Maybe two weeks ago, a well-known member of a certain Korean wine café came to Japan to see the exhibition of original Mouton Rothschild label artwork, spotted news of a spring wine sale event in Ginza, and po…
I couldn’t be bothered to cook, so I was thinking of eating out, and decided to try a ramen shop in Ikebukuro that a friend had recommended to me a while back as being really good. It’s Kissui, a s…
It was a friend’s birthday and he wanted to go somewhere good, so on another friend’s recommendation we headed to Sciuè Sciuè, a pizza place in Aoyama. I’m honestly not sure a guy in his thir…
Nantsuttei, a ramen shop famous in Kanagawa Prefecture just south of Tokyo, opened in Ikebukuro at the end of last year. Considering that Ikebukuro is effectively the fiercest ramen battleground in Japan, that…
I’ve been doing my side work at home all this time, but today the weather warmed up and it’s the weekend, so I thought I’d try working outside for a change and headed out to Daikanyama. (Mine…
Here’s something people visiting Tokyo tend to miss: Chiba has quite a few good spots for a shopping run. There’s IKEA, there are outlets, and there’s Carrefour. It’s not an outlet, but…
I stopped by Omotesando Hills, which has become a full-on tourist spot by now, with a friend visiting from Korea. I’ve already taken plenty of photos of Omotesando Hills, so I’ll skip them this tim…
A friend visiting from Korea said that since he was in Tokyo, he wanted some proper fine dining at a good French place, so off we went. It has a good reputation but isn’t a particularly famous restaurant…
It’s really warmed up lately. Mornings and evenings are still a bit chilly, but the midday sun is warm enough that it’s practically spring. On a day like this I just couldn’t stay home, so I …
It’s been ages since I posted a place that isn’t actually good.. I happened to end up eating near Shinjuku Gyoen, and this is the restaurant I walked into. The food was very ordinary. The Marui dep…
I met up in Shibuya with a friend visiting from Korea. We couldn’t decide where to go, then I heard that Komagata Dozeu, the loach restaurant where I’d had a really great meal before, had opened a …
Around lunchtime last week, I think, I heard from someone I’ve known for ages. They wanted to meet up and hang out.. So we got together, and after mulling over where to go, we decided on Yokohama. Going …