Yasukata sekishi
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2d ago
Yasukata Shopping Street has a sekishi (evening market) on the last friday of every month between 16:00-18:00Like I've mentioned before, I like to get all my errands done in the morning.This past Friday though, I was able to get to their evening market and pick up some foods. Musashiya's inarizushi, tamagoyaki, tosani (bamboo shoots simmered in shoyu, katsuobushi and mirin), onion and pork ..read more
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Isobe
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4d ago
Every time we pass Isobe, there is a lineOn Wednesday, it was a national holiday and google maps said that they were closed.But, when we walked passed, there was no line and the sign said "open"There are only 10 seats at the counterBuy your meal from the ticket machine Besides wonton men (noodles), they also have tsuke sobaFor the tsuke soba, you can choose the weight of your noodles and ..read more
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This and that
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6d ago
Sunday and Monday it was so blustery!Like a typhoon!One neighbor on one side of us has lots of stuff on their lanaiSo whenever it is blustery, we get "presents"Like these empty plastic bottles These "presents" usually "fly" under the space of the partitions that are between our apartmentsI was gonna complain, but decided not to.Our plants make rubbish and I'm sure they have to deal with ..read more
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Oookayama
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1w ago
Tuesday, went to Oookayama I always pass this place but it is usually never open when I do, luckily it was open on this day...MatsuyateiGot this Saikyoyaki Gindara (white miso sablefish) bento for Satoshi...600 yen (tax included)This bento also came with furikake, okara, fried tofu and konnyakuI also went to check out Voie Lactée (which means Milky Way in French)A tiny bakery that has been ..read more
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Huanglong
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1w ago
Sunday, went to check out Huanglong (yellow dragon)super tiny shop the owner wasn't too friendlySatoshi ordered the Umanisoba...650 yen (tax included)A slurry soupy sauce with lots of veggies over noodlesI ordered the Mabo Ramen 650 yen (tax included)mouth.on.fire...this was too spicyit was scalding hot the noodles were a little too thin for my liking gyoza...gyoza snob said it was ..read more
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20167
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1w ago
Since we would be staying in Kyoto on Friday night to attend FIL's memorial service the next day, Satoshi let me go earlier to go holo-holo (gallavanting).I was lucky to get to see Mount Fuji on the way.It was my first time back in Osaka since we moved to TokyoMy first stop was Chocolaterie Coco which I had only learned about after moving to Tokyo, apparently he has been in business since 2015 ..read more
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17 years + MIL's (part 4)
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1w ago
Saturday, we got together for FIL's 17th memorial service.Seems like yesterday and yet not.Unfortunately BIL forgot FIL’s photo for the serviceAnd Satoshi forgot the arare that we planned to give as our offering for the serviceLunch was at Hyatt Kyoto's Touzan, we've eaten here many times over the years.Back up to Wednesday, BIL asks Satoshi if we can meet up on Sunday to discuss MIL's house ..read more
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This and that
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1w ago
made my own version of Bob Bagel's lox sandwich...salmon sashimi, cream cheese, capers, red onion and everything bagellunch one day...spam with shoyu sugar, kim chee and yakiimoiced matcha latteloved the organized painter's vanblooming kanzakurashared a scoop of matcha brownie from Baskin Robbins (31 as it is called in Japan) with Satoshifound 5 yen on the ground...Got a sad message from ..read more
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On the lanai
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1w ago
thankful the cyclamen is blooming this year.was scared it wouldn’t recover after the building renovation the other yearwe'll have freesia in a couple of weeks too&nbsp ..read more
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Foodie saturday
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2w ago
Saturday I went to Ebisu to see this pop up...I've been following Sakura Hanafusa for some time now, she carves cats from pieces of woodIt was something to see up close.Ebisu...never noticed the beer lamp posts before...or the sakura lightsthe JR Ebisu station had cyclamen alongside the people movers (the flat type of escalators).Lunch: provencale sandwich from Le Grenier a Pain...tuna, olives ..read more
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