses, garlic-pickled nagaimo, and ¥5,740 for two in June 2026.
Yakitori S, Sapporo: eleven skewers, the whole chicken and pork list minus sasami, and a ¥10,600 bill for two
Eats Aug 18, 2026

A one-man counter in central Sapporo hands each skewer over as it comes off the grill. We ordered the chicken and pork lists bar sasami, plus a tsukune — eleven skewers, ¥10,600 for two in June 2026.
Hilton Tokyo Bay executive lounge: leaving Disney early and spending a ¥5,000 credit
Stays Aug 18, 2026

Cocktail time ran 17:00 to 19:00 on our February 2026 stay and was short on salty food, so we bought dinner at the deli downstairs and carried it up to the lounge. What the ¥5,000 credit bought.
Lungo Carnival honten, Sapporo: fish grilled beside the coals, a kilo of oysters, ¥7,865 for two
Eats Aug 18, 2026

The main branch stands whole fish upright in sand next to a basket of charcoal. A kilo of steamed oysters is ¥1,210, the rosemary mackerel split our vote, and the wine bar afterwards takes cash only.
Orizzonte, Sapporo: thin-crust wood-fired pizza, and what ¥18,400 bought two of us
Eats Aug 18, 2026

A Sapporo Italian with a wood oven, where the pizza comes out thin and crisp rather than Neapolitan. What we ordered, what each plate cost, and the world-championship story we could not stand up.
Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort breakfast: the Suriyun buffet, the lounge upstairs, and which we chose
Stays Aug 18, 2026

Salad-corner excess and natto on rice downstairs, then a second breakfast on the ninth floor for the two Okinawan soups the buffet stopped serving.