Photos and Souvenirs from Marunouchi
A beer place The view in Hibiya Number Sugar Arc’teryx The basement of the Marunouchi Building The basement of the Marunouchi Building Butter I had no idea there was a place like this in the Marun…
A beer place The view in Hibiya Number Sugar Arc’teryx The basement of the Marunouchi Building The basement of the Marunouchi Building Butter I had no idea there was a place like this in the Marun…
Tante Marie built its name on camembert cheese, and it turns out the main shop is in the Oazo building in Marunouchi. The front entrance The mood is pretty classic. Photos inside aren’t allowed, so I on…
I knew that a branch of Tomita, the famous shop in Matsudo, Chiba, had opened near Tokyo Station, but it was only when I watched the Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san TV special that I found out this branch recreates …
A shop called Palet d’Or has been getting pretty well known lately, so when the chance came up I made a point of visiting. Shake Shack on the way I have to admit it doesn’t really interest …
My schedule was so packed this time that I hadn’t planned on going to Échiré at all, but a certain someone asked me to, so off I went. I got there a bit early. Even on a weekday the line was long. As …
A friend came to visit and asked me to show him a sushi place, but not many are open on Sundays. The one I picked was Manten Sushi in the basement of Marunouchi Brick Square. Draft beer first, of course We …
One weekend I dropped by Échiré in Marunouchi. The line was as long as ever. The entrance The one saving grace was that it was not as bad as before. But the cake I wanted to buy was nowhere to be seen. T.T …
It was a short trip, but I found a gap in the schedule and went back to Echire, the butter pastry shop. It’s been open for quite a while now, yet it’s still popular enough that you have to queue on…
Before heading off to Haneda I stopped by Tokyo Station for a bit. The Talisker 175th Anniversary bottle I’d spotted at Liquors Hasegawa a while ago kept nagging at me, so I went back specifically to buy…
I’d heard there was a good-value sushi place in Marunouchi Brick Square, so I dropped by. This one also has a crazy-high Tabelog score, which felt a bit rigged to me, but someone who’d actually bee…
I usually go to Tokyo about once every two months, but this time I went back after just one. Once every two months really does feel a bit short. There are so many people I want to see, but I never have enough …
I’d read on some blog that a French butter specialty shop called Echire had recently opened in Marunouchi, and I made up my mind to go. Their croissants, made with loads of butter, are so popular that yo…