The time for my much-anticipated birthday dinner had arrived at Restaurant SOWER, located within the L'Hôtel Du Lac auberge nestled on the shores of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture...
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Shiga/Lake Biwa Birthday Trip ④ "Auberge L'Hôtel du Lac, nestled on the shores of Lake Biwa Vol.1"
Located in the northern part of Shiga Prefecture, on the shores of Lake Biwa, is the auberge "L'Hôtel Du Lac." Notice regarding the operating hours of L'Hôtel Du Lac and Restaurant SOWER: The restaurant within L'Hôtel Du Lac...
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Shiga/Lake Biwa Birthday Trip ③ "Namiki Cafe Metasequoia: Terrace Lunch with a Panoramic View of the Tree-lined Street"
Located next to the Metasequoia Avenue in Makino Highlands, Shiga Prefecture, is the "Namiki Cafe Metasequoia," a cafe offering panoramic views of the tree-lined avenue. The terrace seating is dog-friendly, and with the Metasequoia Avenue stretching out before you, it's highly recommended during pleasant weather.
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Shiga/Lake Biwa Birthday Trip ②: "Metasequoia Avenue: Entering the autumn foliage season with 500 giant trees changing color"
The Metasequoia Avenue, a popular tourist spot in Shiga Prefecture, is a place I highly recommend visiting during the upcoming autumn foliage season. Along the approximately 2.4km road from Makino Pick Land to Makino Plateau, about 500 metasequoia trees are planted, offering refreshing greenery in spring and summer, and a spectacular display of autumn colors...
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Shiga/Lake Biwa Birthday Trip ①: "A Scenic Drive to the Lovers' Sanctuary, Okubiwako Parkway"
Our annual birthday trip. This year, we took a short trip to the Lake Biwa area in Shiga Prefecture with our beloved dog, Chocolat. Blessed with pleasant autumn weather, it was a perfect day for a drive. We enjoyed the autumn foliage along the mountain roads, taking in the panoramic view of Lake Biwa and the bamboo floating on the lake's surface...
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Birthday lunch at "The Oriental Terrace," a restaurant with a spectacular view overlooking Lake Sanaru in Hamamatsu.
浜松と言えば浜名湖ですが、実はもう一つ小さな湖・佐鳴湖があります。こちらはその佐鳴湖湖畔に佇み、湖を一望できる最高のロケーションを持つ「THE ORIENTAL TERRACE/ジ・オリエンタルテラス」。 風に揺れる椰子...
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Kyoto's Hidetomo Kimura Car Collection presents "The ultimate 'Disco Volante' that recreates the original from that era."
京都別邸にて木村英智（Hidetomo Kimura）さんが保有しているカーコレクションのほんの一部を今回も拝見させていただきました。昨年の夏にお邪魔した時はこちらの車庫が隙間無く埋まるほどにありましたが、東京に移動させ...
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Kyoto's noodle shop "Gontaro Okazaki Branch": A noodle restaurant in a charming, traditional Japanese house, serving soba noodles for lunch.
京都を代表する文化や交流地域となる岡崎に佇む風情溢れる純日本家屋の麺処「権太呂 岡崎店」にてランチタイム。夏休み中ということもあり、観光客で賑わう京都のレストランは何処も賑わいを見せており、こちらも例外ではありません。昼...
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Kyoto - Hidetomo Kimura's villa, "Eiyusai Suigian," where a traveling chef provided hospitality at a home party.
The event was held at "Eiyusai Suigian," the Kyoto villa of Hidetomo Kimura, an artist renowned worldwide as a classic car collector and operator of the restaurant & bar "SUIGIAN" in Nihonbashi, Tokyo...
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Hamamatsu, Lake Sanaru: Dinner while watching the fireworks light up the lake at the 35th Lake Sanaru Fireworks Festival 2024.
As a summer tradition in Hamamatsu, the 35th Sanaruko Fireworks Festival 2024, featuring 1,000 fireworks launched over Lake Sanaru which stretches out below my home, will be held successfully again this year...
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My dog Chocolat celebrated her 5th birthday with a delicious lunch and a birthday cake made for dogs.
Our beloved dog, Chocolat, celebrated her 5th birthday on July 25th, 2024 (Thu). It's her birthday, and every year we celebrate with a special feast lunch and a dog-friendly birthday cake. Our beloved dog, Cho...
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Hamamatsu's "Sumiyaki Unagi Hajime" is a popular eel restaurant run by a chef who knows everything about eels after working his way up from the bottom at an eel wholesaler.
After a long apprenticeship at an eel wholesaler in Hamamatsu, owner Hiroaki Kamo honed his eye for selecting the best eels and dedicated himself to bringing out the maximum potential of the ingredients. He proudly opened "Sumiyaki Unagi Hajime," a specialty eel restaurant, in Yuto, close to Maisaka Station, on May 17, 2016...
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