Tanmen Shakishaki, Kinshicho
Dinner had been a bit skimpy, so I stopped by a tanmen shop in Kinshicho for a late-night bowl on the way home. Tanmen is a light shio ramen loaded with vegetables. The front entrance It was late at night, …
Dinner had been a bit skimpy, so I stopped by a tanmen shop in Kinshicho for a late-night bowl on the way home. Tanmen is a light shio ramen loaded with vegetables. The front entrance It was late at night, …
Having come all the way to Gunma, there was no way I was skipping the hot springs. There is Ikaho Onsen near the Mizusawa udon place, but I went to Kusatsu Onsen, the most famous one in Gunma. There were so ma…
As some of you probably know, the manga Initial D is set on Mt. Haruna in Gunma. In the manga it appears under the name Mt. Akina. It is such a famous spot that I had always wanted to visit at least once, and …
Japan’s three great udon are Sanuki, Inaniwa and Mizusawa udon. I have been to Kagawa, the home of Sanuki udon, and Inaniwa udon has a famous shop in Ginza and, being dried noodles, tastes much the same …
Tonchinkan is a tonkatsu and shabu-shabu chain that uses Kagoshima pork. Kagoshima pork is so good to begin with that it tastes great even when it is cooked without much care, and it reminds me a bit of Jeju b…
There is one highly rated unagi specialist in Asakusa. Unagi prices have gone up lately, so I had been hesitating, but I went with the feeling that if not now, when would I ever get to try it. The front entra…
Sharin, the tsukemen shop attached to Ueno Station, is a place I had passed by and noticed a few times before, but it was only recently that I found out it is a sister shop of Rokurinsha. Once I knew that, I c…
Deep in the mountains of Yamanashi, a prefecture relatively close to Tokyo, sits the Hakushu Distillery. It takes about four hours by train, and after years of telling myself I should go someday, I finally mad…