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What we often look for in a lunch cafe is a place that will spoil us. We need an oasis of calm and pleasure during the workday. A cafe that is spacious, attractive and full of natural light lifts the mood. Naturally, we want the food to be delicious and varied–and healthy, if possible. Who doesn’t like friendly staff, too? Finally, affordability is a big plus. Cafe Omnibus in Bashamichi delivers on all these. Lunch sets for ¥900 include soup and a main dish, as well as trips to the salad and drink bars–dessert is an extra ¥200. Besides various…
Runners, take you mark. Wow, there are so many people. Get set. OK, I’ve trained hard for this race. Let’s do this! Go. And I’m off! With “Brian from Boston” written in magic-marker on the front side of my shirt, and “Virgin Marathoner” on the back, I embarked on my first marathon a little nervous, but in high spirits. The race was the Marine Corps Marathon, which winds its way through the monuments and historic buildings of Washington, DC. A couple hundred years of history is a nice distraction from the grind of the such a long run. While Yokohama…
The Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra, who dispensed hundreds of pearls of wisdom (known as “Yogi-isms”), once said of an Italian restaurant in St. Louis, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” He might have been talking about Miura Hanto in summertime, when the roads turn into parking lots, the restaurants are full, and the water is about as clean as you’d expect it to be, an hour from one of the most populous cities on earth. If you’ve ever lived in or near a beach resort, you know summer is rarely the best time to be there.…
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Yoshidamachi has quite a few excellent bars and restaurants for such a small area, with the fairly new Wa Barrel adding to the neighborhood’s entertainment appeal. Following the success of Barrel Pod just a block away, the owners opened this second location. Its emphasis is wine and sake, though the cocktail and food menu is notable, too. The bar is also open until 5:00 a.m. No, it’s not so people can get drunk and rowdy into the early hours of morning; it’s not that kind of bar. Rather, the subdued ambience helps create a space suitable for unwinding after a…
Winter Veggies and Macaroni Minestrone Soup (serves 6) onion 1 carrot ½ stick turnip 3 Chinese cabbage ⅛ head daikon ⅛ potatoes 2 bacon 100g garlic 1tsp paprika powder 10g oregano 5g thyme 20g bay leaf 2 whole canned tomatoes 300ml (seeds removed and mashed with a fork) water 500ml white wine 100ml macaroni 100g (pre-boiled) fresh cream 100ml salt to taste pepper to taste butter 30g 1. Peel all the vegetables and cut into 1cm cubes. Repeat with the bacon. 2. Add 400ml of water, 100ml of white wine, vegetable peels, and 1 bay leaf to a pot and…
tuna 100g octopus 100g garlic, grated 1 clove whole-grain mustard 1 tbsp Cajun spice as desired sugar 3g salt 2g apple vinegar 50ml olive oil 150ml tabasco a dash lemon juice ½ lemon wakame as desired red onion, sliced ¼ onion minced chives as desired Directions Cut tuna and octopus into bite-sized chunks. Lightly roll in salt To the grated garlic, add (in order) mustard, Cajun spice, sugar, salt, vinegar, and olive oil. Mix thoroughly. Add wakame and sliced onion and mix well. Sprinkle with chives.
“Yokohama is relatively small, so we all need to get together to achieve something greater,” asserts Masamichi Maeda, executive director of Kitamura K2, the famous handbag store in Yokohama’s Motomachi district. Active on multiple fronts, Maeda works tirelessly to preserve and spread the culture of Yokohama to the world. Displaced to Nagoya during World War II, he returned to his hometown of Yokohama after it ended. He started a career in photography once he graduated from a local art school. Often journeying to Italy for photo shoots, he became attracted to the distinct culture the country offered. His first forray…
If you are a train buff or a model fanatic, the Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama should be on your list of must visits. Even if you aren’t, you will still find much to harken you back to your childhood. Such attention is paid to detail that it’s hard to discern pictures of the models from actual trains. From the appearance of the scenery and the railcars right down to the sounds that the trains make, everything has an extraordinarily realistic feel. Two authentic conductor’s chairs allow visitors to take the controls of an engine and experience rolling down…