Nakayama Crepe in Washizu, Kosai
I have fallen for crepes lately, so I have been making the rounds of crepe shops. The front It is right in front of Washizu Station. The drinks menu Cute and nicely put together. Inside It is a small space….
I have fallen for crepes lately, so I have been making the rounds of crepe shops. The front It is right in front of Washizu Station. The drinks menu Cute and nicely put together. Inside It is a small space….
A ramen shop called Yumeno Ippo has opened on the spot where a mapo ramen place I used to love had closed down. Yumeno Ippo (“one step toward the dream”) is the sister shop of a ramen place called …
Marugame Seimen is a famous udon chain. It was a hot summer day and I was craving cold udon, so off I went. Tempura Great value for money. No wonder it grew into a nationwide chain. The kitchen Udo-natsu, ne…
I heard a decent place had opened in Arai, Kosai, so I went to have a look. Here it is. Everyone is far too good at interiors these days. The menu Oddly enough, the exterior says cafe, but the menu is packed…
Musashimaru is a conveyor-belt sushi place, but unlike the cheap sushi spots with a budget of around 15,000 yen that are trendy in Japan these days, what sets it apart is that it is a touch pricier and the cut…
Lunch at RIVET was so good that we went back again for dinner. Beer Lemon soda One of us had to drive, so we couldn’t all raise a glass together. Apple soda The kitchen The real deal. One-plate a…
In a corner of Kosai called Arai, the old town has been left standing as it was, and the city is running a project to convert the old houses there. For Koreans, think of the remodelled hanok in Ikseon-dong — i…
Kosai City sits right next to Hamamatsu City, and just beyond that is Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture. So while it is technically a city in Shizuoka, you could say it is closer to Aichi. I spotted a ramen shop b…
Chateraise is a dessert chain that is famous all across Japan. They also run a slightly more upscale brand called YATSUDOKI, so anyone living in Japan has probably heard of them at least once. It looks roughly…
ROCHELLE is a place famous for its parfaits. I went on a weekend with nice weather. The place Getting there without a car is not easy. Inside They have done the place up nicely. The place Inside It has the…
There’s a cafe with the unusual name Tsutsu & tsuttsu over in Arai. A place like this? Apparently they used to run a coffee-related business, then came to this town and opened a cafe. A place like …
A lot of lovely shops have opened in a place called Arai. It looks like they’re running some kind of project together with the city. Places like this one It’s a renovated old kominka house. The at…