Posted in Drink, Travel on Saturday, April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 I [...]
Posted in Food, Restaurants, Travel 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 [...]
Posted in Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Society and Culture, Travel on Thursday, April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
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.
