Located just off the road leading to Aburayama-ji Temple in Fukuroi, "Mameya Cafe" is a hidden gem of a coffee bean shop that roasts its own beans. Run by friends of mine, Jinri Hamakoji and his wife Akemi, it's a place where you can enjoy fragrant, carefully selected, and delicious coffee beans. Here...
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Ten months have quickly passed since the new Italian restaurant "Anello" opened on February 20, 2013, in the location where the Italian restaurant "Il Centro" used to be in Araya, Fukuroi. It has now become a very popular Italian restaurant, especially among women...
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Along with the kiwifruit, my friend Ayako gave me some yuzu. It's a fragrant winter fruit that can be used in cooking, beverages, and even as a bath additive. This time, I'm going to try making "homemade yuzu miso" using this yuzu! What you'll need is yuzu...
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My friend Ayako went kiwi fruit picking over the weekend and brought back lots of kiwis (yay!). The freshly picked kiwis are still hard, so I'll let them ripen a bit more before eating them, but by putting apples with them...
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This is the third installment of a series where I introduce some reasonably priced wines for everyday drinking that I recently purchased from "WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER Hamakita" and pair them with our home-cooked meals. On this particular day, I skipped dinner because I had a late lunch...
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This is the second installment of a series where I introduce some reasonably priced wines for everyday drinking that I recently purchased at "WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER Hamakita" and pair them with our home-cooked meals. I plan to make this a series! (laughs) On this day, I chose...
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I'll be introducing some of the reasonably priced wines I recently purchased from "WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER Hamakita" that I've paired with our home-cooked meals. They gave me a good balance of white and red wines, and today I'll be focusing on a seasonal...
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"WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER Hamakita," which has its main store in Sanarudai and a sister store in Preha Walk Hamakita, is a highly successful establishment. PANIER is a French word meaning wine basket, and the shop carefully serves aged wines...
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This magnificent building, quietly nestled on Mokuren Street yet exuding a sense of grandeur, and featuring a striking "Renri no Ki" (a tree with intertwined branches) as its symbolic centerpiece visible from the garden, is being reborn through a collaboration between its owner and a new chef. It will become a café & restaurant...
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Located near Hamamatsu Municipal Aoi-ga-oka Elementary School, off Himekaido Street, is the ramen shop "Wantan-ken." I used to frequent this place, but it's been six months since my last visit. The owner, Mr. Toyoda, greets you with a cheerful "Hi, welcome!"...
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La Salive in Handayama is run by a chef who, after training at French establishments such as Tête Noire, Taillevent, and Concorde Saint-Lazare, returned to Japan and relocated and reopened their shop in Handayama in 1997, after previously being located in Sanarudai...
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After operating a home-based restaurant on the shores of Lake Sanaru in Tomizuka for five full years, the owner relocated and reopened in the Yurakucho area of the city center, wanting to "let more people enjoy Italian food more casually!" However, much to the regret of many fans, the Sakana-machi location closed at the end of July 2013. But...
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