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 […]
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Miracle Fruits Cafe, Ikebukuro
This place is inside Namja Town, an odd little bit of Sunshine City that’s described in some more detail here. Keep in mind that you’ll have to pay Y300 per person to gain access to the delights of Namja Town, including MFC. Miracle Fruits have gained popularity in the last couple years, it’s fair to […]
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Sakaeya Milk Hole, Kanda (サカエヤ ミルクホール)
If you’re following closely, you’ve read a number of times about a very specific small block of Awajicho that has a bunch of good places for lunch – either quality food or good atmosphere. Sakeya is right in that zone, so I’ve been wanting to visit. Today’s strategic men’s lunch was a good opportunity, seeing […]
Ramen Boo, Monzennakacho (ラーメン ぶぅ)
This is a big chain that recently opened a store in the rotating ramen shop slot in the eastern extent of Eitai Dori, Tomioka 1 or so. Seriously, I think this is at least the 4th ramen shop to open in that same storefront in the years I’ve lived in Monnaka – once it’s set […]
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Ajitoku, Shinbashi (あじとく)
Having finished our studies at the Fish Research Center, and wanting somewhere else to go, Preacher and I perused the back alleys of Shinbashi some more. For some reason I thought this place looked good in a down-home way. I was more or less wrong. Certainly it was authentic and cheap, and the customers and […]
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Ajibo, Kanda (味坊)
This week has been, to turn a phrase, stinking hot. Not that we would mind so much in August, but being suddenly whacked with rainy season and 30-degree+ days (that’s like 90, folks) in the same week is a bit much. I was scheduled to have lunch with You today, and all I could think leading […]
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Blue Papaya, Kanda
It’s always Kanda, isn’t it? I’ve been meaning to take a picture of this shop for months. I think you’ll understand why. Anyway, after another 10 minutes of random walking I came upon Blue Papaya (no pun intended), which I had seen before at some point, like pretty much everything else. There are lots of […]
Akatsuki, Jogasaki (暁、城ヶ崎海岸、静岡県)
Let me start off by saying that I don’t particularly want you to go here – we got a really weird last-minute deal (65% off? What were they thinking?) that made it worthwhile. If you paid full price, you’d be disappointed despite the excellent location just north of Izu Kogen, within walking distance of the […]
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Pork Noodle Research Center Shan, Kanda (豚麺研究所 香)
Update 11/2010: Sorry, this is closed and there’s a new place in the space that I hear is crappy. You know how there are a lot of security guards everywhere in Japan? Well, maybe not compared to America, but it seems like a lot. The difference is that in Japan they’re so often little old […]
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Fuji, Morishita (藤,森下)
Every day I sink a little deeper into Fukagawa. Which is a shame, because Fukagawa is slipping away a little every day. I hate it when travel journalists strike a maudlin tone about this sort of thing, because the single biggest factor in the slipping-away of Fukagawa’s heritage was almost certainly extensive firebombing in WWII, but […]