Tag: cuisine: Japanese
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Marukame, Hakuba, Nagano, Japan
Richard and I finally joined the rest of the guys out for dinner in town tonight, the last night of our ski trip. It’s yakiniku time! The hotel was kind enough to take the six of us to our restaurant of choice tonight: Marukame (まるかめ) — a sumibi yakiniku place about a 5-minute drive away…
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Japan Ski Trip Mar 2014: Misc Food Photo Dump
I wish I had kept a better record of the various other restaurants we visited on our ski trip in Ishiuchi Maruyama other than the meals we had at the lodge we stayed at, or that Italian restaurant we visited near the summit. For now, this photo dump with captions will have to do!
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Yamasanso, Nozawa, Nagano, Japan
Yamasanso (山三荘) in Nozawa Onsen (野沢温泉), Nagano Prefecture (長野県) is really a ryokan than a hotel, but you get the gist. We originally wanted to stay at another cheaper ski resort nearby that everyone else was at (Resort Inn Chitose), but they were fully booked out, so Yamasanso it was! We got there too early…
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Kakoiya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
We had a table at Kakoiya Shinjuku (かこいや 新宿店) for our ice-breaking ski group dinner of about 14-15 of us. I didn’t know pretty much all of them until I met them for the first time at the station, but most of them already knew one another from previous ski trips. After a lot of…
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Tsukiji Tama Sushi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Tsukiji Tama Sushi (築地玉寿司) is located on the 13th floor of the Shinjuku Takashimiya (新宿高島屋) department store building. We weren’t sure what to have for lunch at first, but I immediately voted for the restaurant when I saw the all-you-can-eat (食べ放題) menu on the front door. They charge different prices for male and female customers:…
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Ippudo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
We regrouped for dinner at Ginza after we got our ski gear from Kanda. There was an Ippudo in the district, and since the brother’s friends were fans of the Hong Kong branches, they decided to try the restaurant for comparison. Eating ramen in Japan? I think so, yes! Ippudo Ginza (一風堂 銀座店) is located…
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Coco Ichibanya, Okachimachi Kasuga-Dori, Tokyo, Japan
It was our first night in Japan; it’s winter; it’s pouring; we got up at some ridiculous hours for our flight earlier in the morning. By the time we settled down after the long trip from the airport lugging our suitcases up and down and left and right, the brother and I were reasonably cold,…