Breathing in the crisp early winter air, we started the second day of "Maserati Day 2014" feeling refreshed. Our beloved white 3200GT Maserati led the way, followed by a Sebring, the first-generation Ghibli, the first-generation Ghibli Spyder, and a Bo...
..."Maserati Day 2014": Maserati owners from all over Japan gathered for a club meeting at Katsuragi Kitano Maru!
Located in Katsuragi, Mori-machi, Fukuroi City, this property boasts a vast, meticulously maintained Japanese garden and a historic Japanese house relocated from a bygone era. For over 30 years, it has welcomed numerous celebrities and guests, and is part of the Yamaha Resort Group...
..."Hannari" is a popular spot for office workers, offering affordable daily and weekly lunch specials.
Hannari is a small restaurant located on a back street behind Viola Tamachi. "Hannari" is a Kyoto dialect word meaning elegance or sophistication, and true to its name, the restaurant offers refined Japanese cuisine at reasonable prices. The owner uses seasonal ingredients that he personally sources from the market every morning...
..."Western-style restaurant Hiromatsu": A crispy and creamy fried oyster set meal that you absolutely must try this time of year.
Hiromatsu Branch, a long-established Western-style restaurant that was 35 years old and located in Azukimochi along Sumiyoshi Street, was unfortunately closed for a while from October 2013 due to a fire, but reopened on November 10, 2013, at the Yotsuiike Golf Driving Range...
..."Kouraku" has been serving only tonkatsu for 45 years, with just 8 seats, offering Kurobuta pork loin and fillet set meals.
Located along Nakadori Street, which connects the bustling Yurakugai and Sakana-machi Streets in the city center, is the small tonkatsu restaurant "Kouraku," judging by its unassuming noren (traditional Japanese curtain). If you ask Hamamatsu residents, "Where's the best tonkatsu restaurant?", this famous establishment is always mentioned. It also ranks highly on Tabelog (a Japanese restaurant review site)...
...Tasting Beaujolais Nouveau 2014 at "Wine Boutique Panier Hamakita" inside Preha Walk.
"WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER Hamakita," which has its main store in Sanarudai and a sister store in Preha Walk Hamakita, is a successful establishment. PANIER is a French word meaning wine basket, and they carefully serve aged wines...
...GRILL BAR Bar/029, located on the 1st floor of ZAZA Central Building, is a bar specializing in meat dishes and is perfect for lunch.
GRILL BAR バル/029, which just opened on April 2nd, 2014 (Wednesday) on the 1st floor of the ZAZA Central Building, is a new "grill dining × bar × cafe" where you can casually enjoy grilled beef, pork, and chicken, along with over 20 kinds of tapas...
...Celebrate November birthdays with a new cake recommended by Bernard from "Abondance"
The blue cake shop along Sumiyoshi Street is "Abondance." Since opening in 2002 in Hamamatsu, the wife's hometown, it has become a popular Western-style confectionery shop where you can enjoy the rich flavors of authentic France. Abondance means "co...".
...Enjoying a drink at the counter of "Shun no Ryori Ouchi" while slowly sipping on Dassai sake.
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 doesn't use inedible decorations, focusing instead on authentic...
..."Hyakka Chinese Restaurant" - A great place to visit on days when you want to eat lots of vegetables that you don't usually get to eat.
Speaking of Chinese restaurants in Hagigaoka, there's "Hyakka Chinese Restaurant," which celebrated its 8th anniversary in August 2014. It's run by the same apprentices as "Ibe Chinese Restaurant" in Kaminishi-cho, both formerly of the renowned Chinese restaurant "Seika," which has since relocated to Kyoto. This restaurant is also...
...A cooking tasting event featuring dishes made using the original "Kasaneju" bento box, developed and supervised by "Laulau Kitchen Studio".
Located on the second floor of the McDonald's in the cute yellow building at the Nishi-Iba intersection, is the cooking school "lau lau kitchen studio." Since opening on March 2nd, 2012 (Saturday), it has been affiliated with the Japan Vegetable Sommelier Association...
...Newly opened "Salon de Maria" is a specialty shop for small sandwiches in downtown Hamamatsu.
Salon de Maria, a sandwich shop, opened on September 6, 2014, on the first floor of the Nuiya Building in Sakana-machi, downtown Hamamatsu. Also located in the city center is the flower shop, FLOWER SHOP Julia...
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