Kamekichi, Kanda (亀吉)

I know what you’re thinking. OK, I actually don’t, because no one ever really knows what someone else is thinking. But what I’M thinking right now is “Why isn’t this place called Kameyoshi?” I’m not even sure about the name, but The Googles seem to think it’s Kamekichi (except for the sites who write the […]

Beer Chimney, Marunouchi

Go ahead, keep on-a hatin’. We’re going to continue going to the dodgy places under the railroad tracks until they’re exhausted (even if we’re exhausted first). And once in a while, they’re going to turn out to be pretty good! EOITwJ will never fully understand some things about Japan. Or possibly Japanese corporations will never […]

Tama no Hikari, Otemachi

Thus far, EOITwJ has done a pretty weak job of bringing you coverage of the 24 restaurants in the basement of the Otemachi Building (that doesn’t include Starbucks or the conbini, nor does it include the street-level places like Drunk Bears). Today we set out to change that (for a start, we counted the restaurants). […]

Kaku-uchi, Tokyo (角打)

Accidents will happen, especially in the current global climate. Bearing this in mind, we at EOITwJ try to remain open to happy accidents, especially when they involve the happy accident of finding a cheap yet tasty lunch locale in Greater Otemachi. Clearly this policy is going to result in some unhappy accidents as well; despite […]

Rui, Otemachi

My friends, the Sankei Building still has a few tricks left to surprise and delight us even after lo these many months of unbroken newness in our daily lunch quest.Well, maybe not ‘delight’ so much. Surprise…sure, let’s give ’em the benefit of the doubt. Respecting the wishes of Joey, Dee Dee, et al, I had […]