13Aug / 2014

Miniature Japan

I have a total thing for miniatures. Not in a weird way, but I really enjoy realistic looking miniatures of stuff. Like miniature furniture, food, etc. I’m pretty picky about it too, it can’t be too cartoonish or anything. I don’t know where this came from and while I am not a big collector of them, I can definitely appreciate the work that goes into them! I love when there are handmade items but I guess the appreciation isn’t there from the public since miniatures can be mass produced. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at miniatures but it takes so much time, tools and skill. I guess I’ll just admire them from afar. So what does Japan have to do with this? Firstly, Japan makes some of the BEST miniatures! Secondly, I was browsing through some of my Japan pictures and found these! We were in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and I started snapping pictures with the miniature filter on my camera and the pictures look so cool! Check them out. 🙂

Looks unreal yeah? I love it! Have a good one guys!

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27Jan / 2014

Rules of Tsukiji – Tsukiji, Japan

As I was leaving Tsukiji, I spotted these hilarious signs! I’m sure you have to take it seriously but how can you not laugh?? I’ll share them all here, no captions needed.

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26Jan / 2014

Tonkatsu Yachiyo – Tsukiji, Japan

So we visited Tsukiji and guess what we had for lunch?! You guessed it! ….char siu and tonkatsu! Forreals. So if you want to try the place I tried, look for the sushi shop with the super long line and go into the doors to the left of it. LOL! I seriously actually did do some research before heading to Japan and had a brilliant resource. If you haven’t been, go to Tokyo Cuisine Guide! This blog is in English and he put in so much great details for each restaurant! Having his blog is much more useful than any published guide book. Unfortunately life has gotten quite busy for him as of late so he hasn’t updated recently but I still feel like all the stuff on his blog is still very useful!

You know how I found this blog? So I’m totally obsessed with the show Soko Ga Shiritai even though it’s over 20 years old…and I just LOVE it when they do their food specials. Well on one of their 1000 yen shows, they showcased Kitchen Carrot. This cute restaurant run by a cute little couple had these bambucha sizzling steak plates and I always drooled when I saw the clips. So I did a google search on Kitchen Carrot and got onto this blog and what a find! For the Kitchen Carrot post, go here. Great to see that they still exist and that the food they serve is still the same! Anyway, sorry for the babbling. Here’s the restaurant we went to! They didn’t know a single word of English. It was an interesting meal…lol.

Tsukiji!

Trying to navigate our way through the shops! (Hi Linda!)

My char siu meal. Awesomely cooked eggs and char siu…I do not regret going here!

Mandatory gratuitous egg shot!

Look at the giant ebi fry. This was Linda’s and she loved it! Was ono.

This is the picture we pointed at to order because we are not fluent in Japanese…lol

Original Tonkatsu Yachiyo post from Tokyo Cuisine Guide:

http://tokyofood.blog128.fc2.com/blog-entry-46.html

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25Jan / 2014

Typical Breakfast – Shinjuku, Japan

I had two issues in Japan. One, I woke up every morning feeling super dizzy. It lasted all day and I don’t know what it was. I carried my dramamine with me to try to control it but it didn’t work too well. Second, there wasn’t enough time or room in my stomach to eat everything in Japan. The second one is what made me most sad, lol. For breakfast, we weren’t always in the mood for breakfast but ate some anyway! Precious eating time! What we ended up doing was going to small little shops that had computer vending machines taking your orders. Those are the best places. Put your order in, seat yourself, food is delivered, devour and then leave. We need that here.

My breakfast! A curry and udon set.

Linda had the wakame udon. She wanted to clean her system out from all the eating!

Best eggs are in Japan. Please tell me I’m wrong and if you do, you must tell me where the best eggs are.

The food is great. These restaurants are probably thought of as low quality fast food which to me was like high quality for Hawaii! It was so good. We were one of the few diners this particular morning. We were joined by a drunk girl in the corner, passed out in her bowl of noodles. Yes. In. Her. Bowl. The workers don’t do much of anything – I assume they see a lot of people who come in to pass out after drinking…haha!

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24Jan / 2014

Kani Doraku – Shinjuku, Japan

If you’ve been to Japan, you have probably seen the sign for this restaurant. They are located all over Japan and we definitely had to give this place a try while we were there! Kani Doraku is definitely not a cheap restaurant but I believe it’s worth every cent. And worth every cent from Linda. We came here for her birthday and she treated! Thank you so much, it was such a memorable and delicious meal.

You can’t miss this business sign!

Check out their chopstick holder, it’s the details that count!

Their own chopsticks? It’s on now. And it includes a tool to help take the crab meat out! Genius.

Gotta try some hot sake…I’m not an alcohol girl. Hahaha. There are so many great pictures coming, so get ready (over 20)! Continue reading →

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01Jul / 2013

Happy July!

I had a pretty long weekend – good thing I scheduled my weekend posts early! Yesterday, I had a morning training for work so it was a bit like losing a day in the weekend. Today, we headed out to the beach and my gosh – it was insanely busy! We generally like Magic Island because it’s emptier. I had to go to Waikiki Beach today and it was very rocky and full of strong waves. I hope today was busy because it’s the weekend before July 4th?

Anyhow! I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is a shot I took at the entrance of Meiji Shrine. This little critter was hanging in mid-air wanting to say hello! Sorry if any of you don’t like critters…:)

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30Jun / 2013

Kiyomizu-dera – Kyoto, Japan

I have a lot of pictures from my visit to this wonderful temple in Kyoto. Today, I just wanna do a quick update with a few pictures. I’ll try to upload the rest soon! This post also marks the 30th straight day I have posted on this blog, a full month! I’m quite proud of myself. 🙂 I hope to keep this up! It’s been nice to have a little hobby. It’s also helping me to use my camera more again! Thanks for the visitors…or spam robots. Someone is visiting this site anyhow. Hehe..

I was so lucky to get a shot of this pair…

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29Jun / 2013

Japanese Tea Garden Treat

When I visited a pretty garden in Tokyo, there was a cute little tea house in the middle of it. This was definitely not your traditional tea house, we ordered our dessert from a vending machine outside and had a seat inside. Then a little Japanese woman in a Kimono shuffled out with your order within minutes. The tea house wasn’t crowded at all, I’ll assume it’s because it was more of a tourist thing. That’s all right with me! The dessert was gorgeous. Please enjoy the pictures.

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03Jun / 2013

Bichiumaya in Shinjuku

Before I made the trip out to Japan, I had to do a lot of research on Japanese eateries! The research definitely yielded some great rewards but in the end, I was unable to find a few due to the fact that I don’t know a lot of Japanese and being unfamiliar with the area. One of my first meals in Japan was located right in my neighborhood, Shinjuku. I found Bichiumaya thanks to the Tokyo Cuisine Guide. His blog is so useful for us tourists – he shows a lot of pictures and tells you what you should order. If I hadn’t read his entry, I would never have been able to eat what I ate there!

SURUMEIKA NO BUTTER SHOYU YAKI (Grilled squid with butter and soy sauce)

NEGI KAKE TSUKIMI NIKUTAM (Okonomiyaki with green onions & fried egg)

MOCHI CHEESE NIKUTAMA (Okonomiyaki with cheese & sticky rice cake)

This was one of the best meals we had in Japan. We didn’t realize how big the portions would be and had to get a take-out bag. I felt so bad especially since I read that you aren’t supposed to do take-out in Japan. The squid was the best squid I have ever tasted. Perfect seasoning and oh so tender. The egg in the second picture was really one egg that had two yolks! I was amazed by that. Wonderful food and start to my trip in Japan.

Shinjuku, Japan – April 2012

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01Jun / 2013

Rain in Japan

The video I am going to share today took place in Japan – it was my first full day there and we were in Asakusa. The day was sunny and hot but we got to see the Meiji Shrine and the Sensoji Temple. When we arrived at the Sensoji Temple, out of nowhere, there was a huge downpour of rain. The locals seemed to know what to expect since they all had umbrellas while us tourists were all banished underneath a gate to wait out the rain.

As I was waiting – I received a golden opportunity to shoot this little scene. It was too cute and precious not to share. Doesn’t this make you want to be a kid again?

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Tag Archives: Japan

Miniature Japan

Rules of Tsukiji – Tsukiji, Japan

Tonkatsu Yachiyo – Tsukiji, Japan

Typical Breakfast – Shinjuku, Japan

Kani Doraku – Shinjuku, Japan

Happy July!

Kiyomizu-dera – Kyoto, Japan

Japanese Tea Garden Treat

Bichiumaya in Shinjuku

Rain in Japan