From Nezu Shrine to Komagome
Nezu is a neighborhood behind Ueno Park. I’d heard there was a great udon place there, so I went on a Monday, only to find that every single shop in the area closes on Mondays. Just like how all the shop…
Nezu is a neighborhood behind Ueno Park. I’d heard there was a great udon place there, so I went on a Monday, only to find that every single shop in the area closes on Mondays. Just like how all the shop…
I suspect not many people know there’s a huge garden in Shinjuku. About a 15-minute walk from the South Exit of Shinjuku Station, there’s a place called Shinjuku Gyoen. It used to be an imperial ga…
I’ve barely been able to go out to good restaurants lately, and it’s a bit of a letdown even to me. Work is so busy that I just don’t have time to head out anywhere far for a meal. The only t…
Even for someone like me who only picks the tasty places, there are times when I have to settle for a so-so meal somewhere that isn’t a foodie spot. It’s always one of two situations: either there&…
It’s been raining nonstop for a while and work has been hectic (I think I pulled all-nighters about a week straight..), so I couldn’t get out at all. Whenever I took a short break from the mountain…
Nakano is one of my favourite areas in Tokyo. It’s a residential neighbourhood where lots of people who work around Shinjuku live, so it has a calm vibe, prices are low and there’s plenty of shoppi…
I don’t usually watch much TV, but last month, while I was living in a hotel thanks to a friend’s help, I caught a show picking the best mango pudding in Tokyo. It’s sold at the boutique-and-…
For the first time in a while I had some CDs to buy, so I headed over to the Kanda / Ochanomizu / Jimbocho area. While thinking about where to have lunch, I decided on Restaurant Shichijo, a yoshoku (Western-s…
Walking the back streets of Shibuya at night, I found that an abura soba specialist that’s been a big hit in Akasaka had opened here. I’m supposed to be on a diet, so I really shouldn’t be ea…
I’m on a diet these days. -_- I was already showing signs of a bit of a belly, but the aftermath of not being able to control what I ate during the brutal Mt. Fuji climbing schedule hit hard. As part of …
From the 7th station to the 8th station it’s all rock, so the climb was anything but easy. If you’re going up without a guide, it’d be a bit dangerous at night. Also, you can push your way up…
Mt. Fuji is only open for climbing for two months in summer, July and August. People say there’s not much to see up there, but I felt I ought to climb it at least once for the memory, so I went with a fr…