Hanami and Kototoi Yabu
The cherry blossoms came out incredibly early this year. So early it made me think, huh, there are years like this. Normally they do not hit full bloom until April, but this year they started opening in mid-Ma…
The cherry blossoms came out incredibly early this year. So early it made me think, huh, there are years like this. Normally they do not hit full bloom until April, but this year they started opening in mid-Ma…
Kameido Horumon had left such an impression on me that one weekend I set aside some time to walk around Kameido. Kameido Gyoza Not open yet. This is another popular place with a long line, but I was short …
I had some business at Tokyo Skytree, so I stopped by. Bean sweets from Fève Fève is a new shop by chef Tsujiguchi, famous for Mont St. Clair. You could call it a modern take on the traditional Japanese con…
I heard that the Suntory brewery famous for The Premium Malt’s is in Musashino, so I went to see it. Premium Malt’s is delicious even as it is, and I had high hopes since you can taste it fresh, st…
I went to Odaiba on a sunny weekend. Going by way of Toyosu, it turned out to be closer than I thought. The Toyosu scenery Beautiful. A great road for running. The Gundam at DiverCity Tokyo The Gundam, th…
The biggest specialty of the Hamamatsu area is unagi pie, a pastry with eel powder kneaded into it, and it sells well all over Japan. It is a bit too sweet for my taste, so I prefer other local specialties, bu…
I recently read Born to Run and started running in earnest. Running is good for you to begin with, but since I had hardly ever run in my whole life, once I actually tried it I found that my body had been cravi…
One weekend in the autumn of 2012 I went to Tokyo DisneySea. Going on a weekend rather than a weekday made for a pretty hard day. So honestly I did not particularly want to go.. but things in life do not alway…
Somehow I ended up on a trip around the Hamamatsu area of Shizuoka. Here are a few photos I took while wandering around. Manneken of Ginza at a highway rest area It looked like it had only just opened, and …
Sano is an ordinary rural town surrounded by rice paddies and fields, but it has a huge outlet mall. When I actually went, the place was packed, and I have no idea how everyone found out about it. A view of S…
I used the weekend to make a quick trip to a place called Sano in Tochigi Prefecture. I doubt many people in Korea have heard of it, but it is known for its premium outlet mall and Sano ramen. You take the tra…
The weekend came around again and I had no plans at all. I have been doing nothing but work lately and had no time to move my body, so I went to Mt. Takao to at least get a hike in. Honestly, it is such a smal…