One of the best thing about Japan is the accessibility to super fresh, high quality, delicious sushi. Not some sushi joint that is owned and operated by non-Japanese staff, who might have received their sushi “certification” at some two-week sushi making course. We got to visit really nice sushi spot in Tokyo. They had interesting […]
One of the healthiest Japanese ingredients that I love is Japanese mountain yam. We Japanese love sticky, slimy, slippery food like grated Japanese mountain yam and natto… But they are super healthy! Similar to avocado, in my opinion. When we were visiting Shizuoka, we visited a restaurant who specializes in their local Japanese mountain yam. […]
Japan has a lot of awesome izakaya restaurants. It is a Japanese pub with small plates of food, like tapas, that you share with your family and friends. My foodie sister took us to one izakaya that specializes in chicken. This place is a local favorite mom & pop eatery, for more than 30 years. What […]
It is always great to find a local’s favorite spots, small, family operated, hidden gem serving delicious food. My eldest sister is skilled at finding these kind of places. She took us to one of her newly found spot called Kamatama Udon Kunugiya, specializing in kamatama udon. If you are not familiar with Kamatama Udon, it […]
When you are traveling with adventurous minds, you never know what you’ll find… One evening, we walked over to a restaurant we planned to have dinner at, and then, we found out they were closed on that evening! Stranded in the dark, my gourmet sister suggested another spot that she found during her extensive searches […]
My eldest sister knows so many great gourmet food everywhere, but then my middle sister knows all kinds of great coffee. One of the coffee places she recommended was Komeda’s Coffee. She was kind enough to take us there on one weekend. They are celebrating their 50th anniversary, very impressive! They have hundreds of locations […]
When we were visiting Shizuoka, we discovered there is more to Shizuoka than their green tea and eel. They also have their own special cantaloupe, persimmons, and guess what else? Hamburg steaks! In Japan, people eat not only hamburgers, but also hamburg steaks, without lettuce, tomato and buns. I heard that there is one restaurant […]
When we go to Japan, we get so excited about all the delicious food we are going to have… Out all the “must eat” list, there was one particular dish that we especially looked forward to having: Grilled Eel from Shizuoka! We did not eat any grilled eel the entire Summer, so that we will […]
I love pop-up cafe. When the fabulous Perk Cafe from the TV series “Friends” popped up back in 2014, I made sure to visit. We waited in a long line, and we got a nice cup of coffee for free. They had all the fun memorabilia and some of the actual studio sets used in […]
Going to a Summer Festival is fun, no matter what type or where it is. When we headed to Japan, we were lucky enough to arrive day before the Summer Festival! I don’t remember the last time I got to go a Summer Festival in Japan… So we were pretty excited to go and have […]