Tokyo Scenes, June 2016
Here is a collection of photos I took while out and about. Yurikamome Ride it early in the morning and nobody is in the front seats. You can enjoy the view at your leisure. That said, the weather was t…
Here is a collection of photos I took while out and about. Yurikamome Ride it early in the morning and nobody is in the front seats. You can enjoy the view at your leisure. That said, the weather was t…
On this business trip, too, I relied on convenience stores more than a few times. There are not many restaurants open in the morning, and if I am just going to wander out and eat something random anyway, it is…
I heard that a new ramen shop had opened near the Skytree, which is close to Asakusa, so I dropped in. When a shop that has only just opened already has a pretty high Tabelog score, it usually means there is a…
This time a friend and I rented a car and took a trip to the Kansai region. It was a journey of about 800 km. Taking the Shinkansen is far easier and cheaper, but every now and then you just want to drive on a…
I met up with a friend in Shinjuku for a quick drink. Fresh ingredients skewered and grilled can hardly go wrong. As expected, it is a place for middle-aged guys. Beer Otoshi Bacon-wrapp…
This trip, or rather business trip, was so packed with other commitments that I never really got to enjoy it. It looks like things will stay this way for a while. So here is just a collection of photos I took …
A new restaurant building has gone up in Hamamatsucho, that salaryman town. The Japanese economy really must be doing well. Cicci Fantastico is the Italian place that moved in there. The entrance The v…
I visited a small yakiniku place in Hiroo. It is mainly pork, so it is not as pricey as beef, but it is not cheap for pork either. In other words it is the kind of place that lives on regulars, and since the l…
The very first place I stopped at after arriving in Tokyo, without even unpacking my bags, was Un Grain. The luggage was heavy, but with my schedule, if I didn’t drop by that day there would be no next t…
Whenever I’m wandering around Tokyo and pass a liquor shop, I tend to step inside and check what prices are like. Force of habit. All sorts of booze Maker’s Mark Cask Strength, spott…
On this trip I barely made it to any proper restaurants. It was either convenience stores or food courts. Good eating is something you enjoy when you have the breathing room; put me in an extreme situation and…
On this trip I ended up relying on convenience stores a lot, for all sorts of reasons. It was a business trip rather than a holiday, and there was simply too much to do. Drinks Suntory had a new Premiu…