My stomach is filled with joy as I slurp down a warm and comforting bowl of soy sauce ramen at the long-established ramen shop "Hamaryu".

Located along the river in Motohama-cho, Hamamatsu's long-established ramen shop "Hamaryu" has been in business for 40 years. The monaka (sweet bean paste confectionery) from the neighboring Suzuki Seian shop is also delicious and highly recommended. Hamaryu is characterized by its clear soup, born from meticulous preparation, and its sauce, which was conceived based on soba noodle broth...

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Take a break at the "Ginza Bunmeido Ginza 5-chome Store Lounge" while watching people go by.

Ginza Bunmeido was founded in Nagasaki in 1900 (Meiji 33) and has been in business for over 100 years. Since 1939 (Showa 14), it has had a store in Ginza, preserving the tradition of making confectionery, including castella cake, while continuing to create sweets that are in line with the times. Popular items such as Baumkuchen are displayed in the storefront...

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I had a birthday lunch at Sushi Kanesaka Honten, a two-Michelin-starred sushi restaurant in Ginza, after returning to Japan.

Upon returning from Italy, the first place I headed was Ginza. On Saturdays, Ginza Chuo-dori becomes a pedestrian zone, allowing you to walk confidently down the middle of the street. Walking towards Mitsukoshi on Chuo-dori, I turned right at the Ginza 7-chome intersection, then right again at the second intersection, and immediately found it on the first basement floor of the Misuzu Building...

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Let's try the new menu item at "Soba-ya Oomori": a three-variety platter of 100% buckwheat soba noodles.

I heard that Soba-ya Omori in Nakajima will be offering a new menu from the latter half of November, so I was given a sneak peek to sample it while also taking photos for their website. The new menu is a "Three-Variety Platter of 100% Buckwheat Soba" featuring 100% buckwheat noodles in a seiro (steamed) style, sarashina (a type of buckwheat noodle), and inaka (a type of buckwheat noodle) style...

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