My wife’s coworker who came to Tokyo to help out with a project has sent us a loaf of fruit-cake like bread. I think Mr. Nutcracker was very pleased to see it!
danke schön - Mr. Nussknacker
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My wife, Mr. Nutcracker and I had a craving for Korean BBQ and Makori (Korean-style sake). One of our favourite places is called Jijimi which is located in JR Hirai station.
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Each year, my wife and I try to host a shin-nenkai which is basically a party to celebrate the New Year. We also like to share a bit of food culture from her hometown, and so this year, we prepared a Kiritanpo Nabe (hot pot) amongst other things. Kiritanpo is basically smashed rice that is […]
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Stuart who previously lived in tokyo, came back for a visit.
(I met the others through the Japan Australia Uni Club).
First, we started out at the Dubliner’s Irish Pub in Shinjuku.
Afterwards, we went to Shinjuku’s Shomben Yokocho (Piss Alley) — always a favourite
for hole-in-the walls/rundown restaurants and food stalls featuring yakitori (BBQ chicken skewers), […]
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My friend Evelyn was visiting Tokyo.
Incidentally, we’ve now met in 4 or 5 different countries now!
After visiting Tokyo Midtown, we headed to my fave chinese restaurant in roppongi called Cafe 8 located across from the Hyatt in Roppongi Hills. Cafe 8 is a Hong Kong style restaurant with an interesting, slightly erotic decor. In the […]
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On our return trip from Morioka to Tokyo, we took the Shinkansen (Bullet Train). As it was a fairly long journey that took us through lunch, we decided to buy a couple of Eki-ben.
Eki-ben which is short for Eki-Bento is essentially a lunch box that is sold by the station. Throughout Japan, each station […]
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As is the tradition, each year we have family dinner at my wife’s hometown. This time it was at one of her Uncle and Aunt’s place. Yumi-chan took a bit of time to get acquainted with Mr. Nutcracker though.
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On January 1st (or sometimes New Year’s Eve or even 1 or 2 days later), people will visit a temple or shrine to wish for health, happiness and prosperity for the year ahead.Thankfully there aren’t so many people living in Hanawa so we could get some good pictures.
I remember when I first came, some friends […]
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