Breakfast at Boulangerie Comme Chinois
I’m up, so it’s time to eat. A quick search turned up a well-rated bakery near Sannomiya. Kobe streets in the morning A street with real atmosphere. I like it. The entrance of Boulangerie Comme …
I’m up, so it’s time to eat. A quick search turned up a well-rated bakery near Sannomiya. Kobe streets in the morning A street with real atmosphere. I like it. The entrance of Boulangerie Comme …
The best part of a Japanese matsuri has to be the food stalls. Without yatai, it just doesn’t feel like a festival. Yaki ramen, a Fukuoka specialty Yakisoba is famous all over Japan, but yaki ramen wa…
After the sandwich I headed to Sannomiya Station. I’d arranged to meet a friend who was going to show me around the Luminarie. Light decorations at Sannomiya Station Very Kobe. I met up with my friend…
Lunch had filled me up, but calling it a day right there felt like a bit of a waste. So I decided to squeeze in one more stop and headed over toward Kitano. The front of the Kobe Kitano Hotel It was on the w…
I was wandering around trying to decide what to have for lunch when I happened to stumble on a branch of Igrek. It’s on the 6th floor of the Uniqlo building near Daimaru. I’d already eaten a pretty…
On the morning of Saturday, December 11, I suddenly felt like seeing the Kobe Luminarie. It is apparently an event that has been held every year to commemorate the Great Hanshin Earthquake, and figuring that i…
Tama is an izakaya run by a pair of brothers who are fishermen, and since I’d heard they get great ingredients in, I picked a day and went. That’s the perk of a town by the sea. A place where peopl…
Ogikubo has much the same feel as its neighbors on the Chuo Line, like Asagaya and Koenji. There’s a shopping street with some history and a fair number of decent places to eat, but since it’s a qu…
I’d had an all-night wine party with friends I hadn’t seen in ages, so there was no way I was getting up on time. I somehow managed to open my eyes around 11 and headed out for lunch. Before lunch…
I don’t really plan it, but somehow I seem to end up in Roppongi a lot. You can shop and you can eat well, so it’s just convenient in all sorts of ways, I guess. This day I had plans in Roppongi ag…
I got to Tokyo Station at 7 in the morning and headed straight to Tsukiji to meet up with my foodie group. When you’re travelling in Tokyo, Tsukiji is about the only place where you can get a proper brea…
I have friends in Tokyo and there are tons of great places to eat, so I go there regularly. I usually take the shinkansen, but this time, for a change, I tried traveling by sleeper train. You leave in the even…