About

We are a long-married Japanese couple. We travel a lot — inside Japan and out — and we sightsee very little.

Our way of doing a trip: pick a hotel, then stay within walking distance of it. An executive lounge if the hotel has one, an izakaya a few minutes' walk away if it doesn't, a convenience-store dinner in the room when that is what we feel like. We drink for hours. We take photos of menus and keep receipts, and we write down what things actually cost.

This is the English edition of our Japanese blog, 徒歩圏内で生きてるふたり (roughly: "two people who live within walking distance"), which we have been writing on note.com. Nothing here is a translation: every article is written for readers who are planning a stay in Japan (or in one of the other places we go), with the details you would want before you book or order.

What you will and will not find

• Real menus, real prices, and the dates we saw them.
• Honest notes on hotel rooms, breakfast buffets and lounges — including the parts that were disappointing.
• No sponsored stays, no comped meals, no press trips. If a link earns us a commission we say so on the page.
• No sightseeing itineraries. Other sites do that well.

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