Nara Scenery and the Great Buddha of Todaiji, Part 2
Todaiji I was dying to know what the Great Buddha inside would look like. The walk in… The Nio guardian at the entrance It’s one of those giant guardian figures I’d seen so often in manga…
Todaiji I was dying to know what the Great Buddha inside would look like. The walk in… The Nio guardian at the entrance It’s one of those giant guardian figures I’d seen so often in manga…
Even though it isn’t far from Osaka, for some reason I’d never been to Nara until now. I wasn’t all that interested, to be honest. This time I got the chance to look around. Seeing it in pers…
As soon as we sat down, they brought out matcha and a sweet rice-cake-like treat called warabimochi. I guess it’s meant for us to enjoy before the food arrives. Matcha Judging from the so-so aroma, I do…
After stopping by Kotoin and soaking up the autumn atmosphere, I headed straight to Izusen, a shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian) restaurant inside Daitokuji, for a meal. It’s not some storied old establi…
Kotoin’s garden isn’t big, but it shows off everything that makes a cozy little Japanese garden what it is. The study and the rooms are lovely too, but I didn’t take separate photos of them. …
Just like last year, I went to autumn Kyoto again this year. This time I was with a friend who’d come to visit Osaka, and I wasn’t feeling great either, so there wasn’t time to get around to …
I’d been waiting years for the unibody MacBook -_- It finally came out on the 15th, but money was tight, so in a desperate bid to save a few coins I waited for it to go on sale at Bic Camera, where you g…
I finally made it to Futaba, said to be the hardest to get into of Ueno’s big three tonkatsu restaurants. It’s closed on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, and on top of that it’s only open from…
There was a game show in Makuhari, so I went along. The atmosphere of the show has changed a lot. There weren’t any huge events this year, but the mobile booths have grown enormously. The likes of KDDI a…
This time I hosted some guests visiting from Korea and we went around to a bunch of restaurants. They’re really into food, so we made sure not to skip dessert either. We packed a lot of places into a sho…
There are a few well-known soba shops in Azabu-Juban, and after dithering over which one to go to, I headed for Sarashina Horii. The signature dishes at the other places come in rather big portions and my next…
Early in the morning I head out to Azabu-Juban. If you’re in Tokyo, you’ve got to visit the heart of the city at least once ^_^ The place I ducked into for breakfast was Pointage, a bakery that dou…