Christmas is a time to spend with loved ones on this holy night. How did you all spend your Christmas? In our family, every year we don't go out for dinner during the crowded Christmas season; instead, we have a quiet Christmas dinner at home...
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"A Christmas party where we invite Mr. and Mrs. Iketeru to enjoy a full course meal prepared by a private chef."
One evening in December, as the real cold weather arrived, I invited a couple of friends to my home for an early Christmas party, where we enjoyed a full-course Italian dinner prepared by a private chef! The antique lighting in the dining room...
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Mimosa Chocolaterie, a specialty chocolate shop in Hamamatsu, offers fragrant chocolates perfect for giving to someone special.
If you're looking for high-quality chocolate, head to "Mimosa Chocolaterie," a chocolate specialty shop located along the Kanazashi Kaido road in Neaicho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City. Look for the yellow awning and gold sign...
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Hamamatsu's "Yakitori Hadashi": Enjoy carefully grilled yakitori over binchotan charcoal, served omakase (chef's choice) until you tell them to stop!
Located in Sanarudai 2-chome, a quiet residential area away from the hustle and bustle of the city, "Yakitori Hadashi," a charcoal-grilled yakitori specialty restaurant, opened in December 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it's quite close to my home by Lake Sanaru, I was happy to see a yakitori restaurant open nearby, and I posted about it on Instagram...
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Hamamatsu Chinese Restaurant "Ibe": Enjoy delicate and refined flavors of Chinese cuisine that is gentle on the stomach.
After training under Chef Shizuo Miyamoto of "Seika," a renowned Chinese restaurant in Hamamatsu known to those in the know (which closed in March 2007 and is now operating as "Kyo, Seika" in Kyoto), Chef Ibe opened his own Chinese restaurant, "Chinese Restaurant Ibe," in Kaminishi-cho on May 15, 2008.
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Kanerin Unagi Restaurant in Hamamatsu: Enjoy a nutritious eel rice bowl grilled over Kishu Binchotan charcoal while overlooking the courtyard.
Located along the Yuto Kaido road in Irino-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City, "Kanerin Unagi-ten," a specialty eel restaurant founded in 1952, has recently revamped its signage and serves eels grilled over Kishu Binchotan charcoal. It's one of the most popular eel restaurants in Hamamatsu! Our neighborhood...
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70St. (Nanamaru Studio) is a general store and cafe in Hamamatsu, a renovated former watch shop filled with the owner's passion and attention to detail.
Lunchtime at "70St. (Nanamaru Studio)," a general store and cafe that opened on May 30, 2021, along the Yuto Kaido road, which was once lined with over 100 shops and bustling with activity! The "70" in the shop's name comes from the owner, Naoto Kawai's name...
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Hamamatsu's "Chinese Restaurant Wakabayashi (Rurin)" offers popular, affordable lunches that carry on the authentic taste of Chen Mapo Tofu!
In Hamamatsu, in a residential area south of the Hamamatsu West Post Office in Nishi-Iba, I went to "Chuka Wakabayashi (Rurin)" for a Chinese lunch in search of authentic Chen Mapo Tofu! The lunch menu is posted at the entrance, and you can choose from five main dishes. Lunchtime...
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A birthday cake from Hamamatsu patisserie "Abondance," a popular patisserie from France!
If you're looking for a blue cake shop along Sumiyoshi Street in Hamamatsu, look no further than Patisserie Abondance! Abondance means "corn d'bondance" (horn of fertility), which is considered very auspicious in France. The owner-patissier...
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To celebrate my beloved dog Chocolat's 3rd birthday, she devoured a once-a-year "dog birthday cake"!
July 25th, 2022 (Mon) is the 3rd birthday of our beloved dog, Chocolat (long-haired Chihuahua, female)! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I haven't been able to travel abroad for work, so we celebrated her birthday on March 7th, 2020...
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We are pleased to welcome the sommelier and manager of Ginza L'Argent for this special occasion.
Restaurant L'ARGENT, a Michelin-starred French restaurant located in a prime location in Ginza! This time, Kibou Ogura, the sommelier and manager of L'ARGENT, visited the restaurant on a business trip during her day off...
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Summer Festival "Champagne Party 2022 ~Soiree Blanche~" at THE ORIENTAL TERRACE
The annual Champagne Party hosted by "WINE CLUB HAMAMATSU" on Marine Day this year has a summer party theme centered around white champagnes from Southern France...
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