Nestled quietly in a residential area of Nakajima, "Soba-ya Omori" offers exquisite soba noodles made with buckwheat flour selected from all over Japan, with the flour changing weekly. Fourteen years have passed since its millennium opening on April 29, 2000, and the owner, Masato Omori...
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The ancient city of Pompeii, buried overnight in a layer of ash by pyroclastic flows from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, regained prominence in the early 18th century as archaeological excavations progressed. Today, the city boasts public squares rediscovered through these excavations, and...
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"Mensho Dokuganryu," a ramen shop that opened in February 2014 behind the Honda factory in Takaoka, is run by a former Italian chef from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Their most popular dish is the "Chicken Soba" (750 yen), and they also offer light dried sardine-based and bonito-based ramen...
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COSMOS COFFEE, a self-roasted coffee shop, is located at the first intersection after turning right at the Shizunami Beach entrance intersection on National Route 150 in Makinohara (the intersection where my family's restaurant, Mine, is located). Originally, the owner...
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Mount Fuji as seen across Shizuoka Prefectural Road 235 (Kikugawa-Haibara Line) On the morning of the second day of the new year, I returned to my hometown, Makinohara City. As I drove down Prefectural Road 235, a lush green road lined with tea plantations connecting Kikugawa City and Shizunami in Makinohara City, I was able to admire the magnificent view of Mount Fuji...
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Goshajinja Suwa Shrine Happy New Year! In order to have a better year with many people this year as well, my husband and I came to Goshajinja Suwa Shrine for our first shrine visit of the year on New Year's Day 2015! This shrine was founded in 1962...
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At the wedding reception of Nanako Kamofuji held the other day, I was seated with Nanako's senior colleague, Eri Suganuma, who enjoys cooking Indian food as one of her hobbies. She said, "I'm organizing events in various places to let more people know about the wonderfulness of Indian food...".
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Founded in 1817, COVA is a long-established Italian café in Milan boasting a history of nearly 200 years. In Japan, it has two locations in Tokyo (Marunouchi and Shinjuku) and this one location in Nagoya. It offers a refined time and space, using carefully selected ingredients and traditional recipes...
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Kitchen Masaki is located on the 4th floor restaurant area of Midland Square in front of Nagoya Station. Owner Hironobu Ugaki opened the restaurant on March 12, 1990, with the wish to never forget the "good old days of homemade Western-style cuisine" and the "spirit of hospitality." ...
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Understanding women's desire to become more beautiful through light therapy and facial treatments, the clinic changed its name and business model from "Osu Dermatology Clinic" to "Osu Beauty Clinic," offering its high level of expertise at a price not as high as cosmetic surgery clinics or beauty salons...
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Wine & Cafe Natsume in Toyohashi is a French restaurant that only serves one group per day. Opened in November 2012 by Haruo Natsume, the owner, chef, and certified Senior Sommelier of the Japan Sommelier Association, it's a hidden gem of a restaurant...
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Located a short distance from the city center of Kakegawa, just a one-minute walk from Ikoi-no-Hiroba Station on the Tenryu-Hamanako Line, is the Japanese restaurant "Hanahoan Takayama." The owner honed his skills for many years in Kyoto and previously worked at the high-class restaurant "Kaienro" in Iwata before opening this single-story restaurant...
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