Hamamatsu Zoo
I went to the zoo on my day off. It looks small from the outside, but the whole zoo is built into a hillside, so it took a long time to walk around. The sky Trees Meerkats Lion …
I went to the zoo on my day off. It looks small from the outside, but the whole zoo is built into a hillside, so it took a long time to walk around. The sky Trees Meerkats Lion …
One day I got such a craving for Qu’il fait bon’s cakes that I went and bought a bunch. Citrus tart Strawberry and berry tart Walnut tart Seasonal fruit tart So good…
I’d heard there was a well-known sushi place in Hamamatsu called Shinkoma, so I stopped by. Lunch menu Lunch menu Tempura Lunch menu Lunch menu Lunch menu …
I had a get-together in Hamamatsu, and we visited a temple to eat shojin ryori, Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. It was just before the cherry blossoms bloomed. Shojin ryori Everything was made fro…
Hamamatsu is a city roughly halfway between Tokyo and Osaka. I was there for about a week on business. Here are some photos I took while moving around. Train station It’s the countryside, so the …
Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is famous for gyoza even within Japan. Among the countless gyoza specialists, a handful of so-called famous shops are impossible to get into without lining up. Out of those, …
Weddings in Japan are for close relatives and good friends only, so it is not like Korea where practically anyone shows up. Living in Japan I have had the chance to attend a few, and this time I got to go to a…
I was out in Hamamatsu for the day, and while wondering where to have lunch, I ended up at a Chinese restaurant I had heard was famous. The building entrance A very modern-looking building. The restaurant i…
The biggest specialty of the Hamamatsu area is unagi pie, a pastry with eel powder kneaded into it, and it sells well all over Japan. It is a bit too sweet for my taste, so I prefer other local specialties, bu…
I arrived in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka over the New Year holidays, and it was already almost dinner time. So I decided to have ramen at an old ramen shop nearby. The front entrance The place has been in business …
After arriving in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, I dropped into a Russian restaurant for lunch. It seems to be a pretty old establishment in this neighbourhood. Borscht soup It was closer to a stew than a soup. Plent…
Somehow I ended up on a trip around the Hamamatsu area of Shizuoka. Here are a few photos I took while wandering around. Manneken of Ginza at a highway rest area It looked like it had only just opened, and …