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Last year, in addition to my obsession with ochazuke I ventured into snacking territory as well. Again, I think this was my nostalgia for ...

Since last fall, dear friends in Japan have been sending me care packages with snacks and other goodies. The first giant package I got in N...

One of my most favorite Japanese foods is kamameshi , basically rice cooked in an iron pot with various pre-cooked toppings added at the la...

I've caught up with my Japan food photos but there are still several Japan-related posts lining up in draft form, like this one in th...

Shibuya was another under-explored area for me and hubby. Believe it or not, we went to Shibuya more often while living in Yokohama than w...

Another area hubby and I occasionally strolled through was Ebisu , most of the time for coffee from this Sarutahiko Coffee shop. The place...

Tokyo is a gigantic city with endless options to explore. This was what we kept telling our family and friends who came to visit.  ...B...

From our time living in Yokohama, aside from Nabezo our neighbor S. also introduced me and hubby to Junkadelic in Nakameguro . Interesti...

Landing in Tokyo in August of 2015, we got ourselves a major craving for some okonomiyaki . This was before we found Kinu in our neighborho...

Hubby and I, and our friends too for that matter, only went to Omotesando a few times when we were in Tokyo. It wasn't because we didn...

The last of the Roppongi food posts :( Hubby and colleagues were super excited when Blue Bottle Coffee opened yet another branch in Ro...

Throughout our time in Tokyo, the majority of our visits to Shinjuku was to eat sukiyaki tabehodai (all you can eat hotpot) at Nabezo wi...

Wow, has it really been more than a year since my last Ginza post?! Anyway, here's the last of the Ginza series and a long post ahead. ...

My brother was visiting us in Tokyo around late September, and during one weekday he and I took a stroll around Asakusa after lunch. No, w...