I am right in the middle of a diet these days, and on weekdays I mostly head home early, so I hardly have time to go hunting for good restaurants. Still, it is nice to have a few good places lined up for when …
Sano is an ordinary rural town surrounded by rice paddies and fields, but it has a huge outlet mall. When I actually went, the place was packed, and I have no idea how everyone found out about it. A view of S…
When you think of Sano, the first thing that comes to mind is Sano ramen. It is a case of a regional ramen earning nationwide fame, the way Sanuki, Mizusawa and Inaniwa udon have in the udon world. I hear some…
I used the weekend to make a quick trip to a place called Sano in Tochigi Prefecture. I doubt many people in Korea have heard of it, but it is known for its premium outlet mall and Sano ramen. You take the tra…
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…
There are plenty of good restaurants in Asakusa, but the better the place, the more likely it is to close between lunch and dinner. I missed the lunch hour and tried to walk into a restaurant around 1:30, only…
I heard a rumour that there was a good niboshi ramen specialist tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, so one evening I dropped in on my way home. Niboshi here means dried sardines. A quick search suggested the m…
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…
I heard that a shrimp ramen specialist that is hugely popular in Hokkaido had opened in Ikebukuro, so I went to check it out. I am on a diet these days and trying to stay away from high-carb food like ramen, b…
I wanted to eat something good in Hakone, but all I could find were pricey places or famous spots that were hard to get to, so I decided to head to Odawara. The Odawara Oden Honten I had seen in the Romancecar…
Right before the weekend a friend suddenly got in touch. He wanted to go somewhere, anywhere, and asked if I could come along. So after some deliberation about where to go, we settled on Yunessun, the hot spri…
Naniwaya is the place in Azabu-Juban famous for its taiyaki. They have a branch in Asakusa, so I went there for a little dessert after lunch. The front entrance It sits on the back side of Asakusa, off the …