Tohakuan Karibe, Kagurazaka
My first stop fell through and I could not just head home like that, so I looked for somewhere to grab a simple bowl of soba, and a place called Karibe came up in the search. The otoshi Deep-fried shrimp he…
My first stop fell through and I could not just head home like that, so I looked for somewhere to grab a simple bowl of soba, and a place called Karibe came up in the search. The otoshi Deep-fried shrimp he…
A friend put in a request for good soba that day, so the plan was to try Kyorakutei in Kagurazaka, but.. oh no, they had already closed early for the long weekend. So I just searched for places nearby and up c…
I had heard for ages that there was an izakaya in Tsukishima with a perpetual line, and this time I finally got the chance to go. When the line is that long, there are not many people you can drag along with y…
I heard that in the shitamachi neighborhood of Monzen-nakacho there was an izakaya run as a retirement pastime by an owner-chef who used to run the kitchen at Sushi Sasaki, a famous sushi restaurant in Ginza, …
Tempura Osaka in Shinbashi is a place I had been to once before and walked out of seriously impressed. If you judge it by lunch alone, finding a tempura place with better value than this is close to impossible…
We had a big French lunch, so we decided to keep dinner light and headed to Grill Sakura, a western-style diner in Asakusa. It is a neighbourhood place and the prices are a notch above average, yet the seats f…
Beige in Ginza is a French restaurant famous for Chanel, chef Alain Ducasse and its two Michelin stars. I had been curious for a long time about what Alain Ducasse’s food tastes like, so when a friend ca…
I go to the Tokyo Skytree fairly often, and right on the way there is a cafe with a long line out front every single time. I had been curious about it, so one weekend morning I finally went. The front entranc…
There was a furniture fair in Makuhari, so off I went. This time I really should not walk around until I collapse like last time (T_T) A cake shop inside Akihabara Station A proper cake shop (FLO PRESTIGE) …
By the time I had finished all the paperwork, July was almost over. A month goes by fast. I stopped at the driver’s licence centre before work to get the papers sorted, and by then lunchtime had already …
I was taking it easy at home over the weekend when I somehow ended up heading out to Shimokitazawa. A famous place called Cicoute Cafe was about to close for good, and someone told me I should go at least once…
I bought all my home appliances in one go at Yamada Denki in Ikebukuro. If you are going to live in Japan there is a lot you need anyway, so buying it all at once is the economical way to do it. The more you b…