Kotobuki, Asakusa
Kotobuki is a casual soba shop in Azumabashi. The Sumida ward office and the Asahi Beer building are nearby, and the office workers from around there seem to use it a lot for lunch. I dropped in one weekend wh…
Kotobuki is a casual soba shop in Azumabashi. The Sumida ward office and the Asahi Beer building are nearby, and the office workers from around there seem to use it a lot for lunch. I dropped in one weekend wh…
Taimeian, a soba shop in Ginza, was the place I most wanted to visit this winter. It falls well short of being called the best soba shop, and sharing tables with strangers is just the norm here, but every time…
I had been to Jikaseimen Ito once before. Their niboshi (dried sardine) ramen with its springy noodles was really good. This time I tried a different dish. Hinai chicken ramen A clean, clear broth that is l…
Oysters are said to be good for a man’s stamina, but I just like the taste itself, so every winter I find myself craving them. When it comes to seafood in Tokyo, it has to be Tsukiji, so I visited a Chin…
I had a lunch get-together, so we went to Tofuya Ukai. The tofu is delicious, and the Japanese garden is gorgeous too. The garden This was back in autumn. The weather was just perfect. The table setting O…
There is a famous Thai restaurant in Asakusa, and on weekends there was always a line. I was curious and about to give it a try when it suddenly closed for a month, so I could not go. Then a month passed and i…
Kurofunetei might just be the place with the longest line in Ueno on weekends. This time too, I started queuing an hour early and only just got in. That said, you can write your name down and wait somewhere el…
La Bettola da Ochiai, the Italian restaurant in Ginza, is a really good place whether you look at the prices or the food, but lately I just cannot find the time to go. So, hoping to at least taste their desser…
I had heard there was a good bakery in Gotanda, so I stopped by on my way home from work. But when I got there, Arietta’s most famous breads had already sold out. So this is what I brought home I just…
I left DisneySea after 10 pm and got to Ueno around 11. I had burned a serious amount of calories all day, so I figured I would grab a late-night bite before heading home. A quick search said a place called Ha…
The last time I visited Disneyland I remember there being really nothing worth eating, so I did not expect much from DisneySea either, but this time I managed to find some decent restaurants. They are called Y…
One weekend in the autumn of 2012 I went to Tokyo DisneySea. Going on a weekend rather than a weekday made for a pretty hard day. So honestly I did not particularly want to go.. but things in life do not alway…