Masuya Saketen in Gion, Kyoto
After arriving in Kyoto, I headed to Masuya Saketen for a light drink. A liquor shop I stopped by on the way Surprisingly, they were selling Yamazaki. The 12 Year and the Limited Edition were out on di…
After arriving in Kyoto, I headed to Masuya Saketen for a light drink. A liquor shop I stopped by on the way Surprisingly, they were selling Yamazaki. The 12 Year and the Limited Edition were out on di…
A shop called Palet d’Or has been getting pretty well known lately, so when the chance came up I made a point of visiting. Shake Shack on the way I have to admit it doesn’t really interest …
La Boheme is an Italian restaurant chain. Not exactly a mass-market one, more like a handful of branches here and there. The atmosphere and the food are solid for the price, so it draws a lot of people. …
There’s a Chinese place in Shinjuku with really good jjamppong, so I drop in often when I’m passing through. To actually enjoy it, though, you have to go easy on the first round of drinks beforehan…
One day off, I went to Shake Shack in Gaienmae for lunch. The line was about half of what it used to be, but it still took an hour. Autumn scenery in Gaienmae Autumn Autumn…
I stopped by Tokyo Ramen Kokugikan and went to a ramen shop called Sapporo Misono. There are six ramen shops in there, and this is the one I picked. Miso ramen It was a perfectly, ridiculously deliciou…
I stumbled on a place in Toyosu that I can honestly call the find of the year. It’s called Stamina-en, in a building right in front of the station, and the quality of the meat is just incredible. I was s…
There’s an apple pie cafe in Aoyama that always has a line out front, so I dropped in while I was in the neighborhood. They’ve been opening branches around town lately, so you don’t really ne…
The lounge at Hotel New Otani in Akasaka is famous for its Japanese garden. There aren’t many places where you can eat while looking out over a Japanese garden right in the middle of Tokyo. Roughl…
I hear Hainan Chifan has also opened a branch in Lotte Department Store in Korea. I guess you’d call it Singapore-style steamed chicken? Roughly like this Well, it was just okay. Edible. O…
Somehow I keep ending up with reasons to be around Omotesando. This time I dropped by Toraya Café in the basement of Omotesando Hills. Interior decoration Being a long-established house, you can tell t…
There’s a caramel specialty shop in Harajuku called NUMBER SUGAR. Maybe because it’s so easy to get to, plenty of people from Korea have already been, and it gets recommended a lot on Instagram in …