Izuju, a Bo-zushi Specialist in Kyoto
There’s one place in Kyoto that’s famous for bo-zushi. Bo-zushi is sushi made from fish that spoils easily, cured in vinegar and left to mature before eating. As expected it isn’t cheap, but …
There’s one place in Kyoto that’s famous for bo-zushi. Bo-zushi is sushi made from fish that spoils easily, cured in vinegar and left to mature before eating. As expected it isn’t cheap, but …
I introduced this place the year before last, I think. It’s famous for Kyoto’s local cuisine, yet oddly it hardly shows up in guidebooks. Last time an SD card problem wiped out a whole bunch of my …
After a slightly disappointing meal, the first place I headed to was the two Hongan-ji temples. Two famous temples, Nishi Hongan-ji and Higashi Hongan-ji, stand not far from the station. They’re easy to …
With cherry blossom season here, I went to Kyoto again this year. Compared with the early days, when I’d just get in the car and drive there with no plan at all, my travel skills have come a long way. Th…
I had some free time during a business trip to Tokyo, so I arranged to meet a friend. There was a French restaurant I’d really wanted to go to, but I was told it was already fully booked. So I switched t…
I went out to Harajuku, but there wasn’t really anywhere that jumped out at me. There are some set-meal places, and Italian and French too, but for two guys that’s just an extravagance. At times li…
While looking for somewhere to have breakfast in Shinjuku, I came across BEER&CAFE BERG. Come out of the underground Central East Exit at Shinjuku Station and head left, and you’ll see it. It’…
If you land at Haneda Airport on the last flight, it’s usually around 8 pm. Heading into the city, checking in at the hotel and then going for a drink gets you to around 10 at the earliest, and with the …
Yakiniku, soba, ramen and sushi are everyday foods you can find anywhere in Japan. (Sushi counting conveyor-belt places, that is…) With so many of them there are plenty of great places, and plenty of not…
When work gets so busy it gives me a headache, I have to step out for some fresh air no matter how little time I have. Not that I can just drop what I’m doing and run off, but helping out with work in a …
Before catching the last shinkansen home from Kobe I was feeling a bit peckish, so I dropped by Shitenno Ramen near Sannomiya for a bowl. Shitenno Ramen started out in Osaka and is a well-known ramen shop all …
The Kobe posts are finally nearing the end… I only have about two months’ worth of posts left to put up -_-;; And yet I’m barely halfway through, so at this pace who knows when I’ll eve…