Archive for the ‘sightseeing in Tokyo’ Category
I introduced “floral piggy” from KamakuraGoro before. This time, Summer Piggies got suntanned and have smiling eyes.
They have two flavors “Chinese citron bean jam and White peach bean jam”. These lovely Japanese-style confections are best served chilled.
KamakuraGoro (Japanese)
You know Matcha is nice flavor for almost every sweets. In these days, we can see some Hojicha sweets.
Hojicha shaved ice is perfect for Tokyo’s muggy summer days! Not too much sweeten, slightly bitter, scent of roasted tea leaf, and chilling your tongue.
Hojicha (Wikipedia)
Shimokita Chaen Ohyama – Tabelog (Japanese)
This is a cafe in Kyoto that is inside of a renovated old western-style building. It has high ceilings that give it a nice spacious feel.
There are always lots of customers, but Kyoto’s relaxed atmosphere and the comfortable environment will let you relax. The lunch course was also delicious!
cafe flowing KARASUMA (japanese)
Like the background music, Hard Rock Cafe’s meal are heavy…
I found they serve veggie burger, the patty is made from beans, onions, mushrooms, and more… It was good, but yes, still heavy metal for me! XD
This is the place I like the most in Kyoto! We renovated a closed school building for making this museum. Therefore, we use classrooms as manga exhibition rooms.
In this museum you can read manga freely as you want! Some read manga in a hallway. Others lie back and read manga on a tatami mat. You can also sit reading manga on the terrace or on the lawn.
This museum holds a workshop for drawing manga and painting anime figures. We also invite a manga celebrity for a talk show. Here is the place we can enjoy ourselves whenever we visit. I want to live in here if possible!
Kyoto international manga museum
Mitarashi-matsuri, a festival that is held every summer at Shimogamo-shrine in Kyoto.
Only during the festival, people are allowed to step into the pond with deity water of the shrine. Soak feet in the beautiful and cool pond, light a candle, then have the water of the shrine.
This is a festival for people to remove their sins and impurities and to wish for their health and longevity.
Shimogamo jinja
Shimogamo – jinja shrine (Welcome to Kyoto)
Kapibarasan exhibition at Shibuya Parco!
I enjoyed watching original artworks, cute latest plushes, and standing signboards to take pics with Kapibarasan.
My hubby is big fan of them though he always denied. But many guys came to the exhibition. It’s happy to see boys enjoy cute characters :D
Kapibarasan (japanese)
Now here’s season of hydrangea (ajisai), it means rainy season :P
But we can enjoy all of the weather when it become a beautiful menu. I had a lunch that inspired from hydrangea.
All of the dishes were looks like green leaf and fresh flowers in the rain.
The dessert was stunning – affogato of cherry espresso with edible paper. Pour the vivid wine red espresso on the vanilla ice creams!
amalfi CASTELLO (the restaurant I went – Japanese)
hydrangea
