In my post about beer in Sapporo, I wrote: “Even in huge, international cities like Tokyo and Osaka, you have to go a bit out of your way to get the good stuff when it comes to beer.” Boy, was I wrong.
I don’t know how I never noticed it before, but this time around Tokyo [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Planet Tokyo: The Zymurgosphere 東京星の醗圏
Posted in Drink, Travel, tagged viking.beer, viking.Japan, viking.Tokyo on Saturday, April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Planet Tokyo: The Gastrosphere 東京星の食圏
Posted in Food, Restaurants, Travel, tagged viking.Japan, viking.luxury, viking.meibutsu, viking.ramen, viking.seafood, viking.Tokyo on Thursday, April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The food geek universe has recently been abuzz with the news that Tokyo has more Michelin stars than any city in the world, including Paris. In fact, it has twice as many as Paris. I couldn’t really offer anything beyond mere conjecture as to how this happened, as the publishers of the Michelin Guide are [...]
Planet Tokyo: The Sakurosphere 東京星の桜圏
Posted in Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Society and Culture, Travel, tagged viking.Japan, viking.nature and geology, viking.Tokyo on Thursday, April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a city as densely developed as Tokyo, they sure find a lot of room for cherry trees. We enjoyed a picturesque hanami stroll along the northwestern perimeter of the Imperial Palace moat, and then into Yasukuni Shrine, where tall, close-together trees created a downy pink canopy beneath a pristinely blue sky.
Planet Tokyo: The Mercatosphere 東京星の市販圏
Posted in Food, Society and Culture, Travel, tagged viking.fashion, viking.Japan, viking.kitsch and kawaii, viking.street food and markets, viking.Tokyo on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the exception of beer and grocery shopping, I don’t really count kaimono (literally “buying things”) among my hobbies. However, I must say I had a fine time shopping in Tokyo, mostly because I visited two markets that catered to a couple of my principal materialist pursuits: New Balance sneakers and exciting food.
The first market [...]
