A Weekend in Kamakura
I think Kamakura might be the best of the nearby sightseeing spots you can reach by train from Tokyo. From Shinjuku, the Shonan-Shinjuku Line gets you there in under an hour. Hakone and Nikko, by comparison, a…
I think Kamakura might be the best of the nearby sightseeing spots you can reach by train from Tokyo. From Shinjuku, the Shonan-Shinjuku Line gets you there in under an hour. Hakone and Nikko, by comparison, a…
Right behind the house where I live is a Chongryon-affiliated middle and high school called Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School. I see the students every morning on my way to work, but I’d never a…
Lately I’ve found myself surprised by my own photos now and then. It’s not so much that I took great pictures — it’s more like, was Tokyo really this kind of place? Was I always the kind of p…
Whenever I get together with friends in Tokyo, it’s always Shibuya or Shinjuku. That’s because they’re easy to get to. Even among people who work in Tokyo, a lot of them live in Saitama, west…
Despite the name, Nakameguro is actually a fair way from Meguro. It’s closer to Ebisu and Daikanyama, and like Daikanyama it’s a quiet, stylish neighborhood. A small river called the Meguro River r…
I’ve been working my way through every ramen shop in Ikebukuro that’s supposed to be famous, and Menya Musashi is going to be the last one. If you count the not-so-famous places too, there are tons…
Mutekiya is one of those famous shops that always ranks near the top among Ikebukuro’s ramen places. These days I’m working my way through pretty much every ramen shop in Tokyo that’s worth a…
There’s a famous tonkatsu place in this neighborhood, so I went there when a friend came to visit over the weekend. It’s called Minoya. Apparently it opened in 1960. Ah… but maybe it isn̵…
Saigon is a restaurant inside Food Show, the food hall of the Tokyu department store in Shibuya Station. I’d heard it’s a good place to drop in when you’re near the station and can’t de…
Kugayama is near Kichijoji. It’s inside Tokyo and less than 30 minutes from Shibuya, but it doesn’t feel like Tokyo at all. I had no idea it would be like this… Normally I’d have no rea…
I was strolling around Omotesando with a friend visiting from Korea and we happened to drop in. It’s in a building called GYRE, with the boutique on the 1st floor and the café on the 2nd, so it wasn̵…
Aoba is one of Nakano’s long-established famous shops. I kept meaning to go but never found the time, so I just hadn’t made it. Then I heard there’s an Aoba branch in Ikebukuro, so I dropped …