Today, Akemi and I headed over to Ikebukuro's Sunshine City Mall, home to Namco Namja Town's Gyoza Stadium and Ice Cream City. It's been some five years since my last visit to Ice Cream City (I still flashback to the aftertaste of that squid ice cream) and I was looking forward to the return trip.…
February 2, 2012: Tokyo Day #6! Samurai Joe, Nodaiwa, Faro!
We started the day by checking out the surroundings - and it don't get any closer than the Imperial Hotel itself. We strolled through the shops on the basement level where we happened across a place called Shokendo, a shop that sells and displays antique Japanese swords. Mrs. Aota struck up a conversation with the…
December 16, 2010: Tokyo Travel Day #10! Hirosaku! Nodaiwa! Terrifying Tokyo Tower!
The other night, we continued our tour of varying Japanese cuisines by hitting Hirosaku in Shimbashi. It's a family-owned and operated restaurant focusing on traditional dishes and high quality ingredients. "Is this a typical Japanese meal?"Ivon asked at one point. "Yes,"my friend Jon replied - "for very wealthy Japanese families." "This is how they ate in…