Walking the back streets of Shibuya at night, I found that an abura soba specialist that’s been a big hit in Akasaka had opened here. I’m supposed to be on a diet, so I really shouldn’t be ea…
I’m on a diet these days. -_- I was already showing signs of a bit of a belly, but the aftermath of not being able to control what I ate during the brutal Mt. Fuji climbing schedule hit hard. As part of …
From the 7th station to the 8th station it’s all rock, so the climb was anything but easy. If you’re going up without a guide, it’d be a bit dangerous at night. Also, you can push your way up…
Mt. Fuji is only open for climbing for two months in summer, July and August. People say there’s not much to see up there, but I felt I ought to climb it at least once for the memory, so I went with a fr…
The only reason I had dinner in Roppongi on purpose was the desserts you eat sitting at the counter of Toshi Yoroizuka, a place I’d been dying to try. Last order is at 9, but you have to go to the shop i…
On Tuesday a friend suddenly asked if I wanted to grab dinner together on Wednesday evening. He said it was his treat, so if there was somewhere I wanted to go, now was the time — and I really agonised over wh…
Hanzomon and Kojimachi sit right next to Akasaka. It looks like a nothing-special neighborhood, but it’s actually the center of Japanese politics, with the Imperial Palace, the National Diet Building and…
I’d been hearing for quite a while that the biggest outlet mall in the Kanto region had opened in Saitama. I kept meaning to check it out, and this time I needed to buy some beachwear and hiking gear -_-…
Saitama borders Tokyo and covers a lot of ground, yet it doesn’t have many places you could really call great eats. So even though it’s not far from where I live, I’ve hardly ever gone. Hones…
Between the sweltering summer and not feeling great lately, I’ve had no appetite at all. I know I have to eat something, but the problem is I can’t even work up the will to. At home it’s not …
Just posting some photos I took recently. Fireworks shot Turns out it’s hard to get a decent shot without a tripod. This year, too, laziness won out and I just let it slide. I stopped by the driving lic…
I met up with a friend in Shinjuku. When I thought about going somewhere quiet and neat, there weren’t many candidates. The line at Suminoe, a place I like ^_^, was way too long, so I gave up and went to…