White Day Chocolates in Tokyo
I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo right around White Day. Since the 14th fell on a Monday, I wandered around the city on the weekend of the 12th and 13th, and there were amazing desserts everywhere. Lib…
I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo right around White Day. Since the 14th fell on a Monday, I wandered around the city on the weekend of the 12th and 13th, and there were amazing desserts everywhere. Lib…
I was in Odaiba for work this time, and one evening on my way home I stopped by a small bar called The SOHO Bar. This is the place. It’s tiny, run by a single bartender. A glass of beer W…
Centre The Bakery in Ginza is famous for its shokupan, Japanese white bread. Korean bread has been getting better lately too, so I dropped in for a comparison. This is the place. It rained the whole tr…
Shinkyotei, a Chinese restaurant in Shinbashi, isn’t a particularly special place, but it’s open on weekends, has private rooms and the prices are reasonable, so I used it for a get-together with f…
Asakusa has four Russian restaurants, and on this trip I tried the one I hadn’t been to yet, Larousse. That completes the set. The entrance It’s not hard to find. Of the four, it’s th…
Wandering around the Sogo department store in Yokohama, I kept spotting interesting things. They still have the Yoichi 10 Year. Grabbed it without a second thought. This is a dessert shop from a…
There’s a branch of Sushi no Midori called Katsu inside the Sogo department store in Yokohama, so I went with a friend. It’s a conveyor-belt sushi place, but the value is so good there’s alwa…
A friend of mine lives in Yokohama, so this time I stayed there for a good while. Autumn sky A residential neighbourhood It looks so laid-back. Autumn sky Sky The …
In Morishita there’s an izakaya I love called Yamariki. The main branch Maybe because it was raining, it was fairly quiet. Hardly any line either. The menu The prices are wonderful.  …
Upscale coffee houses charging around 1,000 yen a cup are popular in Japan these days. Places like Tsubakiya Coffee and Hoshino Coffee. This time I went to Tsubakiya. Mont Blanc cake and iced coffee Th…
Matsuya, the soba shop in Kanda, is a place I’d wanted to visit for ages. These days I’m busy ticking things off my bucket list. Ten-zaru soba It isn’t cheap, but the noodles are trul…
There are lots of izakayas around Kabukicho in Shinjuku, and Kanae is one of them. It isn’t cheap, but they cook with seasonal ingredients. Sashimi These days there are plenty of places in Korea …