Atami Birthday Trip ① "Garden Cafe Ripple" A stylish pet-friendly cafe where you can relax amidst the gentle murmur of the Kinomiya stream.

As autumn deepens and the trees shed their leaves, glimpses of colorful autumn foliage can be seen here and there in the mountains across Japan. Although things are finally starting to calm down, the COVID-19 pandemic still poses a serious threat, so I've decided against an overseas trip for my birthday this year and will instead travel within Japan, specifically within my prefecture...

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Nagoya's "Bistro Bunka Western Restaurant": A renovated traditional Japanese house bistro serving lunch, run by a long-established Western-style restaurant.

Founded in 1983, Bunka Western Restaurant is a long-established Western-style restaurant with its main branch in Ikeshita and multiple locations in Nagoya, including Midland Square and Meitetsu Department Store. We visited one of these locations, Bistro Bunka Western Restaurant in Chikusa, for lunch! It's a short walk from Chikusa Station...

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Enjoy a traditional Japanese meal at "Kominka Cafe Toko Towa" in Makinohara, a cafe over 100 years old, offering a warm and inviting atmosphere.

In the tranquil countryside of Makinohara, a town rich in nature, a renovated 100-year-old traditional Japanese house has been brought back to life as a charming and warm space where people gather. Makinohara City is located at the southern tip of central Shizuoka Prefecture, a warm region overlooking the magnificent Suruga Bay, surrounded by the sea, mountains, and rivers...

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Enjoy a mini kaiseki lunch featuring seasonal ingredients, as chosen by the owner of the Japanese restaurant "Kokoro Kappo Sawada".

At "Kokoro Kappo Sawada," a Japanese restaurant that uses seasonal ingredients that become more delicious with the changing seasons, and prepares dishes with care and attention to the natural flavors of the ingredients, we enjoyed a chef's choice lunch with two living legends of Hamamatsu's real estate industry! The location is Shizuoka University Engineering...

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Enjoy a lunch featuring wood-fired pizza and Southern Italian cuisine at the Italian restaurant "Napoli NAPOLI".

I went to "NAPOLI," a restaurant in Hamamatsu that serves authentic Neapolitan pizza baked in a wood-fired oven and Southern Italian cuisine, for a pizza lunch with a friend's family! The restaurant moved to this location from its original location in Tomizuka-cho, a nearby town, about 17 years ago, and has since reopened after renovations...

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