Minoya, a Tonkatsu Shop in Higashi-Jujo
There’s a famous tonkatsu place in this neighborhood, so I went there when a friend came to visit over the weekend. It’s called Minoya. Apparently it opened in 1960. Ah… but maybe it isn̵…
There’s a famous tonkatsu place in this neighborhood, so I went there when a friend came to visit over the weekend. It’s called Minoya. Apparently it opened in 1960. Ah… but maybe it isn̵…
Saigon is a restaurant inside Food Show, the food hall of the Tokyu department store in Shibuya Station. I’d heard it’s a good place to drop in when you’re near the station and can’t de…
Kugayama is near Kichijoji. It’s inside Tokyo and less than 30 minutes from Shibuya, but it doesn’t feel like Tokyo at all. I had no idea it would be like this… Normally I’d have no rea…
I was strolling around Omotesando with a friend visiting from Korea and we happened to drop in. It’s in a building called GYRE, with the boutique on the 1st floor and the café on the 2nd, so it wasn̵…
Aoba is one of Nakano’s long-established famous shops. I kept meaning to go but never found the time, so I just hadn’t made it. Then I heard there’s an Aoba branch in Ikebukuro, so I dropped …
I’ve made up my mind to eat a lunch special every Saturday. The main idea is to visit places that are closed on Sundays or in the evening, or that are famous for their lunch sets. This time I went to Men…
Nippori, Uguisudani and Ueno are actually well known as Tokyo’s rough neighborhoods. Apparently Shinjuku and Ikebukuro used to have that vibe, but these days it has mostly shifted over toward Ueno. I don…
My friends wanted to go, so I went along, but it was a really disappointing place. So I won’t go into detail; I’m just posting this for the record. That said, the cream puff in the last photo was p…
I went to Sanjusangendo, a Japanese restaurant in Odaiba. I didn’t pick the place myself; there was a get-together and I was invited. The food was underwhelming and the prices were high, so it’s no…
I heard there was a ramen shop with a fun concept in a place called Oimachi, so I went to check it out. Apparently the soup is tomato-based. I was so curious what it would taste like that I just had to go. The…
A place I’d never seen before opened up in Shinjuku, so I went to check it out. It didn’t look like a great restaurant, but I was curious anyway. The fact that it served Okinawan food also caught m…
A few weeks ago I went to a reggae festival in Yoyogi. I’m not really into reggae, but a lot of my friends were taking part. The weather was perfect for an outdoor event, too. A performance in front of M…