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Decided to donate some clothes I wasn't wearing anymore over the weekend so I decided to go to the Second Street in Minami-Senju.
Managed to find some cool stuff along the way.
I was walking from Minowabashi and saw this nice looking temple, apparently called Koshunin (公春院).
It was a really lovely spot and I would have liked to take more photos but I had some luggage with me and also wanted to avoid taking any photos of the tombstones as I thought it might be rude.
It seems the temple focus on memorial services though and looked like a nice place.
The next spot I came across was just a really small shrine that seemed so randomly placed that I wanted to take a picture of it.
There wasn't much space inside the shrine are so it was quite difficult to get a decent photo, but I did the best that I could and tried to take a photo from the side street next to it which was also incredibly narrow lol.
The last thing I ended up finding was a statue of Matsuo Basho!
I'd not been to Minami-Senju as I've never really had a reason to go there, but I saw the statue from the corner of my eye and thought "Hmm I wonder if that's Basho" and sure enough it was.
It even has "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" (奥の細道) written below it.
Also, apparently there is debate about which "Senju" he started at (Adachi or Arakawa), so this is one of the statues depicting the place where he started his journey!
It ended up being a pretty interesting walk.
I'd like to visit the area again as there was a ton of cool stuff.
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Was walking past a park in Arakawa the other day and came across this interesting statue.
I think the name is read as Honda Takatomo (本田 貴侶) but it was difficult to find any information. I kept finding stuff showing the same statue but instead of "聖なるもののリピドー" they all show "聖なるもののリビドー"
I'm not sure what the differences are though.
Perhaps there are multiple statues in different locations?
All the ones I saw referred to this statue in Arakawa though so maybe there's a misprint or something?
Also I'm not sure what "リピドー" or "リビドー" means, but if anyone has any idea about what the statue's meaning is I'd love to hear it!
Either way it's a nice looking statue. I always enjoy finding things like this around different parts of Japan, they really add to the atmosphere of the city.
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先日は書けるスペースが足りなかったのですが、先日西大宮の福田稲荷神社を訪れた後、駅に帰る途中タイの小さなレストラン「マンゴーツリーカフェ」というカフェに立ち寄りました。
私たちはすでに食べていたので、私たちはただ座って、すべての歩みからリラックスして、寒さから休憩を取りたいと思いました。冷凍ドリンクとマンゴーアイスクリームを注文しました。私はアイスクリームが最高だったと思うが、私はそれの写真を得られなかった。
私はスイカの冷凍ジュースを注文し、それはかなり素晴らしかったですが、彼らは私が「ブルーティー」または「バタフライエンドフラワーティーアデ」(笑)を意味すると思う「マナオナード」(アンド・アンド・オオド)と呼ばれるものを持っていました。
それは私が推測するハーブティーの一種ですが、それは面白いようでした.私はそれを得ることを検討していたが、私は前にそれを聞いたことがなかったので、安全な側にとどまり、ちょうどスイカを手に入れることにしました。
この場所は東京の他の場所とチェーンレストランだと知っているから、今度は試してみるでしょう。プラス私は本当にタイ料理を食べることはありませんので、変化を試してみるのは何か素晴らしいことです
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Wanted to do Hatsumode this year but didn't want to go anywhere crowded, so I decided to go out to Saitama and find a small shrine to visit. Ended up at this tiny shrine in Nishi-Omiya called Fukuda Inari Shrine (福田稲荷神社). It was super small and not a single person was there so it was like we had the whole place to ourselves.
There was no real path leading up to the shrine so we had to walk through a plot of land that wasn't being used but it ended up being a really cool place.
The approach to the shrine was really mysterious and once you get past the second torii gate you can see a bamboo forest surrounding the whole area. It was really neat as I couldn't see any bamboo from the outside and didn't really know what to expect when I visited.
The shrine itself looks almost deserted but somehow still well maintained.
I wanted to go inside to look at the pictures better but obviously I can't so I just admired them from afar.
The temizuya/chozuya (or at least I think it was that, maybe this would be considered a chozubachi?) didn't have a ladle to wash your hands but maybe it has to do with corona.
Anyways, it was a really nice little shrine and is a great place if you're looking for a mini adventure outside of Tokyo.
Or if you want to do Hatsumode and avoid the crowds completely lol.
Also, happy new year!
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Went to a soba restaurant in Akabane called "Zenmi Kotobuki" (禅味寿).
I got the "天せいろ" (Ten Seiro "Tempura Soba Served on a Bamboo Wicker Tray" If I had to translate it literally I guess lol).
Cost 1350 yen and it was 大盛サービス (free extra serving of noodles).
And who am I to turn down free noodles? The choice was obvious and so I got the extra helping!
I really liked the atmosphere of the place too. The waitresses were wearing Japanese-style clothing as well, which made it a really nice experience.
I always enjoy visiting small shops like this where the owners have it decorated in their own style and you can see all of the bottles of sake or whatever else is used to create the atmosphere of the restaurant.
Anyways, as for the food, the tempura was cooked really well and the soba was the perfect texture. At the end of the meal they brought some hot soba water so I could drink the remaining tsuyu (soba sauce) as a sort of warm drink. Was a great experience that I haven't had in a while!
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Like I mentioned yesterday, I went to "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" over the weekend and there were a ton of restaurants.
The one that I chose to eat at was a tough choice, but I ultimately settled on "Do Miso Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" (ど・みそ 東京ポートシティ竹芝店), but there was also an Okinawan-themed restaurant right next to it called "Okinawa Bar Kafu" (沖縄酒場 かふー) that looked really nice as well, and smelled good.
Either way from across the isle I got to eat some delicious ramen while listening to the Okinawan music which was really relaxing and created a nice atmosphere.
I'm not sure what the ramen I got was called it was just the normal miso ramen from my understanding and I believe it cost ¥1100.
There's another one that looks similar, has a similar name, and costs ¥1200 but that's a white miso ramen and not the one that I got.
Either way, I'm sure it tastes good as well, because my ramen tasted great!
I really liked that the restaurant had metal cups as well, it gives the water a different flavor and always makes it feel more refreshing too (in my opinion at least).
One thing I forgot to mention about the building; if you open up their website, another futuristic feature you'll find is that the building actually shows the number of people in the building at any one time and also shows that percentage of male and female visitors. I thought this was really amazing.
I'm not sure how it's done, but they must have censors located at the doors or in other places around the building that can analyze body structure or something similar. Either way it's a cool place!
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Went to Takeshiba over the weekend and visited "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba"
I was in the area for other reasons, but just happened to stop by because the building looked interesting. Turns out I was right!
The inside of the building had a bunch of really nice shops and was showing a futuristic VR robot being used to stock shelves in a convenience store. I didn't stick around to read everything that was being shown on the screen but this photo seems to be saying how they've created a VR system where users won't feel VR sickness, which I'd actually not heard about before, but it seems to happen after long periods of VR use and is similar to motion sickness I guess.
The other photo looks like a simple picture of a sink but it actually has another really cool futuristic feature.
The little slot on the right can actually disinfect your phone using UV.
I couldn't take a photo of the actual process since I only had one phone but I tried it out and it was really neat.
You just remove your case or anything else you have attached to your phone and pop it in and wash your hands.
Takes like 30 seconds, about how long it should take to wash your hands, so it's a really convenient feature.
Cool place though, I definitely recommend paying it a visit!
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Went to Ootoya again and ordered something new.
The dish used to come with meatballs if I remember correctly but it seems they changed it to fried chicken.
Goes much better with the meal in my opinion and the grated radish over the top of it was a nice touch.
I also really liked the pumpkin croquettes, I'm used to just normal croquette's (I'm not even sure what they're filled with), but this was a nice change of pace and was kind of refreshing, probably because it felt very healthy lol.
As always all of the side items tasted great and it was all only ¥740, so pretty much a steal if you ask me
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Went to a place in Nihonbashi called Hakata Dojo (博多道場) and had a really nice lunch. It's like an izakaya but it had a really nice lunchtime atmosphere as well.
I ordered the 日替わり肉ランチ which cost about ¥1000 but it tasted great. I really liked the moyashi that came with the beef plate, lots of flavor and the moyashi were really juicy as well so that was nice.
It was a really nice place overall, I'd like to go back and see what it's like at night, maybe they have some special courses or something as well. I really liked the lanterns though, I think that's probably what contributed most to the place having a nice atmosphere. That and it wasn't exceptionally loud like some izakaya I've been to.
Also the interior was decorated quite nicely as well, besides the lanterns.
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先日日本橋で買い物をしていて、このアカベコを見て、本当に可愛いと思ったので、写真を撮ることにしました。
名前は私にも非常に面白かったです。通常の「アカベコ」の代わりに、これは基本的に「ネムベコ」または「疲れたべこ」であり、通常の広く開いた目の代わりに目が実際に半分閉じている様子を見ることができ、疲れた表情を笑せます。
日本の伝統工芸品が大好きで、特にアカベコが大好きで、アカベコの体験をしてみたいと思っていました。私は、アカベコのワークショップを試してみて、本当に楽しい時間を過ごしている人々の別の場所でいくつかの記事を読んだ。
私は子供の頃からパピエマチェを使っていないので、おそらくノスタルジックな経験になるでしょう。
もし私がアカベコのワークショップをやったら、私も「ねむぶいこ」を作ろうと思う笑
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