Koumen in Harajuku
I went out to Harajuku, but there wasn’t really anywhere that jumped out at me. There are some set-meal places, and Italian and French too, but for two guys that’s just an extravagance. At times li…
I went out to Harajuku, but there wasn’t really anywhere that jumped out at me. There are some set-meal places, and Italian and French too, but for two guys that’s just an extravagance. At times li…
Before catching the last shinkansen home from Kobe I was feeling a bit peckish, so I dropped by Shitenno Ramen near Sannomiya for a bowl. Shitenno Ramen started out in Osaka and is a well-known ramen shop all …
I took advantage of the New Year holidays to pop over to Tokyo for a bit. I was planning to see friends I hadn’t seen in a while, do some shopping and hit some good restaurants, but almost every place wo…
I’ve introduced Santouka Ramen quite a few times now. It’s one of my personal favorite ramen shops, but I go so often that I’m getting a little tired of it ^_^ I really should start hunting d…
AFURI is another ramen shop that’s easy to drop into. It’s open until 4 a.m., and it’s close to Ebisu Station, too. Before heading to bed – with the last train cutting it close – …
Saitama borders Tokyo and covers a lot of ground, yet it doesn’t have many places you could really call great eats. So even though it’s not far from where I live, I’ve hardly ever gone. Hones…
After a good round of yakitori, we needed something more filling to finish off the night. The plan was to go to the ramen place Tokyo Style Miso Ramen Do Miso, but it wasn’t open. Something about having …
A friend said he wanted ramen, so I took him to the ramen shop that has left the strongest impression on me of all the ones I’ve tried. I’ve written about this place before, so I’ll keep it s…
Honestly, Akihabara doesn’t have many good places to eat. Kyushu Jangara Ramen, where people line up, isn’t all that tasty, and Marugo, the tonkatsu place, is pricey for what you get. Since there&#…
Rokurinsha is famous right now as the ramen shop with the longest line in Tokyo. It’s tucked away in a corner of a residential neighborhood in Osaki, the kind of place only people in the know go to, and …
Center Gai is pretty much the heart of Shibuya, but honestly there aren’t many places there worth eating at. Probably because the rent is so high. Shibuya itself has a fair number of good restaurants, bu…
A ramen shop I dropped into by chance while passing by. I’d actually meant to go to the place next door, which is the famous one, but it had closed early, probably because it’s so popular. This pla…