Izakaya Shun in Hamamatsu
I dropped in at the neighborhood izakaya. Food like this This is what a real omakase is, if you ask me. Oden They said the oden had been simmering for three days, and the flavor really was deep. The daikon i…
I dropped in at the neighborhood izakaya. Food like this This is what a real omakase is, if you ask me. Oden They said the oden had been simmering for three days, and the flavor really was deep. The daikon i…
With the year-end holidays coming up, I headed over to Donki. I remember the lineup being pretty good last year too. Yamazaki Highball They were putting this out a little ahead of the official release date. I…
If you know Yamaokaya, you really know it… it is a pretty famous ramen chain. It is especially known for having shower rooms for truck drivers. A ramen shop for rough, tough guys, you might say… A …
I’d heard a place called Ramen Kinjiro was famous, and since they were doing a pop-up nearby, I went to check it out. The place I got there early and they were still setting up.. The finished booth So …
Nagisaen hosts events all the time, especially on days when the weather is nice. This area sits roughly in the middle of Japan, so it seems to get used as a venue a lot whenever people gather from all over the…
Read out in Japanese, r cafe comes out as “aru cafe”, which lands as something like “a certain cafe”. It is a stylish place built inside a renovated old Japanese house, and the mood is …
Bakery VAULT is out around Lake Hamana. I had thought to myself that there was a shop even in a spot like that, and then something came up nearby, so I dropped in while I was at it. A place like this They sel…
A cafe has opened in Bentenjima, Hamamatsu. A space like this It is run by a Korean, and apparently they only open on weekends. Drinks It sounds like they learned the cafe trade back in Korea, and did the in…
Here are some photos from the places I dropped by around Hachioji. Maison Douce It’s a famous dessert shop in the neighbourhood, but carrying anything home would have been a hassle, so I just looked. Au…
I went to Isetan. This kind of mood.. These days it feels like Isetan is the only stop you need. Bread like this It was cute, so I took a picture. And bakeries like this.. And bakeries like this.. Was it n…
I spent the day wandering around central Tokyo. Somewhere near Shibuya, probably Korea has its share of good-looking buildings too, but Japan has always had plenty of unusual ones. We’ll have to try a b…
There turned out to be all sorts of interesting things inside Shinagawa Station. A dessert like this It is a cake shaped exactly like a strawberry, and it really is pretty. Butter no Itoko The sweets that we…