Our Adventures in Japan

Two doors or so down from Kaei  is Musashiya. Most of their items on their menu can be taken out, so we did just that on Sunday. Sweet sour ...

We tried a new (to us) bento place, Kitchen Croquette. They have been in business for over 40 years. Matsuko Deluxe even ate there (there is...

Thursday we tried Niihao's plate lunch. 3 choices for 648 yen (tax included). I chose mabo tofu (spicy), happosai & yakisoba. Satosh...

Yesterday, Mother Nature threw us back into winter with cold rain all.day.long. We tried a new (to us) bento shop, Josui. They apparently se...

We tried Kaei back in 2019 and recently picked up some bento for our lunch. I had their mabo tofu bento…800 yen (tax included) This came wi...

We picked up some smoked chicken for our dinner on Saturday from Kunseiya Ken. Kunsei is the Japanese word for smoked. This was meaty, smoky...

It took me 3 years to figure out, but from our east balcony we can see the tip of the Tokyo Sky Tree...super super short video here . AND  i...

Friday, we took out Cafe Akaribi's carrot cake and baked cheesecake... The carrot cake was bland, it was a non-sweet cake/muffin with ca...

About 10 minutes walking distance from where we live, there is a small cake shop called Cusunoki. We tried their ganache cake to celebrate V...

Yesterday we went to buy a new computer. The one we have was getting really slow. I think we had it for at least 10 years. Anyway, there was...

Have been going to Oomori whenever we need coffee beans...yesterday, I went on one of those walks... Passed by these two who were waiting fo...

Monday marked another krazy year around the sun, but am thankful just to be able to celebrate it. My host-mom in Kobe sent me these cookies ...

About mid-January, Rakyo posted on Instagram that they would be taking orders for their ehomaki …1500 yen (tax included) for one. So we cal...

New (to us) bakery nearby (about 20 minute walk) that we checked out the other day called houou no hane (wing of phoenix) Apparently they op...

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...

Tokyo People...was following behind these two grandmas...so cute that they were "talking story" (with their masks on). this guy wi...