Japan Dish

Breakfast in Japan

Lori — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:40:57 +0000

Here is one of the breakfasts we had while staying with our friends in Abiko. They made a great spread so early in the morning! We had a little veggies sprinkled with bonito flakes. This below was some kinpira daikon which was made with leftover daikon from the oden the previous night. Salad with very Click for more photos...

Uo-sou, Tsukiji [つきじ魚惣]

Lori — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:58:21 +0000

On one of the winter nights back in Tokyo, our friends took us out to a great dinner at Uosou Tsukiji. We started with a couple appetizers, the ikura below was really tasty! Then we started with the fish dishes. The sashimi and sushi were both really fresh! And because we are staying away from Click for more photos...

Oden for Dinner

Lori — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:55:14 +0000

With fall turning into winter in Japan, it is time for some cold weather food photos! Here are some pictures of a dinner that we had at our friend’s house in Chiba. This post is also my submission for this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri, hosted over at Surviving in Japan. The theme this month is Click for more photos...

Kasai Rinkai Park, Ferris Wheel

Lori — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:06:39 +0000

After a fun look around Tokyo Sea Life Park, we made our way through Kasai Rinkai Park to one of Japan’s largest ferris wheels! The name of this huge ride is the Diamond and Flowers Ferris Wheel. From this ferris wheel you can see Tokyo Bay, Tokyo Disney Resort, and Chiba – and on a Click for more photos...

Tokyo Sea Life Park

Lori — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:05:34 +0000

For anyone visiting Tokyo who has an interest in fish or aquariums, Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) is definitely worth a visit. Located a quick 5 minute walk from JR Kasai Rinkai Koen Station, it was an easy 15 minute train ride from Tokyo station. As we walked around we got to see Click for more photos...

Maguro Lunch

Lori — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:10:16 +0000

A couple blocks away from the Japanese doll shop, down in a basement level restaurant, was our destination for lunch. Earlier our friends had researched lunch places for us and came up with this restaurant that specializes in maguro! For the lunch special you could choose either maguro-don or sashimi. Then on top of that Click for more photos...

Japanese Hina Ningyo Dolls at Kyugetsu

Lori — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:56:00 +0000

On the way to an early lunch with our friends, we stopped off at a famous store called Kyugetsu to take a look at some Japanese Girl’s & Boy’s Day dolls. I knew that girl’s day dolls were expensive…but I had no idea that a setup like the one above could go for around $38,000! Click for more photos...

Akihabara at Night

Lori — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:30:46 +0000

We made a quick stop in Akihabara to buy another camera memory card before heading back to the hotel for the night.

Views from Shinjuku

Lori — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:10:49 +0000

Took a couple of pictures from our dinner location at Shinjuku’s Takashimaya Times Square. This fourteen floor department store contains 3 levels of restaurants (floors 12, 13, and 14). On one of the terraces by the restaurants, you can catch this view of the Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower on the right… Besides dinner, we Click for more photos...

Ryogoku Walk

Lori — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:55:33 +0000

Before heading to the sumo stadium area in Ryogoku, we made a quick stroll around the outside of Edo Tokyo Museum. It looked like school had just got out with student after student making their way toward the station.

Kakiage Udon

Lori — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:02:58 +0000

This was lunch near Ryogoku station. We were just strolling around on our way to the sumo stadium and museum.

Jiyugaoka

Lori — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:29:15 +0000

After our day out sightseeing and shopping in Yokohama, we made a quick stop at the town of Jiyugaoka before going back to our hotel. Jiyugaoka is conveniently linked to Shibuya by the Tokyu Toyoko Line which we took to get here. This residential area has many cafes, sweets shops, and fashionable boutiques. We were Click for more photos...

Yokohama Port Museum

Lori — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:45:21 +0000

Yokohama Port Museum is made up of several different areas. The permanent exhibition has two zones, “Port of Yokohama History Zone” and “Port of Yokohama Rediscovery Zone”. There were many interesting things to look at, but some of my favorites were the model ships. I really appreciated the great detailed work! There are a couple Click for more photos...

Nippon Maru Yokohama

Lori — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:16:45 +0000

The Nippon Maru was built in 1930 as a training ship for cadets. During its fifty four years of service, it logged 1,830,000 km in total travel distance. For those interested in ships, you can take a tour inside of the historic Nippon Maru. On the day that we were here though, the line was Click for more photos...

Dockyard Garden at Yokohama Landmark Tower

Lori — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:16:31 +0000

After the observatory and window shopping, we headed to Dockyard Garden for lunch. There was a decent selection of restaurants, but being that it was around noon there were lines to get into all of them! We finally decided on one called Capricciosa where we shared some pizza and pasta. Outside of Dockyard Garden there Click for more photos...