Snapshots Around Hamamatsucho
A grab bag of scenery shots from the neighborhood I live in. Mt. Fuji You can only see it on clear days. Sunset Sunset on another day Tokyo Skytree Shiba Pa…
A grab bag of scenery shots from the neighborhood I live in. Mt. Fuji You can only see it on clear days. Sunset Sunset on another day Tokyo Skytree Shiba Pa…
Lately I have been spotting Ippudo branches all over central Tokyo. They are expanding the chain aggressively while bringing in some fun concepts. Inside It is roughly this kind of stand where you can …
I had a reason to go for a drink in Daimon, and while looking for an izakaya nearby I ended up at a place called SABAR. Saba means mackerel, and it is a mackerel specialist: every single dish has mackerel in i…
A new restaurant building has gone up in Hamamatsucho, that salaryman town. The Japanese economy really must be doing well. Cicci Fantastico is the Italian place that moved in there. The entrance The v…
Tokyo is a city with a deep history, so every neighborhood has at least one long-established favorite. This place is one of them. The sign It is a bit of a walk from Hamamatsucho Station and not easy t…
Aux Delices de Dodine, a name that is hard to even remember, is a popular French restaurant in Hamamatsucho. They do a 1,000-yen lunch, and it is generous enough that the office workers from around the neighbo…
I had a lunch appointment in Hamamatsucho, so I got a meal in while I was there. The lunch-service onigiri Living in Japan, you end up eating a lot of carbs. Korea has plenty too, but Japan seems to have ev…
There is a well-reviewed ramen shop in Hamamatsucho, so I went over on my lunch break. It is called Tokyo Ramen Tower, and I guess the name comes from Tokyo Tower being visible right behind the shop. The fron…
I had a lunch get-together, so we went to Tofuya Ukai. The tofu is delicious, and the Japanese garden is gorgeous too. The garden This was back in autumn. The weather was just perfect. The table setting O…
When I head out for lunch in Hamamatsucho, there are two restaurants that always have a line. One is Echigoya, where I went this time, and the other is a place called Yamaya that serves all-you-can-eat mentaik…
Every year in Hamamatsucho, famous ramen shops from all over Japan gather for a tsukemen expo, the Dai Tsukemen Haku. Eight shops rotate every week, three rotations in all, so 24 restaurants from around the co…
When I searched for the most famous lunch spot in Hamamatsucho, this place came up. It is so well known that I got curious and went to try it. The front entrance It is tucked away in a corner, so it was not…