Ramen Kohaku in Ikebukuro
Kohaku has to be the hottest ramen shop in Tokyo right now. The draw is apparently a broth made with shijimi clams from Lake Shinji. It had been a while since I was last in Tokyo, so I had to fit at least one …
Kohaku has to be the hottest ramen shop in Tokyo right now. The draw is apparently a broth made with shijimi clams from Lake Shinji. It had been a while since I was last in Tokyo, so I had to fit at least one …
I’d heard good things about the Nezu Museum, but when I hear “Nezu” I think of the Nezu in Yanaka-Nezu-Sendagi (just north of Ueno), and I kept wondering what museum there could possibly be i…
Chao bamboo is a Thai restaurant right in the middle of Harajuku. It is very popular, so the problem is that if you turn up late you can be waiting a while for a table. The place It is mostly young people who…
I don’t get to Tokyo much these days, so when I do go I make the full round in one trip. A place like this Nothing much seems to have changed. Whiskies like these Shinjuku Shinanoya really has to be he…
TamJai SamGor I think it’s a Taiwanese place, and it has opened up in Shinjuku. Tempura Tsunahachi It used to be good value, but the prices seem to have crept up a bit.. Cakes at Isetan The shop is ca…
Just putting up some photos I took while wandering around. Patagonia “Fashion has nothing to do with us,” it says. That is a pretty firm sense of identity, I’d say. CSG Blue Cafe Looks like…
Esoragoto means something like a fantasy, a story that could never really happen — or so I gather. There’s an udon shop with that fun name in Harajuku. The place A storefront you absolutely cannot forge…
Gaien is right by Harajuku. It’s the outer garden of Meiji Jingu in Harajuku, which is where the name Gaien comes from. Meiji Jingu Stadium There’s a ballpark in the middle, with the park wrapped …
There is an Ippudo inside Harakado, so I went in for a bowl. The place Shiromaru Motoaji Akamaru Shinaji Well, Ippudo is always good, isn’t it. The standard for tonkotsu, you could say. Gyoza The noo…
Harakado is a new building in Harajuku. The BOSS x Ohtani collab There’s nothing here I’d actually buy, but it looks like a decent collab. Lately I keep seeing posts saying Ohtani’s airport …
I heard Azabudai Hills had opened in Tokyo and was the talk of the town, so I went to take a look. Closing notice for ecute Tokyo I got to Tokyo Station and found this notice up. Well, that is a surprise R…
Kyoto Station is enormous, and it is packed with all sorts of souvenir shops. I took a good long walk around. Sandwiches and the like Shinshindo, a long-running Kyoto bakery, seems to be the popular one here….