Izuju, a Bo-zushi Specialist in Kyoto
There’s one place in Kyoto that’s famous for bo-zushi. Bo-zushi is sushi made from fish that spoils easily, cured in vinegar and left to mature before eating. As expected it isn’t cheap, but …
There’s one place in Kyoto that’s famous for bo-zushi. Bo-zushi is sushi made from fish that spoils easily, cured in vinegar and left to mature before eating. As expected it isn’t cheap, but …
Saturday morning means a visit to Tsukiji Market. Tsukiji on a weekend is packed with tourists, but I didn’t pick another day, and I didn’t go early either. As long as you dodge the tourists, you c…
I first heard that there was a high-end sushi place in Nihonbashi with cheap-_- prices before I even came to Japan. I had been there once before, but I wasn’t all that satisfied. For me the portions were…
After leaving Yoshino Sushi I was still so hungry that I decided to hit another sushi place nearby. It’s been a while since I did two meals back to back. I don’t usually go that far, but that day I…
Among Tokyo’s famous high-end sushi restaurants, Yoshino Sushi is known for having a cheap(-_-) lunch menu, so I went to check it out. Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether eating sushi from lunchtime wa…
I went to Kitazawa Club (Kitazawa Kurabu), a conveyor-belt sushi place that’s been famous in Shinjuku for years. “Club” is pronounced “kurabu” in Japanese, and the kanji written f…
Lots of foreign tourists in Tokyo head to Tsukiji. They come to look around the fish market and to try sushi at the source. So Tsukiji Market is always packed, and since shops aimed at tourists are mixed in wi…
Last weekend a foodie friend came over from Korea, so we had dinner together. When people visit from Korea it’s usually work-related, so they tend to come over a weekend, but places that are easy to get …
Since it was food served on a boat, I didn’t expect much at first, but the dishes turned out to be pretty high-end. (Had I known it would be this good, I might have skipped the Kitakata ramen…) Sas…
I was in Tokyo for the first time in a while, and a friend said there was a decent neighborhood sushi place near his home and that we should go. This is the owner. He’s a little shy. He’s making t…
Sushi Yoshi is a down-to-earth Osaka sushi place with great value for money. It’s near Fukushima Station, one stop from Osaka Station. The sign The starter The little dressed dish that came out was app…
Original title: Sushizanmai Conveyor-Belt Sushi in Tsukiji, Tatsutano in Ginza, Pierre Marcolini, and Horaiya in UenoWhen you arrive in Tokyo in the morning, Tsukiji is about the only place worth going for a m…