Gentlemen? Several weeks after this event, the Barrington Coffee House publicized what had happened as their ‘League of Gentlemen Weekend’. On this evening Jim, Greg and I went through a decent set of Jim’s songs plus covers (and Greg and I played a couple songs with a guy named Chris who did a whole set […]
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Veranda, Odaiba
Never quite understood the allure of Odaiba, but I certainly understand the allure of sitting on a terrace, looking at the bay and the bridge and the other scenery (which is frankly pretty industrial, but we take what we can get, scenery-wise, here in Tokyo). The Hotel Nikko has a very civilized afternoon tea thing […]
Nana’s Green Tea, Ochanomizu
This looked nice when Seat visited, so I wanted to try it. One after while at the guitar stores seemed like the right time to go, and go I did. Being already after lunch, there wasn’t so much I could do about the menu, which stretches from plate lunches through tea drinks and desserty options. […]
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Bear Pond Espresso, Shimo Kitazawa
Never let it be said that Shimokita is not quirky and fun. There’s a whole store selling ‘rescue’-themed goods, like this silly shirt. Ever since seeing it on this blog, I’ve been regretting not trying the coffee at Bear Pond when I first went to Shimokita around this time last year. It looked like a […]
Bigote, Nihonbashi
‘Bigote’, of course, is Italian for ‘bigot’, so it’s no surprise that the ample signage around the door of this otherwise-pleasantly bohemian cafe proudly proclaims “No Lesser Races”. Of course in the absence of specificity about which races that would entail, they seem quite happy to admit anyone for a pleasant sit on the mismatched […]
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Kiki, Kamiyamada (樹樹)
Saturday morning in Kamiyamada, I woke up early and spent the morning walking around, being cold and taking pictures of old buildings. The weather was beautiful and clear, but the day-onsen only open at 9 or 10 AM, and at some point I just got too cold. Fortunately there was this kissa…which was very ordinary, but this […]
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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 […]
Cafe Heimat, Otemachi
The basement of my favoritely-named ‘Nihon Building’ (I love the banality) contains all sort of sad little places. Here’s another one, to go with a sad rainy day. Rainy days, Mondays and anorexia always get me down. It’s a good thing today is Tuesday even though it’s the first day of the week. Things start […]
Beck’s Coffee Shop, Tokyo
Well, completism runs rampant, but I’m able to tick off another item on the under-track extravaganza. In my defence, I did go to a genuine fine-dining restaurant on Saturday (in case you missed it, nestled among the dross) and had never been to a Beck’s before. The oddest things about this Beck’s experience were as […]
Espressamente Illy, Marunouchi
Coffee!!!No, not really, because I haven’t been drinking coffee much this year (good lord, the year’s almost half over). But today 鈴寺さん and I went out so I could listen to her complain about work, and we headed toward Kitchen Street again, and then I remembered the semi-outdoor place at the northwest extreme of Tokyo […]