5 great coffee shops in Matsue
Although best known for tea culture, Matsue also has a good coffee scene and its coffee shops range from stylishly modern to thoroughly retro.
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Food and drink
Tea culture for all in Matsue
Matsue, the castle town on the Japan Sea coast in Shimane Prefecture, is a place where Japanese traditional culture is
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Bar & Restaurant Winter Holiday Openings 2020/21
Hiroshima bars and restaurants opening within guidelines over the 2020/21 winter holiday.
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Supporting Local Restaurants While Staying Home
Looking for good food but trying to self-isolate? Don’t worry, Hiroshima Food Snob has your back!
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Get Hiroshima To Go
One of the reasons people love Hiroshima is all the great dining options we have and the passionate people that
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Latte for Your Life: Latte Art Challenge Match 2020
Baristas from near and far gathered in Hiroshima for the Latte Art Challenge Match 2020 and Hiroshima Food Snob was there see it go down.
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Hiroshima Orizuru Tower Roof Top Bar
Enjoy drinks on the terrace with an unrivaled view of Hiroshima until October 31.
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Treat Yourself: A Food-tastic Day at AEON Mall Hiroshima Fuchu!
Dear readers, the new era is here, and I have decided that Reiwa is the era to treat yourself.
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The Start of Something Good: Hiroshima Coffee Festival
On April 20 and 21, the very first of what I hope will be an annual springtime event, Hiroshima Coffee
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Night Museum Sake Tasting Kick Off Event
We checked out the first Night Museum Sake Tasting event at Hiroshima Museum of Art on October 4.
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Sake tasting with Picasso
Spend an autumn evening sipping premium local sake under the stars on the lawn at Hiroshima Museum of Arts.
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24h Pizza Vending Machine
This pizza vending machine is no longer in operation, but we hear that another is opening in the city center!
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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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Oyster Festivals 2019
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
“The feast of seven herbs” is a day on which people in Japan customarily eat a healthy seven-herb rice porridge to ensure give the stomach a break from the indulgences of New Year.
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Hiroshima Soul Food: Okonomiyaki
You haven’t done Hiroshima if you haven’t done Hiroshima style okonomiyaki!
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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
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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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Vegan ramen in Hiroshima. Catch it while you can!
Delicious vegan ramen is back in Hiroshima at branches of the Kagetsu Arashi chain for a limited time. Catch it while you can!
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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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