Auberge de Primavera, a pioneer of French restaurants in Karuizawa, is run by owner-chef Yasuyuki Onuma. This time, we'll be showcasing this wonderful restaurant surrounded by autumn foliage...
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Birthday Trip in Karuizawa ③ French Restaurant with Accommodation "Auberge de Primavera"
For this year's birthday trip to enjoy the autumn foliage, we're staying at Auberge de Primavera, a French restaurant in Karuizawa with all-junior suite accommodations! Surrounded by the lush nature of the forest, we'll enjoy a peaceful...
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Birthday Trip in Karuizawa ② Yamanashi "Yatsugatake Kogen Ohashi Bridge" Enjoy the deepening autumn mountains with a 360° panoramic view
A 15-minute drive from the Nagasaka Interchange on the Chuo Expressway takes you to the "Yatsugatake Kogen Ohashi" bridge, also known as the "yellow bridge," which spans the Kawamata River Valley on the Kiyosato Kogen Road. The view from there, with the Yatsugatake Mountains in the background, is a panoramic vista of nature! Beyond the bridge (on the Kiyosato side) is the free "Yatsugatake...".
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Birthday trip in Karuizawa ① Yamanashi "GOOD DINER INN COPAIN Hokuto Branch" Terrace lunch where dogs are allowed
Every year, I take a birthday trip in November for my birthday. Due to the pandemic, I couldn't travel abroad, and for the past few years, I've been hesitant to travel at all. Last year, I went on a trip to Atami to enjoy the hot springs, and this year I went to Karuizawa to enjoy the autumn foliage! My family has also experienced the effects of COVID-19...
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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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Plum Preservation 2022: Homemade Pickled Plums - A New Way to Make Colorful Pickled Plums Using Granulated Sugar
Following our annual tradition of making homemade plum wine, let's try making homemade pickled plums as another plum-related activity! This year, we managed to get our hands on 16 kg of beautiful Nanko plums, so we used 15 kg for homemade plum wine, but decided to make homemade pickled plums for ourselves...
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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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藤枝フレンチ「L’AGAPE ラガップ」変わらぬ美味しさが嬉しいクラシカルなフランス料理店
藤枝市青葉町の青島中学校通り沿いのテナントビルの一角にあるフランス料理レストラン「L’AGAPE（ラガップ）」にて、久し振りに藤枝ランチへ！ こちらのお店は、オーナーシェフの松下 崇之（Takayuki Matsusit...
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