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Last day in Tokyo, at Wai Wai, Italian-Japanese Izakaya

May 8... I had a relatively quiet last day in Japan, and met a friend for a quick lunch while Hiromi started the first day of work after Golden Week. After lunch, I made my way to Yūrakuchō to look for some additional self-indulgent snacks and treats Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:03 PM by jason | 2 Comments
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Toraya Cafe: Wagashi reimagined.

After our big lunch , we found ourselves at Toraya Cafe , another fancy Omotesando Hills concept restaurant. You'd think that we couldn't possibly have room to eat more. However, to think so, you must be oblivious to the concept of betsubara ... literally, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:03 PM by jason | 4 Comments

Yasaiya Mei: Robata-ya for madamu in Omotesandō

If you're a suitably fortunate madamu , you wouldn't be caught dead in your husband's favorite, smelly neighborhood robata-ya restaurant. However, that doesn't mean you would completely eschew the idea of charcoal-grilled altogether. You just want it Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:21 AM by jason | 1 Comments
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Short trip to Mashiko

We made a little trip to Mashiko on the weekend before coming back to Seattle. We went, in part, so that I could replenish my ever-shrinking ceramics collection on YuzuMura.com. I was also looking for some new artists to consider for later in the year. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 9:13 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Kitchen survivalism

Working in a minimally-stocked kitchen that's completely different than your own is pretty tricky. Our weekly apartment was equipped with a rice cooker, a saucepan and a frying pan. We had a few plates and bowls, but nothing close to what I'm used to Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:29 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Sake tasting

After our lunch at Bretagne, we again set out in entirely the wrong direction in search of the new Omotesando Hills building. Fortunately, this landed us at Pierre Hermé , where I convinced Hiromi that we needed to try some macarons. We had an "Earl Grey" Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:03 PM by jason | 0 Comments

Bretagne in Omotesandō

Omotesandō is a very brand-conscious, upscale, fashionable district in Tokyo. It's home to boutiques by Pierre Hermé , La Maison du Chocolat , Louis Vuitton, and Hanae Mori, among others. It's part of Minato-ku, one of the most expensive wards within Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:04 AM by jason | 1 Comments
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Farewell to Aomori

Finding washoku in Hirosaki for lunch was actually suprisingly tough... the streets perpendicular to Hirosaki park were mostly full of meaty youshouku-ya-san and kissaten . Finally we settled into an unremarkable department store restaurant floor, which Read More...
Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:04 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Fujiya Hotel at Oowani Onsen, Aomori

After our cherry blossom viewing, we retired to Oowani Onsen to rest a bit, with the overly ambitious intention of returning to Hirosaki for night time cherry blossom viewing. Fujiya Hotel has insanely roomy washitsu , or Japanese style rooms. The washitsu, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:27 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Hanami in Hirosaki, Part 2

May 3. Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. We came back the next day, too, because the weather had improved... Unlike the previous day, May 3rd was also an official holiday, rather than one that people take off to get a continuous week of vacation time. Thanks to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:50 PM by jason | 2 Comments

Hanami in Hirosaki, Part 1

May 2. Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. Sakura (cherry blossoms) bloom late in northern Japan, and the blossoms typically coincide with the Golden Week holidays. As I always seem to find myself in Tokyo toward the end of March, and never at the beginning of April, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:27 PM by jason | 2 Comments
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Asamushi Onsen, Asupamu, Apple Pie

May 2nd, at Asamushi Onsen, on the way to Hirosaki. We wake up early and have another bath, then breakfast , and we head off. But first we looked out the window, and decided to make a quick trip to the beach... Our ryokan wasn't quite on the waterfront, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:05 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Asamushi Onsen breakfast

So my low-protein dinner transitioned into the extreme opposite in the morning... not only did everyone have a pot of tofu, made right at the table in bunrai nabe style, but we also had this surprisingly nice egg dish. Where's the egg, you ask? Well, Read More...
Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 6:39 PM by jason | 2 Comments
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Asamushi, Onsen Ryokan, dinner

We stayed at an onsen ryokan (hot springs resort) called Asamushi in Aomori city. Most Japanese ryokan , given sufficient advance warning, are reasonably accommodating of vegetarian needs, though they don't always quite understand them. Usually things Read More...
Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 12:09 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Oirase Trail, Aomori, Japan

Hiromi did all the heavy-lifting as far as organizing and planning our Aomori side trip... I just carried some luggage. She drove us to Oirase Trail in Aomori, not terribly far from the onsen ryokan where we were planning to stay, but a fair stretch away Read More...
Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 4:00 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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