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Train Food and Seasonal Everything in Japan: Sakura Onigiri, Nanohana Tempura Onigiri

Posted in Japanese culture, omiyage, rice dishes (ご飯類), veg on Mar 29th, 2008

Train Food and Seasonal Everything in Japan: Sakura Onigiri, Nanohana Tempura Onigiri (さくらおにぎり・菜の花天婦羅おにぎり)

Just before catching a bullet back to Kyoto, I ducked into the omiyage/gourmet food court at Shinagawa Shinkansen Station (in Tokyo) to get some omiyage for Paku and some ‘bento’ for my two and a half hour train ride back to ‘old’ Japan.

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Owariya — 540 Year Old Soba Restaurant

Posted in machiya (町家), near sightseeing spot, noddles (麺類), rice dishes (ご飯類), shinise, soba, veg, wagashi on Dec 11th, 2007

Owariya — 540 Year Old Soba Restaurant 本家尾張屋

Owariya, a purveyor to the Imperial Household, has a history that goes back over five hundred and forty years. It is the oldest noodle shop in Kyoto.
Over the centuries, Owariya has served emperors and shoguns as well as the monks of many of the temples of Kyoto.
Owariya is [...]

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