Kuroobi, the Rishiri Kombu Ramen Shop in Hamamatsucho
Hamamatsucho is full of salarymen, so there are plenty of ramen shops too. I’ve tried a few, and among them a place called Kuroobi (“black belt”), which makes its soup from Rishiri kombu from…
Hamamatsucho is full of salarymen, so there are plenty of ramen shops too. I’ve tried a few, and among them a place called Kuroobi (“black belt”), which makes its soup from Rishiri kombu from…
I’d heard there was a restaurant with a really nice atmosphere in Ginza, so I went to check it out. It’s on the restaurant floor of the Mitsukoshi department store. Entrance It’s run …
A junior colleague was in town on a business trip from Silicon Valley, so we met up briefly at night. Ebisu Garden Place. His hotel was the Westin, so we had to cut straight through here… …
A grab bag of scenery shots from the neighborhood I live in. Mt. Fuji You can only see it on clear days. Sunset Sunset on another day Tokyo Skytree Shiba Pa…
I drop by Arenmok in Ueno every now and then, mostly because of a personal connection. They recently opened a second branch in Asakusa, and the manager there is Park Cheol-hyeon (a.k.a. Tetsu), who is pretty w…
A bunch of things came up and it got late, but I was too hungry to just head home, so I ducked into a ramen shop in Shinbashi. Shinbashi has plenty of famous ramen places, but among the ones you can still go t…
A salaryman’s lunch is never anything special, but I am jotting these down for the record. Ramen A slightly spicy ramen, Sichuan-style I think. It was okay, nothing more. Meat at Risuke A small …
Since I’m not exactly a diligent blogger, here are some casual snapshots I’ve taken while living in Odaiba. Scenery As you can see, the distortion in iPhone landscape shots is really distra…
I’d heard that a ramen shop in Kinshicho with a broth made from sea bream was hugely popular, so I went to check it out. The sky on the way It was bitterly cold, but I put on gloves and a mask, s…
I was in a meeting in Shinjuku that ran well past dinnertime, so I ducked into the first chain izakaya that caught my eye. Chain or not, the quality isn’t all that bad, and since all sorts of people drin…
Somehow I ended up in Asakusa right after landing in Tokyo. Not that I had time for a meal or anything… but the weather was lovely, so I snapped a few photos. Gonpachi Gonpachi, the restaurant ma…
I spent a long stretch in Odaiba, and the scenery was so good that I ended up taking all kinds of photos. It’s all scenery, so I’ll just post them without much commentary. Scenery &n…