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Tokyo: Tengu Izakaya

by gigi on February 17, 2011

Jenkins and I knew that during our trip to Tokyo, we wanted to try out an izakaya place. It was a bit of a challenge figuring out which one we wanted to go to because there were so many. After consulting a few food blogs and talking to my friend Victoria, we decided to check [...]

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Tokyo: Okonomiyaki Wahaha

by gigi on February 9, 2011

While Jenkins and I were in Tokyo, we met up with our guide, Chie, from the Tokyo Free Guide program. Chie spent about half a day with us and took us around Asakusa and some other neighborhoods and we covered her meals and snacks. It was a great experience for us, especially since Chie had [...]

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Tokyo: Sushi Dai at Tsukiji Fish Market

by gigi on February 1, 2011

One of the things I was most looking forward to for my Tokyo trip was my impending visit to Tsukiji Fish Market, the largest fish market in the world. I had heard countless stories from people going to the market and indulging in a breakfast of some of the freshest fish one can imagine and [...]

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Tokyo: Ichiran Ramen

by gigi on January 28, 2011

Our first stop on our Asia vacation was Tokyo. As you can imagine, I had a huge list of things that I wanted to try out and ramen was definitely at the top of our list. I didn’t do a lot of research to determine which ramen shop to check out but after speaking with [...]

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Narita: Hokake Sushi

by gigi on April 2, 2008

During our one evening in Japan, we were all determined to try some sushi. Our travel agent recommended a good place to us in the Narita city centre, but we got our directions mixed up so we ended up eating at the Japanese restaurant in our hotel instead. We were prepared for some inflated hotel [...]

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Narita: Beard Papa’s

by gigi on March 31, 2008

Since we were flying to China via Japan Airlines, we had a half day stop over in Japan near Narita Airport.  Since we didn’t get to our hotel until late in the afternoon, we only had enough time to shop at a nearby Narita mall.  I would have loved to zip into Tokyo but it [...]

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