毎年恒例となる我が家の新年会は「すき焼き」と決まっており、本年も気の合う友人たちを御誘いし「魯山人風すき焼き」で「黒毛和牛の食べ比べ」を楽しみます！ 篆刻家、画家、陶芸家、書道家、漆芸家、料理家など様々な顔を持つ「北大路...
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We welcomed New Year's Day with homemade osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) and ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with limited-edition sake from Aramasa Brewery!
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 at Ryūunji Temple! First shrine visit of the year! The temple bell rings on New Year's Eve and the Lantern Festival, a light of life, welcome the new year!
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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End New Year's Eve with exquisite freshly made soba noodles and tempura at "Soba-ya Omori".
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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"Shunsai Koro" - Conclude your year-end party with exquisite charcoal-grilled wild duck and grouper hot pot!
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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Enjoy an elegant time at "Oriental Terrace Torizen," a restaurant with a panoramic view of Lake Sanaru.
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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We hosted a home party for the couple who own the French restaurant "La Gap"!
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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Explore the Kanzanji Onsen area, a hot spring resort town in Hamamatsu famous for its matchmaking Jizo statue!
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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Price reduction information for "Kanerin Unagi Shop"! Enjoy eel grilled over binchotan charcoal, Hamamatsu's top recommendation!
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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「エアーパーク航空自衛隊浜松広報館」日本唯一のテーマパークで大興奮！
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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Lunch at the cafe named "Niwa" (Garden) after the raffle at the "Sala Plaza Sanarudai" Grand Thanksgiving Festival.
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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"Marutake-do Coffee" - Enjoy coffee in a relaxing space surrounded by Scandinavian vintage furniture.
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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