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Hilarity in names #7
This is no. 7 in a series of posts that is about funny business names or signs that we saw. Since we visited Japan recently, we would make this post a Tokyo special. See Hilarity in names #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6 at the respective link. “WOMB” “Master Bunny Edition” – a line of Golf wear, really.…
Tokyo Food Diary part 5: snacks
The earlier posts in this series are all about Japanese convenience/comfort foods that we have been eating some exported versions of them outside Japan (Part 1 is about noodles, part 2 about izakaya, part 3 is about grilled foods as well as tonkatsu and curry, and part 4 is about wagashi. Japanese snacks is an entire world…
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…
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…
