Views of Hamamatsu Castle
As some of you will know, Hamamatsu is famous for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Not his birthplace, but the place where he built up his power? Something along those lines, anyway, and maybe that is why the castle is so wel…
As some of you will know, Hamamatsu is famous for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Not his birthplace, but the place where he built up his power? Something along those lines, anyway, and maybe that is why the castle is so wel…
Hamamatsu is a region that’s very famous for unagi. So there’s a certain mood where people visiting Hamamatsu eat unagi. Even the unagi snacks are something of a local specialty. Anyway, most peopl…
Posting an assortment of things I ate. Nongshim Moktaekkang From the name I assumed it was a spin-off of Saewookkang, the Korean prawn snack, but it tasted more like an extension of Onion Rings, the Korean on…
Just gathering up a bunch of leftover odds-and-ends photos and posting them. The Han River flooding The water came up all the way to here.. Flood scenery It really made me feel how dangerous the Han River ca…
There are a few places in Hamamatsu famous for tonkatsu, and Tonbei is one of them. On the way Nice weather. The entrance It’s small and easy to miss. I have no idea how everyone managed to find the go…
Every summer I take part in an event where we do a barbecue. It’s a private gathering, so putting it on the blog feels a little odd, but I did take a few photos along the way, so here’s a quick pos…
When you hear Oktoberfest you might think of October, but in Japan they usually hold it in summer. It’s an event where you can enjoy all sorts of German beers and snacks. In Tokyo it’s normally hel…
Now that COVID is over, the hanabi is being held regularly again. Yatai (food stalls) There are just too many people, so the plan is to get there early and eat early.. Honestly, if I were on my own I would bu…
In Japan, every neighbourhood still keeps up the custom of the matsuri. Is it some scheme to boost tourism through festivals? No, nothing like that — they do it simply because it is tradition. In a place like …
We only meant to pop into Place Mange and head straight back, but it turned out to be farther than expected (the navigation wasn’t doing a great job of showing us the way..) so we decided to eat somewher…
Place Mange is famous around here for making really good bread. The place It sits back inside a side street, so parking is a bit of a challenge.. and apparently when the crowds show up you have to wait for a …
Just putting up a few photos I snapped without much thought. The Pacific The horizon Yogibo Yogibo looked pretty good, so I bought one, but the smell was awful… I really did not see that coming……