I visited "Kitchen Ritta," a bistro-style Western restaurant that just opened on August 18th, 2023 (Fri) on White Street in Sanarudai. This is the location that previously housed "Kuroneko Italian"...
...Hamamatsu French Restaurant "Restaurant River": A French restaurant that changes its appearance with "white in the daytime and black at night"
I visited "Re:VERSI," a hidden gem of a French restaurant nestled in a building in Hirosawa, a high-end residential area of Hamamatsu. The building originally housed the French restaurant "Simple comme Bonjour"...
...Hamamatsu's Teppanyaki restaurant "Kokoro" offers an exquisite okonomiyaki with a crispy texture thanks to the use of tempura batter scraps, and a fluffy, moist interior!
In Hamamatsu, along the street leading to Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital in Sumiyoshi, there's a teppanyaki and okonomiyaki restaurant with a noren (traditional Japanese curtain) displaying the three hiragana characters for "Kokoro" (heart)! This restaurant was opened in April 2007 by owner Tatsuya Ohishi and has since gained popularity through word of mouth...
...Ristorante da Kuma, a small Italian restaurant in Hamamatsu, features a pleasant atmosphere with its white and green decor.
Ristorante Da Kuma, which opened in Sanarudai in 2012, relocated to Irino-cho and reopened on April 8, 2021. The new building was constructed by the local Hashimoto Construction Company...
...Enjoy a casual pasta lunch at "The Oriental Terrace," a restaurant with stunning lakeside views overlooking Lake Sanaru in Hamamatsu.
Located on the shores of Lake Sanaru, another lake in Hamamatsu, "THE ORIENTAL TERRACE" boasts a superb location with panoramic lake views. The swaying palm trees and bougainvillea welcome you, making you forget you're in Hamamatsu...
...Hamamatsu/Lake Sanaru: The 34th Lake Sanaru Fireworks Festival 2023 - 1000 fireworks illuminating the lakeside - held for the first time in four years!
The 34th Sanaruko Fireworks Festival 2023, a summer tradition in Hamamatsu featuring 1,000 fireworks launched over Lake Sanaru, which stretches out below my home, has been affected by the spread of the coronavirus...
...Hamamatsu: "An encounter with Hidetomo Kimura, a world-renowned artist who creates art aquariums"
As I was relaxing in my dining room at home as usual, I received a rare late-night phone call. "Please! Let me connect!" The person on the other end of the line was an art aquarium artist, the founder of art aquariums, and a world-renowned woodworker...
...Chocolat, a Chihuahua, celebrates her 4th birthday with homemade food and a dog-friendly birthday cake.
Every year, we celebrate our beloved dog Chocolat's birthday by preparing a special birthday cake for her. Our dog, Chocolat (a long-haired Chihuahua, female), turned 4 on July 25th, 2023 (Tuesday)...
...L'AGAPE, a French restaurant in Fujieda, has renovated its interior, creating a chic and relaxing atmosphere.
L'AGAPE, a French restaurant located in a tenant building along Aoshima Junior High School Street in Aoba-cho, Fujieda City. It was my first visit since the renovation and reopening last September, making it my first Fujieda lunch in a while! (Sa...).
...A new experience in Okuhama Lake! "Water Activity Hamana Lake Cycling - 'HOBIE' Unveiling Experience Event"
This summer, "WAH Water Activity Hamana Lake," a new lake leisure activity officially launching on July 22nd, 2023 (Sat) in Okuhama Lake, will unveil its stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) and pedal boats manufactured by HOBIE, a California-born company...
...Okuhamanako/Mikkabi: "Kamome no Coffee-ya-san" (Seagull Coffee Shop) is a mobile coffee shop that roasts its own beans and sets up shop mainly inside train stations.
After having lunch at Granny's Burger & Cafe inside the Tenryu Hamanako Railway's Mikkaichi Station, I was drawn in by the fragrant aroma of coffee from Kamome no Coffee Shop, which was also located inside the station, and so I ate...
...Okuhamanako/Mikkabi: "Granny's Burger & Cafe, located inside the train station, is popular for its local Mikkabi beef burgers."
We drove to Mikkaichi in Hamamatsu and went on an outing after being invited by Kan Hasegawa, who organizes a "WAH Water Activity Hamana Lake" experience event for marine sports in the inner Hamana Lake area! Along the way, we stopped at "Tenryu Hamana Lake Railway Mikkaichi Station...".
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