Tabelogged: 漁火
I visited this restaurant on May 16, 2023, and gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.
Name: 漁火
Description: 屋久島町その他/海鮮
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Fishing Fire
Description: Yakushima Town Others/Seafood
I visited this restaurant on May 16, 2023, and gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.
Name: 漁火
Description: 屋久島町その他/海鮮
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Fishing Fire
Description: Yakushima Town Others/Seafood
I visited this restaurant on May 15, 2023, and gave it a 3.4 on Tabelog.
Name: オールデイダイニング カザ
Description: 京都、東寺、梅小路京都西/ビュッフェ、カフェ、ヨーロッパ料理
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: All Day Dining Kaza
Description: Kyoto, Toji Temple, Umekoji Kyoto West/Buffet, Cafe, European Cuisine
I visited this restaurant on May 15, 2023, and gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.
Name: 鹿児島ラーメン 豚とろ 鹿児島中央駅前店
Description: 高見橋、鹿児島中央駅前、鹿児島中央/ラーメン
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Kagoshima Ramen Pork Toro Kagoshima Chuo Station Store
Description: Takamibashi, Kagoshima Chuo Station, Kagoshima Chuo/Ramen
I visited this restaurant on May 15, 2023, and gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.
Name: 広東料理 翡翠廳
Description: 高見馬場、天文館通、加治屋町/中華料理
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Cantonese Cuisine Hisui Hall
Description: Takamibaba, Tenmonkan-dori, Kajiyamachi/Chinese restaurant
I mean, just look at this screenshot. I can confidently take a photo of a friend's hand-written note, search for one Japanese word that I knew was written on it to find it, then select the text and paste it into a translation app, maps, etc.
In Japan, it's customary to use a coin locker at a train station to store your bags, so that you can spend time visiting a place without lugging all your stuff everywhere.
Unfortunately, this coin locker only takes five ¥100 coins (I've been spoiled by newer ones in Tokyo and Osaka that take IC cards like Suica) and I only had a single ¥100 coin on me.
So I went to a 7-Eleven to change a ¥1000 bill to coins and the attendant told me that they can no longer break change. So then I bought a bottle of tea in cash, but because these days you pay with cash using an automatic machine mounted in front of the register, it gave me back one ¥500 coin and three ¥100 coins. So I still only had four ¥100 coins when I needed five to use the locker.
So then I turned around and bought a donut with the ¥500 coin in order to break change again and this time I received three more ¥100 coins.
All so that I could pay ¥500 to use a coin locker… always an adventure!
I visited this restaurant on May 13, 2023, and gave it a 3.5 on Tabelog.
Name: 草庵・中町井say
Description: 松本、西松本、北松本/そば、郷土料理、居酒屋
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Soan/nakamachii Say
Description: Matsumoto, Nishimatsumoto, Kitamatsumoto/Soba, local cuisine, izakaya
I visited this restaurant on May 12, 2023, and gave it a 3.2 on Tabelog.
Name: 中華そばマルキ商店
Description: 松本、西松本、北松本/ラーメン
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Chinese Soba Maruki Shoten
Description: Matsumoto, Nishimatsumoto, Kitamatsumoto/Ramen
Lots of good convenience store discoveries this week!
So much innovation!
I visited this restaurant on May 11, 2023, and gave it a 3.5 on Tabelog.
Name: かつ玄 本店
Description: 松本、北松本/とんかつ、かつ丼
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Katsugen Main Store
Description: Matsumoto, Kitamatsumoto/Pork cutlet, Katsudon
I visited this restaurant on May 11, 2023, and gave it a 3.8 on Tabelog.
Name: 風林火山
Description: 松本、西松本、北松本/居酒屋
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Furin Volcano
Description: Matsumoto, Nishimatsumoto, Kitamatsumoto/Izakaya
Had a great half day in Kanazawa, even though it wound up being a bit of a speed run. Omicho fish market and Kenrokuen garden are both popular tourist spots, but I found the local restaurants and bars to be really exceptional, both in service and food quality. If you like fresh fish, you really must visit someday!
I visited this restaurant on May 10, 2023, and gave it a 3.3 on Tabelog.
Name: 大人のてっぺん
Description: 松本、西松本、北松本/居酒屋
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Top Of Adult
Description: Matsumoto, Nishimatsumoto, Kitamatsumoto/Izakaya
I visited this restaurant on May 9, 2023, and gave it a 4.2 on Tabelog.
Name: 山さん寿司 本店
Description: 北鉄金沢、金沢/寿司、海鮮丼、海鮮
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Yamasan Sushi Main Store
Description: Hokutetsu Kanazawa, Kanazawa/Sushi, seafood bowl, seafood
I visited this restaurant on May 9, 2023, and gave it a 4.0 on Tabelog.
Name: 源左ェ門
Description: 野町、北鉄金沢、金沢/居酒屋、郷土料理、海鮮
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Genzaemon
Description: Nomachi, Hokutetsu Kanazawa, Kanazawa/Izakaya, local cuisine, seafood
I visited this restaurant on May 9, 2023, and gave it a 4.0 on Tabelog.
Name: バー スプーン
Description: 野町/バー
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Bar Spoon
Description: Nomachi/Bar
I visited this restaurant on May 8, 2023, and gave it a 3.8 on Tabelog.
Name: ちゃんぽん亭総本家 彦根駅前本店
Description: 彦根/ちゃんぽん、ラーメン、からあげ
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Champontei Sohonke Hikone Ekimae Main Store
Description: Hikone/Champon, Ramen, Karaage
I'll never understand cultures that synchronize everyone's vacation time. Similar to August throughout Europe, most Japanese folks get Golden Week off in May. The upshot is that everywhere is crowded, hotels are expensive, and there's nothing to do because everything's closed.
The first 5 restaurants I'd picked out in Shinbashi were all closed. Presumably, because their Tabelog rankings were high enough to justify the lost revenue. Alas.
I'm staying at a hotel with an (onsen-style) public bath and so I wore the provided yukata and slippers to the bath. But when I got out, someone had taken my slippers.
So then I had to decide if I was going to be the gaijin that steals some other person's slippers or the gaijin that walks through the hotel lobby barefoot like some kind of animal.
No good option.
I visited this restaurant on May 6, 2023, and gave it a 3.0 on Tabelog.
Name: らぁ麺 くろ渦
Description: 新宿三丁目、新宿御苑前、新宿/ラーメン、つけ麺
Which Google translates into English as:
Name: Ramen Kurozu
Description: Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku Gyoenmae, Shinjuku/Ramen, Tsukemen