Kobe French: Igrek Vega
I was wandering around trying to decide what to have for lunch when I happened to stumble on a branch of Igrek. It’s on the 6th floor of the Uniqlo building near Daimaru. I’d already eaten a pretty…
I was wandering around trying to decide what to have for lunch when I happened to stumble on a branch of Igrek. It’s on the 6th floor of the Uniqlo building near Daimaru. I’d already eaten a pretty…
On the morning of Saturday, December 11, I suddenly felt like seeing the Kobe Luminarie. It is apparently an event that has been held every year to commemorate the Great Hanshin Earthquake, and figuring that i…
Tama is an izakaya run by a pair of brothers who are fishermen, and since I’d heard they get great ingredients in, I picked a day and went. That’s the perk of a town by the sea. A place where peopl…
Ogikubo has much the same feel as its neighbors on the Chuo Line, like Asagaya and Koenji. There’s a shopping street with some history and a fair number of decent places to eat, but since it’s a qu…
I’d had an all-night wine party with friends I hadn’t seen in ages, so there was no way I was getting up on time. I somehow managed to open my eyes around 11 and headed out for lunch. Before lunch…
I don’t really plan it, but somehow I seem to end up in Roppongi a lot. You can shop and you can eat well, so it’s just convenient in all sorts of ways, I guess. This day I had plans in Roppongi ag…
I got to Tokyo Station at 7 in the morning and headed straight to Tsukiji to meet up with my foodie group. When you’re travelling in Tokyo, Tsukiji is about the only place where you can get a proper brea…
I have friends in Tokyo and there are tons of great places to eat, so I go there regularly. I usually take the shinkansen, but this time, for a change, I tried traveling by sleeper train. You leave in the even…
I was debating whether to take a trip somewhere far away for the weekend, but in the end I just dropped by a wagyu steak place near my home. Traveling means getting up early, and that’s not easy on a wee…
Since I was out for once in a long while, I decided to wander around the area. Mihonoseki sits at the very tip of the Shimane Peninsula. It’s mostly known for fishing, but a fair bit of traditional cultu…
One day in November.. the weather finally turned chilly and snow crab season came around again! Could anything make me happier.. Whenever crab season comes, the place I always go is Matsuya. It’s closed …
After work I dropped into a nearby izakaya, Ajidokoro Akishima, for a drink. It’s on the pricey side, but the food was really good. This was also my first time testing my new camera, and so far I’m…