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Yamaso-Oyster Wholesaler at Ota Shijo
So, where to buy raw oysters year-round in Tokyo? When the great oyster bar bargains are over, and if you can shuck your own oysters, Yamaso is the place. This oyster wholesaler sits right in the Suisan-to, or the warehouse like building for handling the marine products, at the Ota Shijo. They specialize in imported [...]
Ota Wholesale Market: A Great Tsukiji Alternative
Back in the midst of the Norovirus scare that spread across the whole nation, we went ahead and planned an oyster dinner for some friends at home anyway. But during that winter of 2007 it appeared that raw oysters had simply disappeared completely from markets and restaurants because a health report from the government somewhat [...]
Is Tsukiji Wholesale Market Open to the Public?
Photo: Sign at Tsukiji A while back,I picked up a printed Tsukiji Vistor’s Guide in English issued by Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale market at Tsukiji Seimon entrance. After searching for an official site listing the actual rules for visiting Tsukiji and I could not find any, so I went back to the brochure. The brochure [...]
Attention to all oyster lovers in Tokyo!
Photo: Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda July seems like the time for great bargains, well, for oyster lovers. If you feel like raw oysters and cool wine, there are several specials in July in Tokyo. 1. Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda is having a special campaign until July 31, 2009. [...]
Koganeimo
Photo: Wrapped up Koganeimo Voila! I managed to take some pictures of the treat I saved for Te-chan yesterday before it was gone. Here are some pictures of Koganeimo, or golden sweet potato. The filling is made of sweet bean paste colored with turmeric. Then it is coated with powdered Cinnamon sugar. Mmm… Decadent! Koganeimo [...]
Sweetfish
Sweet Ayu I bought this fish from my favorite window-shopping spot in Ningyocho on the way home from my tea lesson today. Kotobukido, in Ningyocho, specializes in delicate Kyogashi sweets that always fascinate and lure me to stop and stare in the window. They have such simple but eye-catching displays of seasonal items. This time [...]
Dishes from Japan’s biggest lake
At Kitashina Omi Takashima station lies on the west coast of Lake Biwa in Shiga only one hour away from Kyoto by local JR train. With that kind of proximity to the ancient capital, I was expecting another commuter suburb with an AEON or equivalent generic shopping center and a Tsutaya. When we arrived at [...]
Japan’s Tasty Secrets Revealed – Regional food guide in English
After an arduous selection process lasting more than one year, 1650 regional dishes, both traditional and new, nominated from all over Japan were narrowed down to a final 100. That list has been translated into English and became available yesterday as a pdf download or as a printed copy published by the Agriculture, Forestry and [...]
Pictures of food: Ishikawa
We’ve had plenty of long posts at Tokyofoodcast lately, so I thought to put up a simple food and sake slideshow of all the goodness we had in Kanazawa and other parts of Ishikawa prefecture. Delicious food and sake are waiting for you there. Hope you get through all thirty-two pictures without getting too hungry! [...]
Kaiseki Journal 3: Seika-no-tenshin
Please visit the first post of Tokyofoodcast Kaiseki Journal 1, Shoburo-no-kaiseki to find out about cha-kaiseki and story behind this series. Starting sometime around mid-June, all I want to eat is simple cold noodles and salad to battle the unbearable heat and humidity. During the summer, the whole country flees to kakigori, hiyashi chuka, and [...]
Sake Tourism
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