Tokyo Old Town

Annual Festival of Nezu Shrine

I went to the annual festival of Nezu Shrine. In the festival last year, I didn't know where to look, so I read up on the festival. Nezu shr...

2011/10/06 21:47

Japanese Restaurant Kurogi

I went to a Japanese restaurant where it is difficult to make a reservation. I made a reservation for a private room. The Michelin guide a...

2011/08/23 16:31

Wine Bar in Yushima

I went to a wine bar which has been on my mind lately. It was no problem to take dinner there because I wasn’t able to have a lot.   The ba...

2011/06/26 19:01

Tabata Ginza

There is a famous shopping street called Yanaka Ginza in my neighborhood, but I went to a fish shop on a shopping street called Tabata Ginza...

2011/05/22 21:45

Azalea Festival

I knew that the azalea festival was being held because I have seen posters on signboards at train stations and on neighborhood association n...

2011/05/07 13:51

Bengalese Finch

When I walked around my neighborhood, I found a flea market being held. I wasn’t going to buy anything. There were four small birds in cages...

2011/05/05 15:08

Yanaka Reien

I went to Yanaka Reien which is one of the three major cemeteries in Tokyo . It is in a 100000 square meter area and is located north of Uen...

2011/03/09 21:09

Dorayaki called Kuromatsu

There was a Dorayaki called Kuromatsu which has strange flavor when I compared the difference to a different Dorayaki, a traditional Japanes...

2011/03/01 21:20

Ueno to Nezu in a Walking Tour

Last weekend, I walked from Ueno to Sendagi. I usually walk along the path when I miss the last train in Ueno but haven’t checked out the to...

2011/02/26 17:41

French Restaurant in Sendagi

I went to a restaurant called Brasserie Perle. I knew of the restaurant, but I hadn't been there. The restaurant is a few-minutes walk along...

2011/02/24 20:44

Aigre Douce

  The patisserie called Aigre Douce is a famous patisserie which sells delicious cakes. It is a seven minute walk to Yamate-dori from Mejiro...

2011/02/16 14:02

Shinjyuku NS Building

I went to the Shinjyuku NS Building. I no sooner got inside the building than I saw an open ceiling space. The ceiling had a sky-high, and s...

2011/02/10 15:17

Ueno

Ueno has lots of museums, so it is originally a town of art. I didn't know why, but the whole area wasn’t beautiful and gave a bad impressio...

2011/02/06 20:09

Apple Pie Shop

Last weekend, I went to Yanaka because I buy apple pie from a shop called “Mammies”. The shop is located on the way to Tokyo Metro Sendagi S...

2011/02/03 21:56

Ikayaki in Yanaka

I went to Yanaka in Taito Ward, Tokyo . It was 3 p.m, so I was a bit hungry. Therefore, I went to an Ikayaki shop called "Yakiya". It is loc...

2011/01/30 10:59

Rakugo

Suzumoto engeijyo is one of Yose in Tokyo and is located in Taito ward, Tokyo . Yose means a permanent hut holding performances such as rak...

2011/01/27 21:56

French Restaurant in Kanda

I went to a French restaurant called Bistro-Marsanne in Kanda for lunch. I found the restaurant on a website called Tabelog. The website is ...

2011/01/24 20:09

A Soba shop in Nezu

I introduce a "soba" shop, a Japanese noodle shop, where I always go to eat year-crossing noodles on New Year's Eve. The shop called Takajyo...

2011/01/21 20:38

Bar in Shibuya

I went to a colleague's favorite bar called Travis in Shibuya. The bar is located on the second floor of a building around an alley. The doo...

2011/01/18 23:34

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We went to a tempra restaurant for dinner with a person visiting my company from Britain. I decided to go to the restaurant serving traditio...

2011/01/16 22:20

Dorayaki

Dorayaki is a Japanese sweet which is two disk-shaped sponge cakes spread with some sweet bean paste. It is baked with honey, so it is moist...

2011/01/14 21:18

Yanaka

Yanaka means “valley” in Japanese, and it is an area in the Taito ward, Tokyo. The area is located inside the Yamanote line, and it has an a...

2011/01/12 22:13

Kabayaki and Shirayaki

I found an eel shop called "Inageya" in my neighborhood and went in and checked it out. I liked the shop. Prices of eel dishes are always ex...

2011/01/10 11:58

First Visit to a Shinto Shrine

I went to see the first sunrise of the year, and subsequently I visited a Shinto shrine. I had the impression that shrines are usually crowd...

2011/01/09 11:41

The First Sunrise

The New Year has started. I made it through another year while listening to the bells at a temple and seeing a beautiful garden of the templ...

2011/01/08 15:11