Month: June 2016

  • Random photos #216 – 225

    Random photos #216 – 225

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #216 – scary little plant…

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  • Tokyo Food Diary: wagashi 和菓子

    Tokyo Food Diary: wagashi 和菓子

    The first three posts of the series are all about sampling the Japanese comfort/convenience food that we have been eating outside Japan (Part 1 is about noodles, Part 2 about izakaya, and in Part 3 we ate grilled foods as well as tonkatsu and curry). This post is about sweets – the traditional wagashi 和菓子. The specialist…

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  • Random photos #206 – 215

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #206 – curves –…

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  • Shabu-gen しゃぶ玄, Akasaka 赤坂, Tokyo

    Shabu-gen しゃぶ玄, Akasaka 赤坂, Tokyo

    DS picked this shabu-shabu specialist in Akasaka, not far from her office. The restaurant is situated on the 5th floor of a building with a McDonald downstairs. Definitely not a easy place to find, but it was full soon after we arrived. It is unlikely that any one would stumble into this restaurant by chance.…

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