January 26, 2014

Tonkatsu at Genkatsu in Ginza

Cheese tonkatsu set (with rice, red miso soup and tsukemono).

January 26, 2014

Nishiarai Daishi (Soji-ji Temple)

Nishiarai Daishi (aka Soji-ji Temple) is a buddhist temple located in Nishiarai, in Adachi City. It is one of the Three Great Temples in the Kanto region and a large number of people visit the temple at New Year for hatsumode.

January 22, 2014

Beef Miso Ramen at Miso Matador in Kitasenju

Special Rich Miso Ramen. The soup and the chashu are made with beef instead of the usual pork (or chicken).

January 19, 2014

Mapo Tofu, Gyoza & Rice at Ohsho in Komagome

Mapo tofu, gyoza and rice.

January 13, 2014

Tokyo Mosque

The Tokyo Camii & Turkish Culture Center is located near the Yoyogi-Uehara station, in Shibuya. It is Japan’s biggest mosque.

January 12, 2014

Tokyo walk: Asakusa / Oyokogawa Shinsui Park / Kinshicho / Kiba / Toyosu

After visiting Senso-ji, I went for a walk in the area of Tokyo east of the Sumida River.

January 11, 2014

Hatsumode at Senso-ji in Asakusa

For many people in Japan, a traditional event of the New Year is hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine or temple of the year. On January 2nd, I went to the buddhist temple of Senso-ji in Asakusa.

January 10, 2014

Tonkotsu Gyokai Tsukemen at Mamiana in Ikebukuro

Special Rich Tonkotsu Gyokai Tsukemen.

January 5, 2014

New Year's Eve 2013 at the Tokyo Tower

On the evening of the last day of 2013, I went up again to the Tokyo Tower observatory to watch the sunset.

December 30, 2013

Autumn dusk at Hama-Rikyu Garden

Hamarikyu Garden is a public park in Chuo, Tokyo. It is located at the mouth of the Sumida River and surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family from the 17th century.