Parla, the Crêpe Shop at Tokyu Plaza
Since I was at Tokyu Plaza anyway, I stopped by Parla too. The vibe is so very Ginza.. A line was forming, too. I spotted Hoshiko in the display cabinet. I have a feeling I’ll be leaning …
Since I was at Tokyu Plaza anyway, I stopped by Parla too. The vibe is so very Ginza.. A line was forming, too. I spotted Hoshiko in the display cabinet. I have a feeling I’ll be leaning …
I came out to Ginza on the weekend, and after dithering over where to go I headed to Tokyu Plaza for a start. So many people. I wandered around the restaurant floor wondering what to eat, and there was a sligh…
Someone was suddenly coming over to the house, so I searched for dessert shops near home, and a place called Izumi caught my eye. Apparently it’s right next to Hamamatsucho Station, but I’d been ar…
Hamamatsucho is full of salarymen, so there are plenty of ramen shops too. I’ve tried a few, and among them a place called Kuroobi (“black belt”), which makes its soup from Rishiri kombu from…
I’d heard there was a restaurant with a really nice atmosphere in Ginza, so I went to check it out. It’s on the restaurant floor of the Mitsukoshi department store. Entrance It’s run …
A junior colleague was in town on a business trip from Silicon Valley, so we met up briefly at night. Ebisu Garden Place. His hotel was the Westin, so we had to cut straight through here… …
A grab bag of scenery shots from the neighborhood I live in. Mt. Fuji You can only see it on clear days. Sunset Sunset on another day Tokyo Skytree Shiba Pa…
I drop by Arenmok in Ueno every now and then, mostly because of a personal connection. They recently opened a second branch in Asakusa, and the manager there is Park Cheol-hyeon (a.k.a. Tetsu), who is pretty w…
A bunch of things came up and it got late, but I was too hungry to just head home, so I ducked into a ramen shop in Shinbashi. Shinbashi has plenty of famous ramen places, but among the ones you can still go t…
A salaryman’s lunch is never anything special, but I am jotting these down for the record. Ramen A slightly spicy ramen, Sichuan-style I think. It was okay, nothing more. Meat at Risuke A small …
I was in Yokohama for work. Gorgeous weather Even on a work trip, clear skies like this put me in a good mood. Work wrapped up smoothly, so I headed straight to Katsu for lunch. Katsu is a place I̵…
Since I’m not exactly a diligent blogger, here are some casual snapshots I’ve taken while living in Odaiba. Scenery As you can see, the distortion in iPhone landscape shots is really distra…