Enjoy freshly fried, crispy, and lightly fried, elegant tempura at the counter of "Mimatsu".

In Chitose, with its small noren (traditional Japanese curtain) hanging low, stands the tempura specialty restaurant "Mimatsu," quietly nestled with the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese inn. The restaurant was originally run as a sushi restaurant by the previous owner, but his son, Kazutaka Takeo, after training at a tempura specialty restaurant in Asakusa, Tokyo, returned to Hamamatsu and opened the tempura specialty restaurant about 20 years ago...

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「割烹 しんはま」の安定した味わいと温かみのある料理でホッとする日替わりランチ

Turning onto Futamata Street from Yanagi Street and heading towards Motohama, you'll see the sign for "Kappo Shinhama." Founded in the early Meiji era as "Shinhama Fish Shop," the current owner, Mitsuhiro Nagatani, is the fourth generation, and the restaurant is beloved by its regulars and bustling with customers day and night. The interior offers a view of the kitchen...

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「割烹 しんはま」のリーズナブルで大人気の日替わりランチにスッポン!?

Turning onto Futamata Street from Yanagi Street and heading towards Motohama, you'll see the sign for "Kappo Shinhama." Founded in the early Meiji era as "Shinhama Fish Shop," the current owner, Mitsuhiro Nagatani, is the fourth generation, and the restaurant is beloved by its regulars and bustling with customers day and night. The interior offers a view of the kitchen...

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Enjoy a drink at the counter in the evening at "Kappo Shinhama," where the warm-hearted owner and customers are close.

Turning onto Futamata Street from Yanagi Street and heading towards Motohama, you'll see the sign for "Kappo Shinhama." Founded in the early Meiji era as "Shinhama Fish Shop," the current owner, Mitsuhiro Nagatani, is the fourth generation, and the restaurant is beloved by its regulars and bustling with customers day and night. The interior offers a view of the kitchen...

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In season! Fresh! How to parboil freshly harvested bamboo shoots and recipes for a bamboo shoot-filled meal.

Speaking of seasonal delicacies, bamboo shoots are a prime example of spring flavors in April. The Japanese word for bamboo shoot (takenoko) is written with the radical for bamboo and the character for "season" (旬). It truly is one of those ingredients that you enjoy in season. However, preparing bamboo shoots involves a somewhat troublesome step: pre-boiling them to remove the bitterness. This time, we'll explain how to do that pre-boiling to remove the bitterness...

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牧之原の実家「食事処 峰」にて温・冷の手打ち蕎麦と小丼で満腹!

Along National Route 150 in Makinohara, at the corner of the Shizunami Coast entrance intersection, you'll find "Shokujidokoro Mine," a Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy handmade soba noodles, eel, and set meals, with a soba banner flying and an orange, hand-dyed noren curtain swaying in the breeze. Actually, this is my family's restaurant. My parents opened it when I was little...

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