Our Adventures in Japan

Saturday was White Day...the day when the guys give back to the girls after receiving something for Valentine's day...Satoshi gave me th...

Satoshi's classmate, A, lives in this area.  If you've been reading our blog, you might remember that he used to send us boxes of ap...

Tamagawaya Saketen opened sometime last September and always has a line on the weekend whenever we pass by, especially after being on Matsuk...

Tried a new to us izakaya called Ootori. They took over the shop where Shake Chazuke used to be. To start they bring out a tray with amuse ...

Last night, Satoshi and I met up with family friend, D who is travelling around Japan. We met at Tensui, a small izakaya near JR Shinagawa S...

Met up with friend Greg from Hawaii who is visiting with his sisters. It was our first time to meet his sisters, H & J, and they are so ...

Shake Chazuke was one of the first izakaya spots we checked out in our neighborhood. We had wanted to check them out several times after th...

Tried a new (to us) sushi place/izakaya, Watanabe. I ordered the chirashi...this was not worth 800 yen (tax included). More wakame than anyt...

Sometimes plan A & plan B go out the window and you just need to go into a place without any research or social media hints... That wa...