A Home Party at a Friend’s Place in Tokyo
After a quick lunch I meet up with a friend who lives in Tokyo. We used to go to izakaya a lot whenever we got together, but these days it’s mostly home parties. It works out cheaper and we can hang out …
After a quick lunch I meet up with a friend who lives in Tokyo. We used to go to izakaya a lot whenever we got together, but these days it’s mostly home parties. It works out cheaper and we can hang out …
Shirokane-Takanawa is an upscale residential neighborhood you could call the Beverly Hills of Tokyo. Being residential, it doesn’t have many tourist spots, but a close friend lives there, so I often drop…
I suppose it’s the influence of sushi culture, but in Japan there’s such a thing as French food you eat with chopsticks, sitting at a counter and chatting about life with the chef. The most famous …
The last stop on my Kobe trip was a pizza place called Pinocchio, which has a bit of history and is famous in this neighborhood, but for all its fame it wasn’t really that tasty. Still, Haruki Murakami a…
I’ve been to Kobe so many times that I know my way around and the usual sightseeing routes by now, but even so, doing shopping and sightseeing at the same time is no easy task. So I walked around diligen…
Haruki Murakami’s early novels are Japanese novels, yet they feel like American ones. You could say it’s John Cheever mixed with Jack Kerouac and topped with Richard Brautigan’s humor, and I …
Behind Kobe there’s a mountain called Mt. Rokko, and word is that the view, with all of Kobe spread out below, is fantastic. The night view in particular is supposed to be stunning, and I’d been to…
Like most engineering types, I’m not someone who cares much about fashion, and since I always wear a suit at work, apart from T-shirts I only buy casual clothes once every few years, when I’ve run …
I’ve been too busy to eat out lately, so I don’t really have anything special to post. So here’s an assortment of the things I’ve been eating at home as side dishes and such. Tottori D…
I love exploring new menus, so I don’t keep many regular haunts, but Uoichi is a bit special in that sense. At a Japanese izakaya you can enjoy something new every time you go, so there’s no worry …
I’m back home after a whirlwind trip to Korea, but what was waiting for me was a mountain of work and a string of drinking sessions. Life’s pretty much the same wherever you go, I guess. Oh well…
Not that I’m some huge fan of Italian food… but somehow this was already the fourth Western restaurant of this trip. I wasn’t that keen on Blooming Garden since their pasta isn’t any go…