Nagoya's "Bistro Bunka Western Restaurant": A renovated traditional Japanese house bistro serving lunch, run by a long-established Western-style restaurant.

Founded in 1983, Bunka Western Restaurant is a long-established Western-style restaurant with its main branch in Ikeshita and multiple locations in Nagoya, including Midland Square and Meitetsu Department Store. We visited one of these locations, Bistro Bunka Western Restaurant in Chikusa, for lunch! It's a short walk from Chikusa Station...

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Kosei "Asashio Inn," a restaurant on the shores of Lake Hamana, offers a breakfast that energizes you for the day, with views of Bentenjima Island. (Part 3)

I spent the early morning at "Katsugyo no Yado Asashio," a scenic inn on the shores of Lake Hamana, overlooking Bentenjima Island, a popular tourist spot and power spot on Lake Hamana. A short trip to the nearby Bentenjima Seaside Park reveals the beautifully curved Hamana Bridge and the stunning gradient of colors before sunrise...

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Kosei "Asashio, a Inn specializing in fresh seafood": Enjoy fresh seafood meals while overlooking Bentenjima Island from the shores of Lake Hamana (Part 2)

Nestled on the scenic shores of Lake Hamana, overlooking Bentenjima Island—a popular tourist spot and power spot on Lake Hamana—"Katsugyo no Yado Asashio" is a guesthouse that was started by the previous owner, Masahiro Yamada, as a fishing boat business. The current owner, Keisuke Yamada, also honed his skills at a Japanese restaurant...

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Asashio, a lodging specializing in fresh seafood, is located on the shores of Lake Hamana, offering guests the chance to enjoy fresh seafood while overlooking Bentenjima Island.

Located on the scenic shores of Lake Hamana, overlooking Bentenjima Island—a popular tourist spot and power spot on Lake Hamana—"Asashio," a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) where you can enjoy fresh dishes made primarily with local, live fish! Established in the 1960s as a fishing boat business by the previous owner, Masaru Yamada...

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Enjoy a traditional Japanese meal at "Kominka Cafe Toko Towa" in Makinohara, a cafe over 100 years old, offering a warm and inviting atmosphere.

In the tranquil countryside of Makinohara, a town rich in nature, a renovated 100-year-old traditional Japanese house has been brought back to life as a charming and warm space where people gather. Makinohara City is located at the southern tip of central Shizuoka Prefecture, a warm region overlooking the magnificent Suruga Bay, surrounded by the sea, mountains, and rivers...

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Enjoy a mini kaiseki lunch featuring seasonal ingredients, as chosen by the owner of the Japanese restaurant "Kokoro Kappo Sawada".

At "Kokoro Kappo Sawada," a Japanese restaurant that uses seasonal ingredients that become more delicious with the changing seasons, and prepares dishes with care and attention to the natural flavors of the ingredients, we enjoyed a chef's choice lunch with two living legends of Hamamatsu's real estate industry! The location is Shizuoka University Engineering...

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Enjoy a lunch featuring wood-fired pizza and Southern Italian cuisine at the Italian restaurant "Napoli NAPOLI".

I went to "NAPOLI," a restaurant in Hamamatsu that serves authentic Neapolitan pizza baked in a wood-fired oven and Southern Italian cuisine, for a pizza lunch with a friend's family! The restaurant moved to this location from its original location in Tomizuka-cho, a nearby town, about 17 years ago, and has since reopened after renovations...

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