Izakaya Takeno in Tsukiji
I heard there was a good place in Tsukiji, so I went to check it out. Tsukiji actually has quite a range of well-regarded spots, but the trouble is you never know which ones are really good until you go. If so…
I heard there was a good place in Tsukiji, so I went to check it out. Tsukiji actually has quite a range of well-regarded spots, but the trouble is you never know which ones are really good until you go. If so…
Tucked away in a corner of Shinbashi there’s a yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) place, and it’s such good value that the lunchtime line is always long. Lunch set I originally meant to …
There’s a bakery near Odaiba Seaside Park. It’s probably the only proper bakery in this neighbourhood, and it’s popular with the locals. Roughly this kind of bread I bou…
Every year around Valentine’s Day the best chocolates get unveiled. No matter how busy I am, I can’t not make the rounds. The giant clock at Nippon TV (Nittele) It puts on a little show-lik…
Surprisingly, central Tokyo doesn’t have many places where you can do both shopping and sightseeing on a weekend. In that respect Asakusa is probably the best. There’s a Seiyu, a Muji and a Uniqlo,…
Even when I don’t need furniture, I end up going to IKEA on a regular basis. There are batteries to buy, and groceries too. Evangelion figures Hmm… why are Asuka and Rei at IKEA? We did do …
Since I was at Tokyu Plaza anyway, I stopped by Parla too. The vibe is so very Ginza.. A line was forming, too. I spotted Hoshiko in the display cabinet. I have a feeling I’ll be leaning …
I came out to Ginza on the weekend, and after dithering over where to go I headed to Tokyu Plaza for a start. So many people. I wandered around the restaurant floor wondering what to eat, and there was a sligh…
Someone was suddenly coming over to the house, so I searched for dessert shops near home, and a place called Izumi caught my eye. Apparently it’s right next to Hamamatsucho Station, but I’d been ar…
Hamamatsucho is full of salarymen, so there are plenty of ramen shops too. I’ve tried a few, and among them a place called Kuroobi (“black belt”), which makes its soup from Rishiri kombu from…
I’d heard there was a restaurant with a really nice atmosphere in Ginza, so I went to check it out. It’s on the restaurant floor of the Mitsukoshi department store. Entrance It’s run …
A junior colleague was in town on a business trip from Silicon Valley, so we met up briefly at night. Ebisu Garden Place. His hotel was the Westin, so we had to cut straight through here… …