We are currently exhibiting the works of ceramic artist Gaku Shakunaga, who creates his pottery in Iwase, Toyama, at the "Gaku Shakunaga Ceramic Art Exhibition" held at my home salon in Hamamatsu! His works are used by top chefs in famous restaurants and luxury hotels throughout Japan...
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Our family's annual New Year's party is always "sukiyaki," and this year, as always, we'll invite close friends to enjoy "Rosanjin-style sukiyaki" and "a tasting of different types of Japanese Black beef"! Kitaoji... is a man of many talents, including seal engraver, painter, ceramicist, calligrapher, lacquer artist, and chef.
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At our family dinner table to celebrate the New Year, we enjoyed the Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Matsui, along with our own Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with fine sake! The Osechi ryori consisted of Japanese kaiseki cuisine...
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Happy New Year! For the New Year's Eve bell ringing and first shrine visit of the year, I went to Ryouunji Temple, located on the shores of Lake Sanaru, quite close to my home! This temple was founded in the 1330s during the Nanboku-cho period, approximately 700 years ago, by a grandson of Emperor Nijō...
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We had our New Year's Eve soba at "Soba-ya Omori" in Nakajima, Hamamatsu, which serves the finest soba noodles, using buckwheat flour selected from all over Japan and changing the flour each week! Here, the owner, Masato Omori, meticulously prepares the freshly made, hand-ground soba noodles, and his wife, Saeko, carefully fries the noodles...
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I went to "Shunsai Koro," a Japanese restaurant in Higashi-Iba, Hamamatsu, for my last year-end party of the year! This restaurant was opened on October 23, 2000, by owner Osamu Niimura, and serves Japanese cuisine that utilizes seasonal ingredients. This time of year...
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Let's head from The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa to Naha City for our last lunch in Okinawa! We'll take the highway and arrive in Naha City after about an hour's drive! It's just lunchtime...
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Enjoy an elegant and tranquil time at The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa, a hotel boasting the traditions of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the beauty of nature! After finishing breakfast on the terrace, feeling the pleasant breeze, the sky begins to clear, marking the end of our Okinawa trip...
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I enjoyed a refreshing morning at "Dining GUSUKU" in "The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa"! The breakfast venue is located on the 3rd floor of the hotel...
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At the Italian restaurant Churanuuji in The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa, which offered a magical evening experience...
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We are ready to welcome you to a magical evening at The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa, a luxury resort hotel where you can feel the breeze of Ryukyu! As the twilight paints the sky a lapis lazuli blue, the clouds move by moment...
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The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa, a luxury resort hotel in Okinawa with a world-renowned spa, offers the Ritz-Carlton Spa Okinawa...
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