EPEE, a Bakery in Kichijoji
After a great kakigori at Kooriya Peace, I was wandering around the neighborhood when I stumbled on a bakery, with zero prior knowledge of it. Front entrance Strictly speaking, it’s a bakery and restaur…
After a great kakigori at Kooriya Peace, I was wandering around the neighborhood when I stumbled on a bakery, with zero prior knowledge of it. Front entrance Strictly speaking, it’s a bakery and restaur…
A shaved ice shop called Kooriya Peace shows up in the drama Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman, so I went to check it out. My blog is pretty thin on content, so for a proper explanation you might be better of…
I was wandering the night streets of Kichijoji and stepped into a bar, but the whisky list was nothing special. So I asked the owner, and he recommended Bar Fort. I asked for some Japanese whisky recomm…
I was planning to go to Iseya, the hugely famous yakitori place in Kichijoji.. but after a first round at Sasanoha I got there to find it closed. So I walked into some random place near the station, and the fo…
The usual member and I went back to Sasanoha, just the two of us. First up, a plate of sashimi.. Nice and fresh. Today’s fish Today’s fish A plate of tu…
Sasanoha is a tiny izakaya run by the owner all by himself. He has apparently been at it for about 40 years. I went with a friend who came over from Korea. The setup Everything is prepped…
I was wondering where to have lunch in Kichijoji and settled on Chikurosanbo, a Chinese restaurant with a high Tabelog score. I wanted something a bit more serious than a cafe lunch. Kirin Classic Lager Fir…
I headed out to Kichijoji over the weekend. It is far from home, but every now and then I end up with a reason to go. The first stop was Satou, famous for its menchikatsu. The front of Satou The second floo…
This time I hosted some guests visiting from Korea and we went around to a bunch of restaurants. They’re really into food, so we made sure not to skip dessert either. We packed a lot of places into a sho…
I’ve lived in Tokyo for a while, but there were still quite a lot of places I’d never been to, so now that I have some time I’m getting around to visiting them. When you say Kichijoji, the fi…
Kugayama is near Kichijoji. It’s inside Tokyo and less than 30 minutes from Shibuya, but it doesn’t feel like Tokyo at all. I had no idea it would be like this… Normally I’d have no rea…