For love of travel and food

I'm honestly not sure how I should write this post, but I feel like I should as a "you might want to know before you go to East Asia". I am by no means an expert, but it's something that I've observed and wanted to share so that there are no offences made. Also I try to look up these types of things before I go on vacation. While in these countries, I may have unknowingly did these things and received some stares. I'm only looking at this from a tourist perspective, so if you're going to move to any of these countries, you can still keep it in mind but there are probably more things to pay attention to. I am also trying very hard not to stereotype, but it's just good to be aware. Recently I visited Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Taipei and many cities in Japan. It's not like I left my manners behind me, but I didn't realize or I may have forgotten certain things during my vacation. I will probably also list these things in my actual blog post. Publi...

My main reason for starting a blog is so that I can store all my recommendations in one place. Also, I can just direct my friends/coworkers to my blog if they were interested in a place I've already visited. I typically recommend things for Tokyo since I've previously lived there for one year. I usually tailor my recommendations depending on what I think the individual might like but there are many similarities. I will get to the general items here, and hopefully in the future I will make specific posts for each city I visited in September 2016. Pre-planning for people in Toronto: Free maps/guides available at 481 University Avenue, Suite 306, Toronto,  Ontario M5G 2E9 Canada http://ilovejapan.ca/ Has very handy  Tokyo  guide for all the sites and other items. JTB Toronto office Suite 1510, Carlton Tower, 2 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1J3 CANADA **VERY USEFUL** Hyperdia - This is the website/app that has train schedule that can  help you ma...