Basque cheesecake Basque cheesecake got popular, and now it has turned up at convenience stores too. It was on the tasty side. Rice crackers with sansho pepper Sansho seems to be a trend these days.. If you …
I was in Japan, but I was in my self-quarantine period, so actually going to a restaurant to eat was out of the question. I lived on takeout and delivery instead. the 3rd Burger One opened up near my place. I…
The second day turned out clear. sky sky Living somewhere quiet like Urayasu wouldn’t be bad at all. breakfast A shame there was no miso soup.. but out came a textbook Japanese breakfast. sky Urayasu…
On the flight out of Incheon I tried having my meals vegetarian. Western vegetarian on the way over, Asian vegetarian on the way back.. the reason being that the meat that goes into a regular in-flight meal is…
Sapporo Ichiban shio ramen, asari clam dashi It had a nice clean taste. Buta Raoh It is supposed to be the peak of Jiro-style cup ramen.. it is the closest one out there, but something was still a bit lackin…
American is closed on weekends so I never had a chance to go, but I happened to be around the area and picked some up. The shop Even on a weekday the line is long. Eating in still takes a while, but takeout m…
Putting up some photos I took while wandering around here and there. A night in Jamwon-dong There’s a place like this here.. Han River scenery Thanks to Ttareungi I’ve been heading out to the Han…
Day two and day three at the Madarao ski resort. a view like this The first day it snowed and stayed overcast, but from the second day on the weather was clear. Thanks to that a lot of the snow melted. And si…
There are so many Westerners around here that the ski area is full of bars and western restaurants. Out of those we went to Rudolf. the entrance Something about it feels a bit grotesque.. apple juice french …
I made it to Madarao. The snow festival was on. A giant apple… The station for Madarao (Iiyama) Nice and tidy. The share of foreign visitors was much higher than I expected. From here we took a car to …
In early 2020 I went to Madarao. I had no idea what kind of place it was before going, so I looked it up: it’s in Nagano Prefecture, the ski resort is the main attraction, and apparently a lot of skiers …
Almost every year I do a department store tour around Valentine’s Day, but honestly it’s getting a bit stale now.. It’s not for anyone else — I’ve always just bought whatever I wanted t…