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Ramen Jiro is by now a legend of the Tokyo ramen scene. There are branches in almost every neighborhood, and they all seem to do good business. I had always wanted to stop by the original shop at some point, a…
Ramen Jiro is by now a legend of the Tokyo ramen scene. There are branches in almost every neighborhood, and they all seem to do good business. I had always wanted to stop by the original shop at some point, a…
The cookies here are so good that I couldn’t help going back, even though it’s a long way. The front entrance I tried to visit again the other day, but it was a Sunday and they were closed. With…
When it comes to places in Tokyo where you can casually enjoy really good soba, Kyorakutei and Azumabashi Yabusoba are the first two that come to mind. Considering how hard Azumabashi Yabusoba is to visit beca…
Tokyo has plenty of wonderful restaurants, but apart from a few that are nearly impossible to book, there are not that many I feel I absolutely must make time for. However skilled the kitchen, there is a ceili…
I found out about Bentenyama Miyakozushi from Oishinbo, where it was introduced as an Edomae sushi specialist, so I went to check it out. Edomae means traditional Japanese sushi where every topping is carefull…
Unless you are into art, most people probably have no idea who Hokusai is, but in Korean terms he is a nationally famous genre painter, like Kim Hong-do or Shin Yun-bok. His vivid sense of colour later influen…
Kamiya Bar, an Asakusa landmark, has a long history and is always packed with tourists. It is a place people love, but not exactly a great restaurant, so I never had a reason to go.. until somehow I ended up t…
I heard there was a good chicken-broth ramen place near Tokyo Skytree, so I went to check it out. If you know your modern Japanese history, you will recognise that the name Shachu comes from Sakamoto RyomaR…
A while back I dropped by a Chinese place called Saien near Kameido, and I heard a rumour that its main branch is in Asakusa, so I went one weekend. It was the place with the really good jun reba-don (stir-fri…
Asakusa has a whole cluster of Russian restaurants, and the original among them is a place called Manos. The others all trained here and then branched off. The one with the best reputation these days is Bona F…
Japan is in the middle of a boom of cheap, high-quality restaurants these days. Not just French or Italian places: quite a few sushi shops, Sushi no Midori among them, now have lines you usually wait an hour o…
Work was so busy over the holidays in early May that I never managed to get anywhere far, so I picked a day and decided to go somewhere nearby. I had heard that a premium outlet mall opened at the end of April…