Eater How to Drink Fancy Cocktails in Tokyo Eater The best-known fancy cocktail bars in Tokyo exist on largely the same conceptual plane as their American counterparts: They’re cozy, vaguely retro spaces, where classic drinks and bespoke creations alike are built in high-end glassware by neatly … Original published: 21 February 2017 | 4:00 pm […]
Eater If You Want to Know Tokyo, Visit the Shotengai Eater To experience traditional Tokyo, spend a few hours perusing a shōtengai. Lined with small mom-and-pop shops, these pedestrian-filled streets are usually located near a train station or at the heart of a neighborhood. The establishments along them … Original published: 21 February 2017 | […]
Eater Tokyo Plays Itself Eater On the top floor of @home cafe in Tokyo’s geek-friendly Akihabara district, in a low-ceilinged, brightly lit room that smelled of a poorly ventilated deep fryer, a coterie of frilly aproned maids were delivering wobbly, abstractly decadent Jell-O … Original published: 21 February 2017 | 4:18 pm Read the full […]
Eater How to Drink Coffee in Tokyo Eater The breadth and depth of Tokyo’s coffee scene make it one of the best cities in the world for drinking coffee. From its century-old traditional coffee shop culture to careful iterations and nuanced interpretations of every modern genre of cafe, Tokyo … Original published: 21 February 2017 […]
Eater Tokyo’s Department Stores Are the Ultimate Food Destination Eater For two years, I worked as a sommelier at the depachika beneath Nihonbashi Takashimaya, the flagship location of one of Japan’s best-known luxury department stores. Depachika are expansive, dazzling food halls that lurk beneath each of Tokyo’s major … Original published: 21 February 2017 | 4:00 […]
The Japan Times Okubo eager to make impact for FC Tokyo The Japan Times New FC Tokyo striker Yoshito Okubo admits that he feels “anxious” unless he is scoring goals, but the capital city club will be hoping to see him unwind over the coming J. League season as it goes in search of its […]
Eater Tokyo Neapolitan: The New Wave of Japanese Pizza Eater Tamaki makes a style of Neapolitan pizza that’s not quite NYC, not quite Naples; it’s something all his own, and something worthy in and of itself of a visit to Tokyo. Over the last 20-odd years, new kinds of Neapolitan-style pizza have taken shape and […]
6 Takazawa Eater Mike Bagale (Alinea, Chicago): “Grant Achatz encouraged me to go here and I was amazed. Takazawa is a fine-dining experience unrivaled in style in Tokyo. Yes, Tokyo has DEN, endless Michelin-starred sushi counters, mind-blowing izakaya, ramen, … Original published: 21 February 2017 | 4:00 pm Read the full Tokyo News here Some local […]
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