Standing quietly on Mokuren Street, yet exuding a sense of grandeur, this magnificent building, with its symbolic "Renri no Ki" (a tree with intertwined branches) visible from the garden, has been reborn as a café and restaurant through a collaboration between the owner and a new chef...
...Kaiseki restaurant "Ikki": A course menu where the owner, formerly of Kikunoi, uses Kyoto cuisine techniques to make the most of local ingredients!
A short 50-meter walk west from Daiichi-dori Station on the Enshu Railway's "Akaden" line, which runs north-south through Hamamatsu City, you'll find "Kaiseki Ikki," a small, unassuming restaurant adorned with a noren (traditional Japanese curtain) gifted by "Kikunoi," a long-established restaurant in Gion, Kyoto. This Kyoto-style restaurant has its main branch in Gion, Kyoto, and a branch in Akasaka, Tokyo...
...Osechi ryori, a traditional New Year's dish, is a lucky food in which each ingredient is imbued with a wish.
"Osechi ryori" refers to celebratory dishes eaten during the New Year. "Osechi" is an abbreviation of "osechiku," and it is a mixture of dishes eaten at the beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest, celebratory meals of samurai families, and dishes of commoners celebrating the New Year. Furthermore, during the first three days of the New Year...
...Enjoy a luxurious fugu hot pot party at home, featuring fugu (pufferfish), which is in season most during winter, complete with its special milt!
The peak season for pufferfish is said to be from the autumn equinox to the spring equinox, but it is considered most delicious in winter. On this particular day, on a chilly evening, I met with Tetsuyoshi Ono, the owner of "WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER," at my home...
..."Kappo Benichi," a long-established kappo restaurant founded in 1924, offers kaiseki cuisine in a relaxed private room, along with a rich history of traditional Japanese cuisine.
Founded in 1924 (Taisho 13), Kappo Benichi, a long-established restaurant in Hamamatsu's fish market district, celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2014. Beyond its cuisine, it boasts a charming atmosphere and offers private Japanese-style rooms, each with a tranquil ambiance. The restaurant features a wonderful array of tableware and furnishings,...
..."Seasonal Cuisine Ouchi" offers a luxurious hot pot dish that can only be enjoyed in winter, where every part of the fish is used: "Tara Nabe" (cod hot pot)!
Located on the 2nd floor of the FOOD Subaru Building, just a few minutes' walk from Act City and close to Hamamatsu Station, "Shun no Ryori Ouchi" is a restaurant whose owner's motto is "freshly prepared dishes using seasonal ingredients." Owner Tetsuo Ouchi avoids inedible decorations and focuses on authentic...
...Hamamatsu handmade soba "Soba-ya Omori": A New Year's Eve soba tradition that has been established since the Edo period as a good luck charm.
Nakajima's "Soba-ya Omori" offers exquisite soba noodles made with buckwheat flour selected from all over Japan, with the flour changing weekly. The freshly made, hand-ground soba noodles are meticulously prepared by the owner, Masato Omori, and the crispy, lightly fried tofu is carefully prepared by his wife, Saeko...
...Year-end party following "Mochi-making party 2015" at the Hase residence of first-class architect Moriyasu Hase Architectural Planning
The wooden house with a distinctive pentagonal roof, visible just before the curve where the Asakuma steakhouse in Shikatani is located, is a landmark. The Hase Moriyasu Residence, overflowing with the warmth of wood, boasts a minimalist design and dignified presence. It is the office of the first-class architect, Hase Moriyasu Architectural Planning...
...毎年恒例「我が家のクリスマスディナー2015」のテーマは「スノーホワイトクリスマス」
毎年恒例となりました我が家の「クリスマスディナー2015」のテーマは、 静岡にはあまり見かけることのない、こんこんと降る雪をイメージし、「スノーホワイト」と題しまして、 3種のホワイトソースを用いてフルコースを準備します...
..."Seasonal Cuisine Ouchi": Enjoy matsutake mushrooms, the king of autumn delicacies, in sukiyaki with Shizuoka-grown ingredients.
Located on the 2nd floor of the FOOD Subaru Building, just a few minutes' walk from Act City and close to Hamamatsu Station, "Shun no Ryori Ouchi" is a restaurant whose owner's motto is "freshly prepared dishes using seasonal ingredients." Owner Tetsuo Ouchi avoids inedible decorations and focuses on authentic...
..."KAWASAKI" is a restaurant where you can experience the nature of Shizuoka through seasonal vegetables and game meat.
Along Aoba Street in Shizuoka City, there is a building called "BROOKLYN SQUARE," characterized by its antique blocks. Though relatively new, it blends in so seamlessly that it seems as if it has always stood there. This complex...
...有名パン屋やこだわりのカフェまで大集合!「おいしい麺麭と珈琲」が静岡伊勢丹で開催!
シルバーウィークを含む9月17日(木)~9月22日(火)までの6日間、 静岡の「ISETAN 伊勢丹」の8階レストランシティにて「第1回 LIFE FESTIVAL おいしい麺麭(パン)と珈琲」が開催されており、 パン屋...
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