There was a nationwide Sanuki udon boom at one point, but finding good udon in Tokyo still isn’t easy. Tokyo has always been soba territory. Famous soba shops are a dime a dozen, but truly great udon pla…
After a meal in Shiodome, I got the chance to wander around the shopping street in Azabu-Juban. The shopping street in this neighborhood has a long history and plenty of famous places to eat. Here are a few of…
Shiodome is one of the newly developed sub-centers of the city, like Roppongi Hills. It’s about a five-minute walk from Shinbashi Station, where you can catch the Yurikamome, the monorail that runs out t…
I think it’s been about two years since I was last out in Shinjuku. Some things seem to have changed a little, but honestly not all that much. As always, I come out of the East Exit. In Shinjuku, almost …
That makes four weeks in a row -_- that I’ve headed to Akihabara. I’ve always called myself the Shibuya type, but at this rate everyone would believe me if I said I was the Akiba type. -_-;; (But I…
Tokyo’s weather hasn’t been its usual self this year. Normally we get about three months of clear, dry days, but this year it’s snowed a lot and it’s been pretty chilly. So I really did…
The weekend rolled around again, so I dropped by Akiba this week too. There’s always some kind of event going on in Akiba on weekends, which makes it fun. It’s a neighborhood I need to visit regula…
Akihabara is really only fun on weekends. The crowds make the streets lively, and there are tons of weekend-only events and sales. I needed to pick up some parts, so I popped out during the day for a quick loo…
There’s a place that had been on my mind for a long time, and I finally got the chance to go. It’s the one Zagat Survey rated as the best value for money (and honestly, given the price, there can&#…
We went out to Odaiba, but finding somewhere worth going isn’t that easy ^_^ You don’t even get a parking ticket unless you spend over 3,000 yen, so we wandered around looking for a decent place to…
My first weekend in Tokyo: around lunchtime a friend called me out, and we headed to the Gyoza Stadium in Ikebukuro. I’d seen the Ramen Stadium in Fukuoka, but who knew there was a gyoza stadium too? App…
Korea may be the birthplace of grilled meat, but Japanese yakiniku is a different animal from Korean bulgogi or galbi. The seasoning is a bit sweeter, and instead of the meat coming out in whole pieces that ge…