There is a gelateria run by Babbi along the Kamo River, which runs through Kyoto, so I stopped by. The place Babbi is of course known for its chocolate. It is a brand you see all the time in department stores…
A place called Patisserie Mirage opened up, so I went along. I’ve been several times now, so I’m putting it all in one post. Roughly what the place looks like The door is huge and hefty, and it lo…
I heard a decent place had opened in Arai, Kosai, so I went to have a look. Here it is. Everyone is far too good at interiors these days. The menu Oddly enough, the exterior says cafe, but the menu is packed…
Nagoya has its famous things. An-butter toast (sweet red bean paste and butter on toast), for instance. Honestly, I suspect people who actually live in Nagoya could not care less about it, but I am a tourist, …
Todah Bagel is a cafe-like bagel shop near Nambu Bus Terminal. This kind of vibe.. At lunchtime the place fills up with young women. This neighborhood is a bit like that, since there aren’t many tidy pl…
This was my first time at a cat cafe. I had no idea which one would be good, so I picked one more or less at random, and it turned out not to be an easy place to find. The cafes that are easy to get to are ine…
Baker’s Tale is a cafe and bakery that has been in business in this neighborhood for a long time. A place like this A little shabby, but it has the feel of a shop that runs on its regulars.. Breads like…
Idle Moments used to be over around Seogyo-dong/Mangwon, and it had a really lovely feel back then too. I heard they had recently opened a place in Seochon, so I went to have a look. A building like this I ha…
I heard an Atelier Pond cafe had opened on the third floor of Galleria Luxury Hall, so I went to check it out. The original Atelier Pond is famously hard to get into, and its desserts get fully booked the mome…
Bupyeong already has Pyeongnidan-gil, but not far from it, over by the Bupyeong-gu Office, a place called Cheongnidan-gil has sprung up. I’d only ever heard about it, so I finally went to see it. Gulpo F…
Mutekiro in Yokohama is a long-established restaurant, cafe and dessert shop all in one. Which is to say, if you ever came to hang out in Motomachi way back when, Mutekiro was already there then too. So it is …
There’s a cafe on Ganghwado I’d really been wanting to visit. A place called Joyang Bangjik. They’ve genuinely done it well. The walk to Joyang Bangjik We parked in the car park and walked o…