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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2017
ici: sophisticated French cuisine at bistro prices
The backstreets of Ebisu do not lack for great French cuisine. So how can a tiny new restaurant put itself on the map in such a popular dining district? One approach is to adopt a short, catchy name written in lowercase letters. But at ici (French for "here"), the real strategy is offering brilliant...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 19, 2017
Accommodation plan fit for a queen
For women feeling like they want to be treated like a queen, the Grand Hyatt Tokyo is offering a Marie Antoinette-inspired accommodation plan through Feb. 26.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2017
Gi Han Ebisu Do: a window on Japanese-inflected dim sum
Restaurateur and chef Yoshiyuki Gi has spent a lifetime working in Chinese restaurants. He grew up in the kitchen of his parent's eatery in Yokohama's Chinatown before working his way through Chinese restaurants in Japan and onto China. When he returned to Japan, he settled in Kyoto and opened upscale...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2017
Suzuya: one of the old capital's oldest coffee shops
Last year, Suzuya celebrated its 70th anniversary, making it one of the oldest kissaten (traditional coffee shops) in Kyoto. To the best of my knowledge, only Salon de The Francois — which opened in the interwar period — pips it for longevity.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 12, 2017
Quality time for mothers, daughters
In order to make the happy occasion of starting spring more special as a university graduate, freshman or new worker, Tokyo Station Hotel is offering a mother-daughter "Spring Celebration" accommodation plan until April 28.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 6, 2017
Akomeya Chubo: Japanese comfort food hidden in a Ginza rice shop
The holidays are over and so is the feasting. Now it's time to revert to less extravagant fare. But simple doesn't have to mean plain. Even Japanese comfort food can be a delight to the eye, the palate and the stomach. If you head to Akomeya Chubo that's the kind of cooking you'll find.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 6, 2017
Guerrero: Pizza worthy of the angels
Nothing says comfort food like pizza, even at its most elementary. But the satisfaction runs far deeper when your pie is made with quality toppings and cooked with an artisan's touch in a wood-fired oven. At Guerrero you get all that and plenty more.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 5, 2017
Traditional crafts to welcome new year; luxury retreat for examination prep; inspired cocktails offer a twist
Traditional crafts to welcome new year
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 30, 2016
Change — the only constant for Tokyo restaurants in 2016
What a year it has been. Thankfully, the world of gastronomy hasn't followed the same spiral of sadness, frustration and despair as the political and popular music arenas. Even so, it's high time to get the Year of the Monkey off our backs with a rundown of some of the ups, downs, ins and outs at Tokyo's...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 29, 2016
Greet the new year in style
The time of welcoming the new year and forgetting the old one is approaching and the Asakusa View Hotel is offering two ways of spending these special days in an elegant manner.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Dec 23, 2016
Sugar, spice and all things nice in Roppongi's craft beer bars
Depending on who you ask, Roppongi is either Tokyo's most sophisticated neighborhood or its seediest. Yet everyone can agree it's one of the city's most international. Each night, expats, emigres and immigrants wend their way through a landscape of restaurants, hostess bars, art galleries and nightclubs....
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Dec 23, 2016
Wa Bistro Tsuna: Succulent fish heads along an old shopping street
These are tough times for the shōtengai, Japan's old-school shopping streets. The convenience of online shopping and mega-malls has lured shoppers away from the city's vintage arcades. However, the uniform glitz of a shopping center or an online store can never replace the buzz of a shōtengai — such...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Dec 23, 2016
Kushiyakitori Mahoroba: Get an umami overload at this charming yakitori joint
The area around Kyobashi Station, a major transit hub close to Osaka Castle, is not short of restaurants. But if you're nearby and have a hankering for chicken, try Kushiyakitori Mahoroba, a small and charming yakitori restaurant.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2016
Argile: A gourmet sanctuary above the streets of Ginza
Is there any Tokyo neighborhood more focused on dining than Ginza? Its nine compact blocks house the greatest concentration of high-end restaurants in the country — quite possibly the whole world. But when it comes to quality cuisine at somewhat more affordable prices, the area has less to offer. All...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 16, 2016
Esquisse Cinq: A new stage for dessert maestro Kazutoshi Narita
Kazutoshi Narita makes gorgeous desserts. They are lyrical flights of fancy, adorned with colorful swooshes and sprinkles, crisp shards, fragile foams and delicate, lacy sugar confections. Until recently, the only way you could taste them was at the end of a full meal of high-end French cuisine at Esquisse...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 15, 2016
Buon Natale: Italian-style Christmas
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 9, 2016
How Michelin's stardust has changed Tokyo
It has become one of Tokyo's gastronomic rites of autumn. Just as sure as the leaves on the city's many ginkgo trees turn gold and scatter across pavements, the latest Michelin Guide Tokyo hits the stores each year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Dec 9, 2016
Izuju: A hidden home for sweet 'Kyozushi'
When you live in a tourist mecca like Kyoto you tend to avoid the major attractions. However, having a visitor in town provides a good excuse to join the horde and get into tourist mode: taking over footpaths, meandering slowly along backstreets and taking photos of everything, especially photos of yourself...

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