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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  • Tokyo Food Diary part 3: tonkatsu and curry

    Tokyo Food Diary part 3: tonkatsu and curry

    This is part 3 of a series of posts which is about tasting the authentic version of Japanese comfort/convenience food that we have been eating outside Japan – all in the one week we had in Tokyo. Part 1 is about noodles, Part 2 about izakaya. Part 3 is about grilled foods (yakiniku) as well…

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  • Rebel Heart tour, Madonna in Tokyo

    Rebel Heart tour, Madonna in Tokyo

    Part of the reason we went to Japan in February is this woman. She is not getting younger and we reckoned if we do not grab a chance to see her perform live on stage soon, she might retire. Hope she will be around longer than David and Prince. We are not die-hard fans but enjoyed…

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