Steak House Kaji, Hamamatsucho
Tokyo is a city with a deep history, so every neighborhood has at least one long-established favorite. This place is one of them. The sign It is a bit of a walk from Hamamatsucho Station and not easy t…
Tokyo is a city with a deep history, so every neighborhood has at least one long-established favorite. This place is one of them. The sign It is a bit of a walk from Hamamatsucho Station and not easy t…
Before every trip to Japan I always check the rankings of newly opened bakeries, dessert shops, ramen shops and so on. This time a new bakery near Shirokane seemed to be popular, so I made time to drop by. The…
Gatten, which has branches all over Asakusa, is a neighborhood yakitori joint. I would not exactly call it a top spot, but you can eat and drink happily for about 2,000 yen a head, so it holds its own. …
I had some errands around Kappabashi and was wandering about, and since I had a dinner appointment I visited a popular spot in that neighbourhood. A search on Tabelog turned up one well-rated Spanish restauran…
Gaienmae is near Harajuku and Aoyama. Close if you call it close, far if you call it far. I heard a tiny crepe shop had opened in this neighbourhood, and the reviews were good, so I decided to go check it out….
In May 2015 I had work in Tokyo, so I went over a weekend. It was a short trip and I was wandering around on my own, so I did not make it to any great restaurants. tri-R Shibatani is my favourite bakery…
Here is a collection of the nice scenery I came across on this trip. These are not photos taken with any particular theme in mind, just random shots snapped while walking around. Tokyo Skytree on a morn…
One of the joys of a Tokyo trip is the new stuff at convenience stores. This time I stopped by convenience stores and supermarkets and bought a bit of everything. First-night fun The Asahi was just so-…
There is so much to buy in Tokyo. Of course, not every shop sells good stuff and you need to know a few key spots, but this time I discovered the charm of Kappabashi, the street that specialises in kitchenware…
After a short three-night, four-day trip, on my way back to Korea through Narita Airport I had one last bowl of ramen. Haneda has Rokurinsha and Setagaya, but at Narita there is really only Kukai. Gyoza…
Before coming to Japan I put together a list of ramen shops, and a few places caught my eye. One of them was Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta. And the other one, which I picked after some deliberation as a late-nig…
On this Tokyo trip I have been going mostly around restaurants I had long wanted to try. The reason is that I have no friend to go restaurant-hopping with. At a place I know well I can just eat what I want and…