I know exactly what you’re thinking, so let me just deal with the issue now. You’re thinking “Wait, didn’t you already go to the Ginza Lion in the Otemachi Building basement on January 15th of this year?” Well, yes, but that doesn’t make this a repeat. They have two excitingly different locations for your dining pleasure […]
Month: October 2009
Otemachi Chubo, Otemachi (大手町厨房)
Late lunch filled me with desire to eat a big plate of pasta as well as a yen to knock off some more places in the neighboring Otemachi Building. It was close to 2:30 by the time I got down to the basement (these meetings get longer every week), and a lot of places were […]
Shintaku, Murakami (新多久)
Sunday, after leaving the lovely onsen, we went a bit farther north and out almost to the coast and the town of Murakami. This is a good model for tourism in the time of swine flu; the town has really pulled together to maximize the interesting elements and create enough attractions for visitors to make […]
Takanosukan, Sakamachi (2/2: Food; 鷹の巣館、新潟県坂町)
If you weren’t impressed by the pictures of the room, bath and scenery, then this whole onsen thing might not be for you. Consider not reading about the food either. But if you’re still here, I think you’ll like these big, pretty bowls filled with various items. The reason there are so many glasses is […]
Takanosukan, Sakamachi (1/2: Room; 鷹の巣館、新潟県坂町)
I liked this onsen so much that I want to write two posts about it – one with lots of location shots and then one with pictures of dinner (I’ll skip breakfast if you don’t mind). This is a bit far away – about 3.5 hours from Tokyo Station if you time things correctly – […]
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Kawatake Sushi, Niigata (河竹)
Did we do anything on this vacation except eat? Sure. A little. But mostly it involved being boiled. More on that when we get to tonight’s dinner (and an exhaustive look at the incredible onsen where we stayed). But first, it’s Niigata sushi! As I mentioned in an earlier post, sushi is viewed as a […]
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Hakujuji, Niigata
True, I normally make it a rule not to go to places like this – but if you look closely you’ll see that Hakujuji was established in 1946 and is a Coffee Shop for the Exclusive Man. This being the morning of my birthday, old things for exclusive men seemed to be in order. Plus […]
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Sushi Ryubi, Niigata (柳美)
As I learned when I went to Maebashi and Morioka, there’s not a lot going on in country towns outside of the Entertainment industry. That probably means that your best bet for finding dinner, should you not have been aggressive enough to book something, is to hit those areas, ignore the clubs, and look for […]
Bento, Shinkansen (駅弁,新幹線)
Yup, it’s a weekend getaway trip, so the site title is temporarily Niigata-focused. There’s gonna be a LOT of sushi. But first I want to mention the delights of eating bento on the train. The selections at Tokyo station are really good; I actually look forward to going on trips so that I can pick […]
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Hirugao Ramen, Tokyo (ひるがお)
Under Tokyo Station, all sorts of delights await. I walked it once before with little excitement, but today I enjoyed some mild exploration down the length of #1 Street (一番街, it’s on the Yaesu side). Down at the extreme south end, they have a little ‘ramen museum’ setup that opened this year. Perhaps in a […]