blog 2016
| Dec. 31, 2016 | |
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The climate of the area around the Seto Inland Sea is similar to that of the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Dec. 25, 2016 | |
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With best wishes for happy Christmas. |
| Dec. 16, 2016 | |
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I drink Margaux wine with my friend. It's first time I drink wine from a mug. :D * Wine List |
| Dec. 10, 2016 | |
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Omotesando Illumination is one of the winter light illumination at Harajuku. Over 900,000 lights are decorated at the Keyaki Avenue of Omotesando. I dropped in at this avenue on my way home from the office. |
| Oct. 22, 2016 | |
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My wife was out tonight. I went to a Japanese style restaurant with my daughters close by and I ate two plates of oysters. |
| Sept. 19, 2016 | |
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These are my favorite watches. SEIKO Landmaster AGS early model and OMEGA Seamaster Jacques Mayol 1998 model. |
| Sept. 17, 2016 | |
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There has been a good lemon harvest this year. |
| Sept. 10, 2016 | |
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Visited YUHISAI Fes.@S.S.JHS. |
| Sept. 9, 2016 | |
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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium@Meijijingu Gaien Tokyo. |
| Aug. 17, 2016 | |
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Visited the Setouchi Triennale 2016. |
| Aug. 15, 2016 | |
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I'm going to board now. I looked down on Mt. Fuji from the window of the plane. |
| Aug. 7, 2016 | |
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I had an udon dinner with my friend at Kaorihime in Shimbashi. It was a very short amount of time, but we had a wonderful time. |
| Aug. 7, 2016 | |
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Visited the exhibition of Shaun the Sheep @ Matsuya Ginza. |
| Aug. 6, 2016 | |
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This year I watched the fireworks on the footbridge near my house alone. |
| July 23, 2016 | |
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Today is not the dog days of summer, but I went to UNAGIYA in Higashi-Nagasaki and I ate grilled eel and rice in lacquered box. This eel restaurant is my recommendation. |
| July 17, 2016 | |
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I went to TsuruTonTan Udon Noodle Brasserie in Shinjuku to have a lunch with my daughter today. We try the creamy seafood udon. It's amazing. |
| July 16, 2016 | |
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I come to Kagurazaka in order to research information about TUS w/ my daughter. |
| July 16, 2016 | |
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I visited a university in Myogadani with my daughter today. "Open Campus" is a Japanese English word. This is an event that high school students visit a university. This Ocha-Neko is called BIMBO-Chan. |
| May 25, 2016 | |
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I went to Narita International Airport to send my daughter off. She is going to go to Canada on a high school trip. |
| May 5, 2016 | |
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I ate ramen for lunch today at Japanese Soba Noodles TSUTA in Sugamo. TSUTA is the first ramen restaurant in the world to be awarded a Michelin star. This is the best ramen I've ever eaten. The broth, noodles, bamboo shoots and roasted pork fillet were fantastic. It's my recommendation.
* Ramen List |
| May 2, 2016 | |
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I dropped in at Hakone on my way home from Mt. Fuji. I had soybean flour rice cakes at the Amasake-Chaya which is a traditional Japanese style tea house. |
| May 2, 2016 | |
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I went to Mt. Fuji. We can drive halfway up Mt. Fuji to the 5th station. I saw a beautiful sea of clouds. |
| Apr. 4, 2016 | |
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The Chiyoda cherry blossoms festival is held between late March to early April, depending on the flowers blooming. Lighting up of the trees is from 18:30 to 22:00. I dropped in at this park on my way home from the office. This park is right next to my office. |
| Mar. 27, 2016 | |
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I had lunch at Kua 'Aina in Marunouchi Bldg. with my daughter. This Avocado Cheese Burger tasted marvelous. |
| Mar. 27, 2016 | |
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Inui-dori street within the Imperial Palace is opened to the public during cherry blossom season. I saw the office building of the Imperial Household Agency for the first time. This building has no name plate. |
| Mar. 23, 2016 | |
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I've got "Hida-gyu" (Hida Beef). This beefsteak tasted marvelous. I like beefsteak well done on the outside but rare on the inside. |
| Mar. 1, 2016 | |
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I went to Soranoiro inside the Tokyo Ramen Street.
* Ramen List |
| Jan. 1, 2016 | |
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Happy New Year! I ate haagen-dazs new item mochi ice 'Hana Mochi'. Fortunately I could buy these products at the end of last year. |