An evening at Hina-no-ryotei Jigozen
Many of Japan’s best restaurants are not listed in guidebooks; my favorite local restaurant is ichigen-san okotowari style, which translates
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Food and drink
Oyster Festivals 2018
Yes, the New Year holidays are done and that time of year is now upon us. Yes, it’s oyster season! From
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Nanakusa-no-sekku
Nanakusa-no-sekku [七草の節句] or the “the feast of seven herbs” is a day on which people in Japan customarily eat a
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Hiroshima’s Soul Food: Okonomiyaki
You haven’t done Hiroshima if you haven’t done Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki! Okonomiyaki, a savory pancake cooked on an iron hotplate, containing
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Eating The Stars
One of the nicest aspects of Hiroshima is that for such a relatively small city, we have a generous number
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Hiroshima Microbrewery Festival
Golden Garden’s Takashi Fukumoto not only set the foundations of the local craft beer pub scene, but he is also
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Tashinami Bar Atsukan Sake Tasting
January 19th was not only my birthday, but also a snow day, and what better way to celebrate than attending
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GetHiroshima Special Kaiseki Dinner at Kissui
Traditional kaiseki restaurant Kissui on the 15th Floor of the Sunroute Hotel which overlooks Peace Memorial Park and the Motoyasu
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Last Call For Kagetsu Arashi Veggie Ramen
For those outside Tokyo, spring has, for almost a decade, been the season for vegetarian ramen lovers. Is this coming
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Okonomi Napolitan
Show your support for Wordsworth proprietor Hiroshi Toda, and for Hiroshima, by voting for Toda’s Okomoni Naopolitan in the Kagome
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Diner’s Club French Restaurant Fortnight
516 French restaurants around Japan are taking part in the annual Diners Club French Restaurant Fortnight “Tous au Restaurant”, during
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Top Chefs Sample Setouchi Fare In Tokyo
Hiroshima Prefecture is working hard to promote the delights of its Seto Inland Sea coastline and islands – now widely
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Local sake strike gold in London
Local sake brews picked up gold awards in the sake section of the International Wine Challenge in London this week.
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Hiroshima seeing (Michelin) stars
Following Tokyo, the Kansai region and Hokkaido, Hiroshima gets its own Michelin red book this week. The special edition is
Read moreOyster Festivals 2013
Yes, the New Year holidays are behind us and that time of year is upon us. Yes, it’s oyster season!
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Kirin Ichiban Shibori Frozen Garden
Kirin beer’s attempt to exploit help drinkers concerned about dealing with the impending heat during Japan’s second summer of setsuden
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Veggie ramen. Catch it while you can!
I haven’t eaten ramen since way back in the early 90s in my days as a JET in Kyushu. During
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Miyajima kaki-matsuri Oyster Festival
We have been listing the various kaki-matsuri oyster festivals, held at ports all along Hiroshima’s Inland Sea coast between late
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Concept Ramen on Hondori
A bowl of steaming noodles can be just the thing on a winter’s day, so the opening of a branch
Read moreBritish Fair at Mitsukoshi
There’s plenty of comfort food on offer for the (meat-eating) Brit or Anglophile at Mitsukoshi this week. Local bakers Baps
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