Can you tell what that is? Hint: This is in a train station and the plastic sheet is covering an air conditioning unit but not entirely.  There is also a small hose connected in the middle and hanging downward. Answer: This is an innovative (?) system to collect the condensation that drips down[...]

  Launching their popular traditional dining at the third location in Tokyo inside Tokyo Midtown, following Shin-Marunouchi Building and Shibuya HIKARIE (and in Singapore as well!), Suju Dining Rokkaku, the Karuizawa-native restaurant keeps us pleasantly surprised and inspired not just with the[...]

Our day 2 was full of flowers!

Sumo is one of those things that is so familiar to us yet we rarely go see live. But those who have seen the actual match always tell me that it’s completely different from just watching it on TV. Now that May’s Grand Sumo Tournament is on (until this Sunday), I finally decided to m[...]

So, the Ghost Slope. I was walking in Takanawa/ Shirokane area the other day, and made a turn onto this narrow street to take a short cut. There, right in the corner, was a wooden sign with the name and the episode of the hilly street; Yuurei-zaka, literally meaning ghost slope. Well, the woode[...]

I love Gindako, but I always thought 8 of those decadent octopus balls were too much for me. So, the other day, I made my visit for the first time in a while to the branch in Roppongi, to kill some time and fill up my stomach, and there I found options of 6 or [...]

Glowing lights of bar signs in small side streets, yokocho, used to seem somewhat obscene and old man-ish to me, like it’s not the place I should ever go. But now that I’m grown up and legal to drink (and enjoy drinking… maybe too much), these small bars in sides streets seem full of special [...]

Delicious Tama no Megumi, Tokyo’s proud local brew comes from a sake brewery -Ishikawa Shuzo in Fussa!                                                     &nbs[...]

I was hanging out with my friend from Canada the other day, who was visiting Tokyo with two of his good friends. One of them currently lives in New York City, and was apparently dying to make a visit to Ippudo here in Tokyo, as it was one of his favorite restaurants in New  York. [...]

Ok, there is no absolute “right” way of eating sushi, but it makes me all cringed up when I see people ducking it in soy sauce and destroying the fine structure. So, for those who leave a pile of rice in soy sauce, let me tell you, it’s easier, tastes better and looks better i[...]

After we had rounds of beer tasters, we were ready to sit down and eat (and drink some more!). There are a lot of restaurants in Roppongi, but sometimes the huge selection makes it harder to choose especially with an indecisive bunch like us. Luckily though, my boss was dying to eat okonomiyaki[...]

While you can get beer anytime from any convenience store around Tokyo, it’s nice to have a really good glass of beer once in a while. For those who are not familiar with local breweries (which is most of us), or who love great brew of beer, there is Grande Biere where you can taste [...]