Tempura Osaka, Shinbashi
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…
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…
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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…
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