Tokyo has a garment district, did you know that? Loads of cheap-looking clothing stores, and of course fabric and whatever bits ‘n’ bobs you need to, y’know, make clothes. (If you want to check it out, it’s in Bakuroyokoyama; you could walk from Kodemmacho on the Hibiya line or else there’s a direct stop on […]
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Lunch Trucks, Otemachi
Yet another place to tick off the list, and in this case it’s really a ‘place’, not a restaurant by another name. In front of the Sankei building, which is just diagonal to my office, there’s a series of lunch trucks parked every day along with tables for eating their takeout. The number varies by […]
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 […]