Not far from Tennoji Temple and the Yanaka Cemetery is the ruins of the Tennoji Goju-no-tou Ato, the site of the beautiful five-storied pagoda. A cultural landmark of Yanaka. While walking through Yanaka, I noticed a group looking at a section across from the cemetery. Read More …
As I discussed the history of San Francisco Bay Gourmet Coffee in my Fog Chaser Review, a coffee that I have come to really enjoy from the company is their Dark Chocolate Bar One Cups. As there are a good number of coffee that have Read More …
If you go to Japan, there is one thing you will notice… There are a lot of bakeries with French names. One of the popular bakeries is Vie de France and despite the logo and the many awesome food that you will find in this Read More …
In Tokyo, while many areas have that metropolitan city feel, there are areas that have a traditional-style, a traditional-feel which the term “shitamachi” is used. Yanaka in Taito Ward is one of those areas where people can get away from the metropolitan areas and immerse Read More …
Many people go to Ikegami Kaikan (a four-floor government building right next to the big temple – Ikegami Honmonji) for meetings, the music hall, for exhibits, seminars, classes or just to hang out. But right on top of the building in the observation deck is Read More …
One of the must-have things for the kitchen… Especially for people who lack the patient for their oven to heat up and wants something to start cooking immediately. I have reviewed toaster ovens, convection ovens but this is my first time to use an extra-wide Read More …
In the Kanto region and Nagoya, Moriva Coffee owned by Zensho Holdings, is a company that prides itself as a “Fair Trade Cafe” for selling delicious coffee beans from Kilimanjaro, East Timor, Mexico and Rwanda. The company purchases coffee and tea from farmers in developing Read More …
Yasujiro Ozu is one of the world’s beloved directors. Having made many films since the 1920’s up to his final film “An Autumn Afternoon” in 1962, his works have been appreciated by viewers and critics for his family comedies but also his serious family storylines Read More …
One of my favorite coffee that I tend to purchase when I’m in Japan is Tully’s Coffee. Surprisingly, here in the United States, I never tried a Tully’s Coffee product until now. With the Black Friday sales on Keurig, I took advantage of the sales, Read More …
Located in southern Tokyo in the Ota ward is one of Tokyo’s larger temple sites, Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple. As many have gathered there for New Year’s Eve, going there during the day to see how vast the temple is but also finding many other smaller Read More …