Asakusa Samba Carnival 2013
At the end of August, near the tail end of summer but still in the thick of the heat, Asakusa holds its samba carnival every year. Honestly, events like this happen all over Japan, so I am used to them and ski…
At the end of August, near the tail end of summer but still in the thick of the heat, Asakusa holds its samba carnival every year. Honestly, events like this happen all over Japan, so I am used to them and ski…
It is not right in the heart of Ginza, but roughly across from Yurakucho Station there is a Kagoshima kurobuta (black pork) shabu-shabu specialist called Ichiniisan. Its Tabelog score is nothing special, but j…
Sembikiya is famous as a luxury fruit shop, but the main store in Nihonbashi also runs a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant. It is not exactly a cheap place, yet it is always packed. I had been craving both yo…
There is a small French place in my neighborhood that kept catching my eye every time I walked past. It looked like the food would be good, but I had no idea what kind of place it was, so I kept hesitating. Th…
This is another place I have ended up going to a lot. It is almost half the price of the other places, and the food is pretty good too. I do think somewhere like Keawjai is a bit better, but I do not want to p…
I had no plans to go to Comiket this year, but that day happened to be really hot, and since I had not ridden my bike once since buying a bike lock recently, I figured it was time to break it in, so in the mor…
I had heard rumours that a bakery with great croissants had opened in Shinjuku, and even though I had walked around that area a few times, I had no idea. I looked it up on Tabelog and was surprised to find a b…
This is already my third visit this year. Once the weather cools down, I will probably end up coming a few more times. Cabbage I ordered the cabbage instead of the bean sprouts. The seasoning is on the stro…
Ramen Nagi has long been famous as a niboshi-style (dried sardine broth) ramen shop, but I rarely had a reason to go to Shinjuku Golden Gai, so I only just got around to it. Golden Gai is also the setting of t…
Azumabashi Yabusoba is a soba place I can recommend with confidence. It is only open during the day, so it is hard to recommend as wholeheartedly as Kyorakutei.. and the location is a bit awkward too, but on t…
Vinosity, a wine izakaya in Kanda, is a place I remember eating really well at before, so this time I went back. I am starting to have places I could almost call my regular spots, and it feels like making a li…
A friend came to visit and asked me to show him a sushi place, but not many are open on Sundays. The one I picked was Manten Sushi in the basement of Marunouchi Brick Square. Draft beer first, of course We …