Lunch Get-Together in Shiodome
Shiodome is one of the newly developed sub-centers of the city, like Roppongi Hills. It’s about a five-minute walk from Shinbashi Station, where you can catch the Yurikamome, the monorail that runs out t…
Shiodome is one of the newly developed sub-centers of the city, like Roppongi Hills. It’s about a five-minute walk from Shinbashi Station, where you can catch the Yurikamome, the monorail that runs out t…
I think it’s been about two years since I was last out in Shinjuku. Some things seem to have changed a little, but honestly not all that much. As always, I come out of the East Exit. In Shinjuku, almost …
That makes four weeks in a row -_- that I’ve headed to Akihabara. I’ve always called myself the Shibuya type, but at this rate everyone would believe me if I said I was the Akiba type. -_-;; (But I…
Tokyo’s weather hasn’t been its usual self this year. Normally we get about three months of clear, dry days, but this year it’s snowed a lot and it’s been pretty chilly. So I really did…
The weekend rolled around again, so I dropped by Akiba this week too. There’s always some kind of event going on in Akiba on weekends, which makes it fun. It’s a neighborhood I need to visit regula…
Akihabara is really only fun on weekends. The crowds make the streets lively, and there are tons of weekend-only events and sales. I needed to pick up some parts, so I popped out during the day for a quick loo…
Nikko is a tourist town, so there isn’t really much good food to be had. There’s yuba cuisine, but however you look at it, I can’t call it tasty for the price. It was a spur-of-the-moment tri…
To celebrate my move to Tokyo, I went on a trip around the Tokyo area with friends. I looked into a few options, and the easiest pick turned out to be Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. It’s ab…
There’s a place that had been on my mind for a long time, and I finally got the chance to go. It’s the one Zagat Survey rated as the best value for money (and honestly, given the price, there can&#…
So this is my last post about Okinawa. This is the goya champuru set meal from a 24-hour diner in town. It’s on a big main road, kind of like the drivers’ diners you find in Korea, and it’s r…
About halfway up Okinawa’s main island there’s a fishing port called Awase that tourists hardly ever stop at. It has a small seafood market called the Payao Direct Store. I went on a tip from someo…
Okinawa soba is probably the most famous thing to eat in Okinawa. It’s cheap and tasty, so I stopped by a few places on this trip. Miyarabi, a Miyako soba shop we stopped at on the first day. It’s…