I happened to hear about a place famous for its kakigori (shaved ice), so I went to check it out. This is the place.. A neat, tidy little cafe. The sign Apparently the soki soba and the shaved ice are what i…
There is a chocolate specialty shop called ENTRE in Hamamatsu, so I paid it a visit. The place Entrance Inside Nice atmosphere. Souvenirs Table What could this be… They make the chocolate Mont Blan…
Inoda Coffee is a slightly upscale kind of cafe. It has branches all over the city, and there’s a queue at every one of them. This time I went to the one on the first floor of the Daimaru department stor…
I heard the A to Z cafe in Aoyama had a great atmosphere, so I headed over. An NFT party I stumbled on along the way Pieces like these on display. Looks like Japan is having its own NFT boom too. A host club…
A cafe called D FLAT has opened in Seongsu-dong. One connection led to another, so I paid it a visit. The place The desserts look good too. You can tell they put real care into them. A drink Well… it&…
Yokohama has an area called Yamate. Think of it as an upscale residential neighborhood up on a hill. In Korea, “up on a hill” brings to mind poor hillside districts, but in fact upscale neighborhoo…
I dropped by Café Le Violon, a café devoted to music. I’d been walking around all morning, so I needed a bit of a break. The entrance You can feel the years on it. Right next door is a Thai restaurant…..
I took a trip out to the Nasu highlands in Tochigi. Even with covid on, you have to get out while you still can. Life is only so long.. near the station for the Nasu highlands.. I picked up a rental car in fr…
American is closed on weekends so I never had a chance to go, but I happened to be around the area and picked some up. The shop Even on a weekday the line is long. Eating in still takes a while, but takeout m…
In Azabu-juban I ran into a cafe I genuinely loved, for the first time in ages. It is places like this where the Tabelog score means nothing. This is the place. From the outside it looks like nothing more tha…
I was moving from Shibuya over to Yoyogi, and it is closer than I thought. It is practically stuck to the back of Bunkamura. Sebastian, spotted on the way It is that famous shaved ice place, and so this is wh…
While scrolling through Instagram I spotted a stylish dessert shop that had opened in Garosu-gil. A place like this.. The name Shoto has to come from shortcake – shooto keeki, the way the Japanese say i…