Our family's annual New Year's party is always "sukiyaki," and this year, as always, we'll invite close friends to enjoy "Rosanjin-style sukiyaki" and "a tasting of different types of Japanese Black beef"! Kitaoji... is a man of many talents, including seal engraver, painter, ceramicist, calligrapher, lacquer artist, and chef.
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At our family dinner table to celebrate the New Year, we enjoyed the Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Matsui, along with our own Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with fine sake! The Osechi ryori consisted of Japanese kaiseki cuisine...
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Happy New Year! For the New Year's Eve bell ringing and first shrine visit of the year, I went to Ryouunji Temple, located on the shores of Lake Sanaru, quite close to my home! This temple was founded in the 1330s during the Nanboku-cho period, approximately 700 years ago, by a grandson of Emperor Nijō...
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We had our New Year's Eve soba at "Soba-ya Omori" in Nakajima, Hamamatsu, which serves the finest soba noodles, using buckwheat flour selected from all over Japan and changing the flour each week! Here, the owner, Masato Omori, meticulously prepares the freshly made, hand-ground soba noodles, and his wife, Saeko, carefully fries the noodles...
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I went to "Shunsai Koro," a Japanese restaurant in Higashi-Iba, Hamamatsu, for my last year-end party of the year! This restaurant was opened on October 23, 2000, by owner Osamu Niimura, and serves Japanese cuisine that utilizes seasonal ingredients. This time of year...
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The Oriental Terrace, located on a small hill overlooking Lake Sanaru, is easily identifiable by the large palm trees along White Street. It boasts a superb location with panoramic views of Lake Sanaru! (Formerly known as...).
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This was my second home party since moving to the shores of Lake Sanaru, and it was hosted by Takayuki Matsushita and Yukako Matsushita, the owners of my favorite French restaurant, "Restaurant Lagap," in Fujieda City...
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A stroll through Kanzanji Onsen, one of Hamamatsu's hot spring resorts, while enjoying the refreshing morning breeze, is highly recommended! This includes visiting Kanzanji Temple (a Soto Zen temple famous for its matchmaking Jizo statue) which watches over the area, and exploring the surrounding Tateyama mountain. Now...
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I went to "Kanerin Unagi-ten," a 67-year-old eel specialty restaurant located along the Yuto Kaido road in Irino-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City! When it comes to "Hamamatsu food," the first thing that comes to mind is undoubtedly "eel," and there are many eel specialty restaurants, each with its own unique grilling method, sauce flavor, and rice preparation...
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浜松の「航空自衛隊浜松基地」の敷地内にあり、航空自衛隊の活動内容を学ぶことができる日本で唯一の「エアーパーク 航空自衛隊 浜松広報館」へ！ こちらでは、本物の戦闘機や装備品などの展示をはじめ、フライトシュミレーター体験コ...
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We visited "Sala Plaza Sanarudai," which opened in April 2017 along Orange Street in Sanarudai, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, and has already celebrated its first anniversary! This company, headquartered in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, is based in the city gas business and operates in various fields related to all aspects of daily life...
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I visited "Marutake-do Coffee / Kutsuogi-an," a coffee shop opened in March 2018 by a couple in Sanarudai, a quiet residential area of Hamamatsu! The owner is Atsuto Takemura, who, driven by his love of coffee, mastered coffee roasting through self-study...
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