Scenes Around Shinbashi
I was running around like mad on this trip, but I did stop by Shinbashi too. Sapporo Ramen Dosanko Looks just the same as ever. Shinbashi scenery Pari Ogawaken This place is popular too. Haruchan Ramen The…
I was running around like mad on this trip, but I did stop by Shinbashi too. Sapporo Ramen Dosanko Looks just the same as ever. Shinbashi scenery Pari Ogawaken This place is popular too. Haruchan Ramen The…
I’d known for ages that there was a place called Yakiniku Like in Shinbashi. Here’s what it looks like. The grill plate Simple, just as you’d expect from solo yakiniku. Tablet ordering The…
“Dosanko” means someone from Hokkaido. Dosanko is actually a really common name for a ramen shop — there are ones all over the country — so I had never paid it much attention. Turns out this one is…
When I go somewhere with friends I tend to pick places where the odds of striking out are low, and on that score Makochan is a reassuring one. The place It’s the main branch, but a seat opened up right …
Here’s the place. Honestly, shrimp broth is not an easy thing to come by in Korea, so I’m glad places like this exist in Japan. The table Ebipota ramen The broth is a rich shrimp one, but the no…
The famous old spots in Shinbashi keep going under one after another, so it’s genuinely moving that Maihama has held on. This kind of place You just write your name down and wait, so there’s no ne…
I hadn’t been to Shinbashi in a while, and there was a new ramen shop with a long line out front. It’s a tiny place with only about five seats, so of course you have to queue. The shop The counter…
I came to Nagasaki Kaido, famous for its Nagasaki champon, to eat champon, but since I was here anyway I had to order a few other things. A glass of ginger ale.. Everyone’s getting older these days and …
Kyushu Netchuya is a well-known chain. They have branches all over central Tokyo. I happened to wander into one. Oshibori Apparently it’s a place where the mackerel, the gyoza and the shochu are all goo…
Sake is the best of all medicines This is the noren of a place called Karasumori Hyakuyaku. It’s supposed to be seriously popular, and sure enough, I showed up at 5:15 and they were already full. How on…
There are so many izakaya in Shimbashi that there is no way to remember them all. Tamuro is one of them, and it is popular less for the izakaya side than for its seriously good ramen. The place It is on the s…
It is still the covid era after all, so I order in on Uber Eats. Karaage Honestly, there are not that many karaage places this good in Tokyo.. but having it delivered by Uber does take a bit of the crispiness…