Uohime, an Izakaya in Mito
I had arrived at Mito Station and felt like eating some local specialty. When you travel around regional Japan, the most accurate and fastest way to get information is, above all, to ask at the tourist informa…
I had arrived at Mito Station and felt like eating some local specialty. When you travel around regional Japan, the most accurate and fastest way to get information is, above all, to ask at the tourist informa…
After arriving in Oarai, we visited an aquarium called Aquaworld. Maybe because it was Golden Week, though, the traffic was completely jammed.. Capybara.. Capybaras seem to be pretty popular in Japan.. The se…
Kairakuen is big, but two hours turned out to be plenty to take it all in. On to the next stop. The train to Oarai Girls und Panzer has taken over. Inside I spotted quite a few groups of otaku. It really doe…
Mito is home to Kairakuen. Together with Korakuen in Okayama and Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, it’s one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. I’d been wanting to visit for a while, and this time I finally …
Beautiful weather in May, just what Golden Week should be. I wanted to go somewhere, but work was busy, so I settled for somewhere nearby: Tim Ho Wan, which had opened not long ago… Scenery on the way T…
A friend of mine said he wanted to try Sakana Bar, so off we went. A drink Clean and crisp. Bread I have a vague feeling the main branch tastes better… Today’s specials At a fish-focused place, …
A gyoza specialist near Yoyogi Station; I went with some friends. Front entrance It’s right by the station, so it’s easy to find. Menu The prices are good. They sell ramen too, by the way, but ap…
Toriyoshi is a place famous for its lunch in Hibiya. The line gets long fast if you dawdle, so you have to set out early… Menu Well… a pretty standard yakitori-shop menu. The 1,000-yen yakitori-do…
To start from the beginning… I went to a cinema in Hibiya to see Avengers: Infinity War… And a Tim Ho Wan had opened there… Even at night the line was ridiculously long… Tim Ho Wan is …
When I think of dandanmen, Ginza’s Hashigo is the first place that comes to mind, and now a shop serving almost the same dandanmen has opened in Hibiya. It’s right near Due Edo. The table There ar…
I went to two festivals but ended up not eating much at either… so I moved on to get some ramen. The level of the ramen at Ramen Kokugikan these days is no joke. Ganja’s ramen The niboshi (dried s…
May in Odaiba is famous for its Oktoberfest. Never mind that it’s not October. It’s roughly this kind of vibe Forget the taste of the beer or the snacks, the weather was so nice that it was just p…