Gaien Park near Aoyama
Gaien is right by Harajuku. It’s the outer garden of Meiji Jingu in Harajuku, which is where the name Gaien comes from. Meiji Jingu Stadium There’s a ballpark in the middle, with the park wrapped …
Gaien is right by Harajuku. It’s the outer garden of Meiji Jingu in Harajuku, which is where the name Gaien comes from. Meiji Jingu Stadium There’s a ballpark in the middle, with the park wrapped …
There is an Ippudo inside Harakado, so I went in for a bowl. The place Shiromaru Motoaji Akamaru Shinaji Well, Ippudo is always good, isn’t it. The standard for tonkotsu, you could say. Gyoza The noo…
Harakado is a new building in Harajuku. The BOSS x Ohtani collab There’s nothing here I’d actually buy, but it looks like a decent collab. Lately I keep seeing posts saying Ohtani’s airport …
I heard Azabudai Hills had opened in Tokyo and was the talk of the town, so I went to take a look. Closing notice for ecute Tokyo I got to Tokyo Station and found this notice up. Well, that is a surprise R…
Kyoto Station is enormous, and it is packed with all sorts of souvenir shops. I took a good long walk around. Sandwiches and the like Shinshindo, a long-running Kyoto bakery, seems to be the popular one here….
Horiuchi Fruit Farm is a place I remember enjoying in Osaka a while back. I heard the main store was in Nara, so I went to check it out, and it turned out to be right in the middle of the shopping arcade. Nara…
There’s a shopping street around Nara Station, so I went and wandered that part of town. Probably a ryokan Starbucks The shopping street A bar If Kyoto is packed with polished places to eat, Nara see…
It had been a while since I last made it out to Nara. Well… as everyone knows by now, this is the town of “shika no ko no ko no ko koshitantan” — that deer-anime earworm — so there isn’…
Daiichi Asahi is a famous ramen shop near Kyoto Station. It opens first thing in the morning, and it’s famous for its long queues. A queue like this They open at six, so I turned up around 6:20 to find …
After a good meal, I headed back to the hotel. An okonomiyaki place Snapped this on the way. English menu It says “irasshaimase” — welcome. A seriously stylish restaurant near Kyoto Station The sign says 2e…
Yasohachi is a Kyoto izakaya I’ve probably become a regular at by now. A place like this The second floor This was my first time going up to the second floor, and the atmosphere is rather nice. Today&#…
We ate well, so now it’s time for a walk. The view The view A potato and craft beer place Kyoto is packed with places that have this kind of effortless atmosphere. A back alley No idea what this one …