Verde Amarelo, the official distributor of Brazilian fashion brands KYLY and milon, opened on May 23, 2013, in a quiet corner of the eastern district. Enjoy the colorful and vibrant atmosphere...
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[Closed] Il Cucciolo in Tomizuka, meaning "puppy," was an immensely popular Italian restaurant.
Il Cucciolo temporarily closed at the end of December 2019. Chef Uehara is still serving food at the adjacent Nomidokoro Cucciolo. Please contact the restaurant for details. Nomidokoro Cucciolo 053-570-...
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"Renri" is a colonial French restaurant that blends Eastern and Western influences.
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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The performance at Tempura Tenkin, where they dip their hands into the piping hot pot and fry the tempura with gusto, is a must-see.
Tenkin is a long-established tempura restaurant where you can always see a line of customers outside. The proprietress can be seen opening the sliding door and calling out, "How many people are in your party?", confirming the number of people outside. Even in the cold winter, the line never ends during lunchtime. Lunchtime hours...
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Even with ingredients you already have in your refrigerator, you can have fun with a little creativity.
As soon as Christmas is over, the atmosphere of the year-end hits me all at once, and I'm already heading straight for the New Year (lol). Since I always go back to Makinohara on New Year's Eve to help out at my family's restaurant, "Shokujidokoro Mine," with their New Year's Eve soba noodles, I try to use up as much of the ingredients in my refrigerator as possible...
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Enjoy freshly fried tempura and soba noodles at the handmade soba restaurant "Soba-ya Omori".
Nestled in the residential area of Nakajima is the soba noodle shop "Soba-ya Omori." Through the noren (curtain), you can still see the unchanging smile of the owner, Mr. Omori. Closed two days a week, Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Omori is busy traveling around the country on soba-related assignments (laughs), attending soba competitions and meetings...
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Our family's Christmas party at home 2013
As in previous years, our Christmas party in 2013 will be a home-cooked dinner where my husband and I enjoy cooking together. We eat Italian food almost every night, but Christmas always brings a special feeling of excitement, and we start thinking about what kind of menu to choose...
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"An Evening with Hidehiko Watase and the Orchestra at Tamachi Salon" was a great success!
●Hidehiko Watase (Flute) Graduated from the Instrumental Music Department, Flute Major, Kunitachi College of Music. Studied in Kent, England, under Trevor Wye. Studied for two years at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium, where he plays the flute d'amore, an instrument rarely performed in Japan. ...
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The okonomiyaki at "Okonomiyaki Kokoro" has a crispy yet fluffy and moist texture, and its taste is addictive.
Along the street in Sumiyoshi, near Seirei Hamamatsu Hospital, there's a shop with a noren (traditional Japanese curtain) displaying the three hiragana characters "Kokoro" (心). It's an okonomiyaki restaurant run by owner Tatsuya Oishi, which opened six years ago. I found this shop relatively soon after moving to Hamamatsu and it piqued my interest...
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An exquisite homemade crema catalana-style pudding cake made with eggs from the premium Hoshino Black chicken breed.
The other day, my husband's friend, Yasuhisa Awakura, who runs the Awakura Vinyl factory in Iwata, gave us some freshly laid eggs from his family's brand-name chickens, Hoshino Black. He said, "Because they have a higher yolk ratio than regular eggs, they make an amazing pudding...".
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I invited my best friend over for an early Christmas party at my house.
My best friend, Tomomi Oi (aka Tomochin), who runs the nail salon "Lien" in Yaizu, was coming to visit Hamamatsu, so we decided to have an early Christmas party at my house. I had the day off, which is rare for me, so I spent the morning welcoming her...
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Lunchtime drinks at Trattoria alla Vedova, a famous bacaro in Venice, the city of water.
"TATTORIA CA' D'ORO Alla Vedova," a popular bacaro (tavern) beloved by locals in Venice, is a trattoria that has been in business since 1981. The restaurant's official name is "Trattoria...
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