Okinawan food remains a mystery to me, much like the sharp twang and exotic scales of the island’s music. The food is a bit better than the music though. The music mostly sounds like it was fun to play since the musicians and audience were all completely pickled on awamori, the fiery local brew. I […]
Tokyo
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XEX, Tokyo (Daimaru 13th)
It’s tough to say no to lunch invitations from people you haven’t seen for a while. Especially when you have a lot of similar interests to that person. And even more so when they invite you to a place where you can join the “city’s growing population of urban hip…to take full advantage of the […]
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Nishimura, Tokyo
Truly, my friends, you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd. But you can eat okonomiyaki for lunch any time if you try. Nishimura proves it. This is a rarity, wouldn’t you agree? What’s even cooler about Nishimura is the food ethic they espouse – it manages to incorporate some elegance in both the space […]
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Takegami Ittetsu Soba, Tokyo (たけがみ 一徹)
Tokyo Station Kitchen Street is actually starting to look a little slim in terms of unexplored places. This was one of them, and I liked it. The name means something like ‘stubborn’, which I expect is meant to be a comment on their unwavering commitment to quality. Tokyo Station has a campaign on for the […]
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U-miya, Yaesu (う~みや)
Notable today is…the heat. I definitely feel like I’m melting after walking back from lunch. Still, I like the fact that lunch can include 20 or 30 minutes of walking. It’s good to burn off some lunch, and excellent practice should one be approaching a period in one’s life where one will need to walk […]
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The Lobby Lounge (Shangri La), Tokyo
A series of difficult or distressing meetings and emails? Too much fish food? Whatever the reason, I set out for a late lunch with a deep desire to eat a burger, and a mild disappointment that I was unable to think of a (new) place to do it. I had resolved to walk to Yaesu […]
Kappabashi 1
A special post inspired by the thematic things I saw on Yukari‘s site recently. Kappabashi is a frequently-mentioned tourist destination in food circles (just after Tsukiji, which seems to be #1 on every tourist’s list), and there are a few stores that I always end up going back to. Here’s a general feel for the […]
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Kidori, Tokyo (紀どり,東京駅北町ほろよい通り)
Today I was thinking of Italian, but Zoner said ‘Fish’, and this popped into mind after I had seen it just yesterday. I may be re-calculating my remarks about the relative sadness of this 2nd-floor area of Tokyo Station, because the shops seems to be OK (if a little sad. Ooops, there I go again!) […]
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Toushe, Tokyo (多謝,北町ほろよい通り)
Japan is a different country, and there are different attitudes toward a number of things (plus they have a different word for everything!). One of the really weird ones there is…drunkenness. Public drunkenness. In Japan, it’s just OK! It’s fine to be that guy who’s too drunk to walk, thus just falls asleep on the […]
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Steak Seitou, Tokyo
July 16th, 2009. 8:33 AM. Ding has pointed out that the reason I couldn’t find the website for this place was that I was spelling it wrong. A thousand pardons.________________________________________________________ Ahhhh, Japanese people are really into things. I love that cliche, especially when I get to live it. One of my newer colleagues recommended Saitou […]