I went to the "Sakura Festival" being held from March 25th (Sun) to April 8th (Sun), 2018, at Hamamatsu Castle Park, the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu resided for 17 years in his youth and which became the starting point of the 300-year Edo Shogunate! The festival features mainly Somei Yoshino cherry trees, but also weeping cherry trees, mountain cherry trees...
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Visit "Jizake Senmonten Aji Ichiba," a local izakaya frequented by locals, where the owner himself travels to Hamamatsu Market, Maisaka Fishing Port, and Omaezaki Fishing Port to procure carefully selected ingredients, and serves seasonal creative dishes paired with carefully chosen local sake! It's located about 3km from the south exit of JR Tokai Hamamatsu Station...
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Enjoy the charming atmosphere of the Matsukawa River, home to Ito Onsen, with its promenade that evokes the hot spring townscape of the late Taisho and early Showa periods! The Matsukawa River promenade, approximately 1km long and within a 10-minute walk from Ito Station on the JR Ito Line, is lined with cherry trees and willows, making it a pleasant place for evening strolls at this time of year...
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Located in a prime location just a 5-minute walk from JR Ito Station, home to Ito Onsen, one of Japan's three most famous hot springs, is "Shun no Aji Tanaka"! This Japanese restaurant was opened by Hiroaki Tanaka, who served as head chef at a famous hotel for 10 years and also holds a pufferfish chef's license...
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We visited "ABBA RESORTS IZU – Zagyosoh," a luxury ryokan renowned as an adult resort located in the Ukiyama Onsenkyo area of Izu Kogen! This resort boasts a history of approximately 50 years on the Izu Peninsula...
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浜松市中区幸に4つの池を囲む緑豊かな都市公園「四ツ池公園」に隣接し、厳選された高品質のスペシャルティコーヒーを取り扱う自家焙煎豆専門店として昨年2017年6月末にオープンされた「OORT CLOUD Coffee（オール...
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浜松の街中に2018年2月22日に誕生したブリュワリーを併設するブルーパブ「Octagon Brewing（オクタゴン・ブリューイング）」にて二次会！ こちらは、浜松を中心に不動産関連事業や複合娯楽施設「アプレシオ」など...
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I visited "Hannari," a Japanese restaurant that relocated and reopened on June 27, 2017, to the basement floor of the "Ars Parking Building" in downtown Hamamatsu! The owner, Sinnya Makino (37 years old), had been operating in the building across the street for eight years...
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浜松市北区の初生町の住宅街の中に、2018年1月28日に3坪ほどの小さな工房を立ち上げ、日曜日のみ開店する酵母パンとお菓子「mofu mofu」へ ！ こちらは、パン好きが高じてパンの世界に飛び込み、出身地である藤枝や静...
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浜松の北区都田のもくれん通りに静かに佇み、重厚感たっぷりと存在感溢れる古城のような「カフェ＆レストラン 連理 」へ！ こちらには3,000坪に広がる農園と庭から眺めることのできるシンボルツリー「連理の木」がまた素晴らしい...
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To celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary on February 22nd (Cat Day), my husband and I visited "aru," a French restaurant that opened on December 27th, 2017, on the second floor of a multi-tenant building within a 5-minute walk from JR Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture...
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In the quiet residential area of Handayama in Higashi Ward, Hamamatsu City, next to Handa Park, there was a bakery called "Mawarimichi" in a detached house! The madam who had run the bakery there for about 15 years announced her retirement, and her daughter, Yoko Kanehara, and her husband...
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