delista suehiro

Whenever I go to a new (to me) area, I like to check out their grocery stores.

When I was in Saginuma, I stopped into a tiny shop, Delista Suehiro that is a butcher/meat shop, that also sells prepared foods made with their meats

They also had different types of bento, and a little area with produce and snacks

I purchased their gyusuji-ni for our dinner, beef tendon is simmered until it is melt in the mouth tender in stock, shoyu, mirin 

This was super oily, but the beef tendon was super tender 

There was also some daikon and carrots in there as well.

I’m glad we got to try this

Delista Suehiro

1-19-5 Kodai, Miyamae-ku

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Closed: Sundays

Hours: 9:00-20:00

*cash only

copain de fujimori

Checked out Pain de Fujimori when I went to Saginuma

Half of the shop is breads & sandwiches and the other half is a refrigerated case filled with cakes and shelves filled with cookies

I picked up their herbed chicken sandwich, I toasted it when I got home, it had semi dried tomatoes, loved the bread too

I also tried their sakura anpan, this was not different from the other sakura anpan I have tried in the past 

He also has shops in Meguro and other areas like Kamakura and other places in Tokyo, I’m glad I tried this place and would definitely go back to his shops in Tokyo

Copain de Fujimori

1-17-4 Kodai, Miyamae-ku

Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Closed Mondays & 2nd Tuesdays

Hours: 9:00-18:00

sakura walk (saginuma)

During sakura season, the weather dude on the news visits and introduces different places while giving his weather reports.

The other night, Saginuma, an area of Kanagawa, was introduced.

There is a slope called Harumachizaka (literally Spring waiting slope)  near the station

I thought the name of the slope was cool

Online it said that a total of 150 trees line both sides of the slope, but it seemed like less

Some of the side streets also had trees

Sadly many of the trees have reached 50 years, so for safety purposes, they will chop most of them down and replant new sakura trees in its place

There were several that had already been cut down

Saginuma isn’t nearby to where we live, but I’m glad I got to check out this place.

stefano anna

When I went to Kichijoji, I also checked out Stefano Anna, a tiny shop that sells homemade Italian baked goods.

The owner learned about different sweets in Italy then opened up her shop when she returned to Japan

There are all sorts of cookies!

And desserts in the refrigerated case 

I tried the sbolorona and coconut biscotti

It was my first time trying sbrisolona which is apparently from the Lombardy area of Italy.

It was a thick cookie topped with lots of chocolate chips, a little sweeter than Japanese cookies but I loved the crunchy texture of this 

The biscotti was surprisingly light! too delicate to dip into coffee, very crisp, and coconutty! love!

They have an assorted cookie set and cannoli that I'd like to try...I’ll be back.

Stefano Anna

2-36-4 Kichijoji

Musashino, Tokyo

Closed: Mondays

Hours: 10:00-18:00

sakura walk (higashi yaguchi)

There is an apartment building in our area that has a sakura tree in front of their building.

We passed by one evening and they had lights on, I thought it was cool, because they could enjoy their blossoms at night too.

What Japanese call "yozakura" 

Not sure if I've posted about this apartment building before, cool yeah?!

sakura walk (inokashira park & meguro river)

Since our water would be turned off for the day, I went to my physical therapy then headed out to Kichijoji.

And had lunch at Kugutsuso, I ordered it with a scrambled egg...Omucurry...1720 yen (tax included)

Their curry isn't very spicy but has lots of spices and is very tasty, I'm glad I tried this.

Their iced coffee is strong and comes in this cute cup...it is metal so your iced coffee is super cold!
 

After lunch I went walking around Inokashira Park.

It was nice but a bit warm.

And then on the way home I got off at Meguro and walked along the Meguro River.

We've visited this area before, I think it was during the pandemic, love the view from here, video here

And this time, I walked from Meguro towards Gotanda.

It was a little krazy with people, but not super crowded like Nakameguro is.

Was lucky to catch a group going out to see the cherry blossoms by boat, video here

I'm glad the blossoms have held up, they expect rain on Friday and over the weekend.

Hope you have enjoyed this season as much as we have.

sakura walk (tamagawa)

Sunday was forecast for rain, and we also had the drain thingy in the afternoon.

When we woke up it was sunny, but right when we were about to leave, the weather thingy said it would rain in 30 minutes...so we headed to Tamagawa.
 

Walked around

Lot of petals starting to fall

I love seeing people picnic-ing ...so fun!

Tokyo furry people...and because the weather apps in Japan are on point, we made it back before the rain...

ps they are turning off our water today for the whole day, so I need to be out and about...wish me luck