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when did we visit and for how long? late february for 10 days what kind of accommodations? two hotels. we barely stayed in the first one for 30 minutes because it was so disgusting. smoke was seeping out of everything, even the toilet paper. we moved down the street to the washington hotel and it […]
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i’m trying my hand at maybe my last ‘regular’ series of posts… to look back upon the cities that we’ve stayed in this trip and to compare that to our first day to see how our opinions of the city had changed. aside from the ski resorts, sapporo was my first city… when did we […]
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the last ramen store we tried was a break from the norm. kikanbo’s calling card is spicy ramen and their bowls have been so popular that they opened up a second shop two doors down solely to specialize in each of the storefronts. one shop only handles soup noodles and their original shop was converted […]
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while compiling our eat list for tokyo i came across countless blogs that rambled off their top 3, 5 & 10 shops for ramen. some places specialize in a very small number of styles but the majority have at least shio, shoyu and miso to choose from; each being quite different from each other. i […]
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afuri ramen is another popular chain in tokyo and has been on our hit list thanks to a visit to the harajuku branch four years ago. i’d say that their callings are: -their broth is chicken based so it’s noticeably lighter -the chasiu is grilled fresh as your bowl is prepared -their signature broths are […]
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ippudo was a recommendation from our tokyo sensei, pablo. he’s the master of all things tokyo and after he gave our group a hands on tour four years ago, if he suggests to eat/walk/jump, we do it. we were coming back from mt takao and it was close to 8pm on a sunday night. that […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. tokyo (air bnb in shibuya) for the last week q. favourite meal a. oh man… toss up. it’s either gyokotsu matador’s shoyu beef ramen or afuri’s yuzu tsukemen. i ate them both in that order and from the first bite, i felt like the […]
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upon our arrival to tokyo we were greeted with good old rain. out of tradition, i like to eat ramen as my first meal so couple that with the wet weather and it was an easy decision to look for a bowl somewhere in our hood. on that same note, this is tokyo and there […]
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Another grey wintery day in Asahikawa. More snow and more cold. We wake up, put on the same jacket and shoes and head out the door. Although the call of the mall is strong, we determinedly turn left in search of nourishment. Asahikawa’s streets are barren and the storefronts are dimmed and shuttered. It feels […]
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First day in Asahikawa was somewhat of a failure. We had to leave the first hotel we checked into because the room reeked of cigarette smoke and the wallpaper was cracking and peeling. By the time we settled into the second hotel, we could not find any restaurants that were still open after 9pm. So […]
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away from the madness in ramen alley and off on it’s own in the susukino area is ramen shingen. it was about a 20 minute walk from the airbnb we were staying in, to the east of the river but it was a good day to stretch out the legs in the sun and relatively […]
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