Kissa YOU, Ginza
I was in the middle of eating ramen in Tsukiji when a meetup in Ginza suddenly came up. Yes, I am that busy a man. I was asked to recommend a good place in Ginza, and after mulling it over, Kissa YOU came to m…
I was in the middle of eating ramen in Tsukiji when a meetup in Ginza suddenly came up. Yes, I am that busy a man. I was asked to recommend a good place in Ginza, and after mulling it over, Kissa YOU came to m…
It was a short trip with a lot to get done, so no matter how drunk I got the night before, I had to be up early the next morning and on the move. On days like that, a hangover cure in the morning really matter…
On this trip too, my friends living in Tokyo threw a small home party for me. It was not exactly a grand gourmet gathering, but it was fun seeing their faces after such a long time. I brought a few things myse…
Ken’s Cafe Tokyo in Shinjuku is famous for its slightly pricey gateau chocolat. It started out as a cafe, but once the gateau chocolat became popular nationwide they stopped the cafe business and now sel…
Every time I go to Japan, I have a long list of things people have asked me to buy. Anything sold online I order ahead and have delivered, but there are quite a few things that have to be bought locally, and s…
I have a lot of friends in Tokyo, so lodging is never a worry when I visit. Before heading to where I was staying, I stopped by a convenience store and picked up a few things. In the fridge I spotted the newl…
I finished a piece of work in Ebisu and had dinner there. I was wondering where to go when I spotted a decent-looking Thai restaurant near the station, so in I went. Gai yang, photographed mid-meal It’…
This trip came up suddenly for work, so I could not meet friends or make the rounds of good restaurants. It was a bit dull, but for the record, here are photos of the places I dropped by. The fountain at Maru…
Nishi-Azabu, an upscale residential area not far from Roppongi, is packed with really stylish, atmospheric restaurants. Among them, I had kept hearing that a tonkatsu specialist called Butagumi was famous, and…
Hyottoko, in the basement of the Ginza Kotsu Kaikan building, serves some of the best shio ramen in Tokyo. I happened to have some shopping to do in Ginza, and with an awkward gap in my schedule I stopped in f…
I had plans for a late breakfast-slash-lunch in Shinjuku. For a get-together, the department store restaurant floors or a hotel restaurant would have been fine too, but the more casual Suminoe seemed like the …
Tsukiji Sushi Sen is a proper sushi chain with its main shop in Tsukiji. Its rival would be Sushi Zanmai. It is not a very expensive place, but the value for money is nothing special either, and the food is no…