Sukiyaki at Yakiniku Fujimasu in Izumo
I’ve been to this place once before. It’s such great value for money that whenever I get a craving for meat, it’s where I end up without fail. Sukiyaki set for two Plenty of ingredients. S…
I’ve been to this place once before. It’s such great value for money that whenever I get a craving for meat, it’s where I end up without fail. Sukiyaki set for two Plenty of ingredients. S…
When I woke up on day two, it was drizzling. My friend and I had planned to head out to the beach that day, so, well… It wasn’t pouring yet, so we set off anyway. The view from Osaka’s Baysh…
A friend who lives in Osaka invited me over, so I went back to Osaka last week. Come to think of it, I end up visiting Osaka a lot. I’ve been going at least once a month, and every time I seem to discove…
Yesterday was Japan’s eel-eating day, a bit like Korea’s boknal. Just as we eat samgyetang on boknal, it’s meant to be a day to eat eel in summer and get your strength back, but really itR…
When I was planning this Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto trip, the very first restaurant I locked in was Il Ghiottone, an Italian place in Kyoto. It’s famous enough that you could call it Kyoto’s number one, and …
Today I’m visiting Seimei Shrine, the main destination of this Kyoto trip. Seimei was a grand master of Onmyodo. He’s a historically significant figure, and he was a hit in the movies too. I hear h…
Dinner was great, so as always we headed off to a dessert place. ^_^ I’d heard there was a café famous for its cakes near Nishiki Market, the so-called “Kitchen of Kyoto,” so we walked there …
While deciding where to go in Kyoto, I settled on Japanese for lunch and Italian for dinner. There’s really only one Italian place that represents Kyoto, so that choice was easy, but there are so many fa…
My friend suggested that since we’d come all the way to Kobe, we really ought to try Kobe beef. Truth is, you don’t need to eat Kobe beef in Kobe. The cattle aren’t even raised in Kobe itself…
After lunch I headed to a dessert shop! But maybe because the dessert I’d had just before was so good, it didn’t wow me all that much. Est Royal 2eme: a Gascogne with apple and plum It’s a …
When you think of good food in Kobe, the first thing that comes to mind is the cluster of French restaurants in Kitano. These places, with that cute, polished Kobe sensibility showing in both the food and the …
An old friend was coming to visit Osaka, so I offered to be the guide. The main goal of this trip was Kyoto rather than Osaka, but since we were also planning to swing by Kobe while we were at it, we booked ou…