Asakusa Samba Carnival 2013
At the end of August, near the tail end of summer but still in the thick of the heat, Asakusa holds its samba carnival every year. Honestly, events like this happen all over Japan, so I am used to them and ski…
At the end of August, near the tail end of summer but still in the thick of the heat, Asakusa holds its samba carnival every year. Honestly, events like this happen all over Japan, so I am used to them and ski…
There is a small French place in my neighborhood that kept catching my eye every time I walked past. It looked like the food would be good, but I had no idea what kind of place it was, so I kept hesitating. Th…
Azumabashi Yabusoba is a soba place I can recommend with confidence. It is only open during the day, so it is hard to recommend as wholeheartedly as Kyorakutei.. and the location is a bit awkward too, but on t…
A Kitakata ramen shop has opened on the road from Tawaramachi to Inaricho. Kitakata ramen is known for its clean broth, so I was curious what kind of place it was and went to check it out. Kitakata ramen, sho…
Kappabashi, famous for Niimi, is a sacred place for those who know it and a place whose very existence is unknown to those who do not. It is a shopping street specialising in tableware and kitchen equipment no…
There are four Russian restaurants clustered in Asakusa, and all of them have a reputation for being good. Having already been to Bona Festa, the best-rated one, and Manos, the original, that left two, and of …
Maybe it is the heat, but I have been craving spicy food. On this day I visited Tantantei in Asakusa, an izakaya that doubles as a tantanmen specialist. The front entrance Tantanmen is the main thing here, …
A friend came to Asakusa late in the evening, but Asakusa is basically a tourist area, so there are not many places serving dinner late at night. So we headed for Mont Blanc, a place of tradition and reputatio…
As the weather gets hotter, I start craving something spicy. So I used my lunch break to go to Chinkatei for their shirunashi tantanmen (soupless dan dan noodles). Shirunashi tantanmen Even though this plac…
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…
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…