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The “experience” of casual eating out on a weekday
Tonight we had a craving for tempura soba, so we went to a random tempura restaurant, the first that appeared in our path. The restaurant is called Marugame Seimen, is located in Shibuya (丸亀製麺渋谷道玄坂店) and serves tempura -not soba- udon meals. It’s one of those large, cheap restaurants with high throughput. Still, japanese shop managers…
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This year’s Hanami – Kinuta Park
“Hanami” (花見) stands for the past time activity of “cherry blossom viewing” in Japanese. The main concern of every single person in Japan around the end of March is whether the cherry trees (or sakura) have started bloom and when will the peak blooming take place. After learing about the days of interest from the special…
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A mailbox
A mailbox, Seta, Tokyo The owner of this mailbox decided to decorate it with a toy baby and anpanman, among other miniatures.
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Walking Around my Neighborhood (Seta, Tokyo)
Japanese houses, especially Tokyo houses, seem to be extremely small and narrow. However, the owners usually manage to arrange a nice combination of flowers and materials to create a memorable front entrance to their house. While walking around, one can usually come across tiny temples, community gardens and old houses doubling as museums. The local…
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Chimes Chews: A simple way to arrange device controllers
Have you ever tried a gum called “Chimes”? It’s different in texture from the average chewing gum, it is actually more similar to candy, a fact that makes chewing time much shorter. However, Chimes compensates duration with a rich, invigorating ginger flavor. Plus, it comes in cute colorful tin boxes that can be used to…
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Today’s purchase: 2 beauty products made in Japan
Today I was in an especially bad mood, so I decided to walk around aimlesly in order to calm down. Then I thought it’s a nice opportunity to lift my mood by buing shoes. But as expected, the whole shoes area in the mall I visited was shut down for renovetion, cause my bad luck…
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