This is a puzzlement – I didn’t expect to find a decent French place right near the station in Tamagawa (not Niko-tama, the one farther south). But there it is – walk toward the river, cross the tracks, and there’s a very palatable, brick-fronted restaurant. If you live there, I’m sure you already know. The […]
Tamagawa
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Torafuku, Futako Tamagawa (寅福)
Hey, what a nice izakaya! I’ve been reading lately, on various bulletin boards, the posts from people who come to Japan for ‘culinary adventure’ trips. This means they try to eat at Sukiyabashi Jiro and Sushi Mizutani, Ryugin, and then branch out to Japanese soul food like ramen, izakaya, okonomiyaki, etc. There seems to be […]
- Other treats
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Kokonotsuido, Futakotamagawa
Yummy washoku anchored by soba in a basement setting calculated to remind you of rustic farmhouses. I think you’ve been to places like this before, but the food here is quite good. In a strange twist for Tokyo, and I must say one that makes you think of the country, this place feels big. The […]
- bar
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Maruume, Futakotamagawa
Apparently a 7th-floor-of-Takashimaya branch of a bar down at street level elsewhere in Nikotama. Small and quiet, dim lighting with a red tint, nice selection of frosted and cut glasses behind the bar, reasonable prices and charges. A good place to get lost for a while, albeit incongruously facing a courtyard with a big water […]