All posts by Valerie Sawatzky

  • Namja Town and its weird ice cream flavors

    We visited Fukuburo Dessert Yokocho, one of two food courts at indoor theme park NamjaTown on the 2nd floor of Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City.   Sunshine City is a large commercial complex with kiddie attractions like a museum, planetarium,...

    • Posted November 15, 2021
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  • Yokohama Sankeien Garden: Beauty, Tranquility, History

    Sankei-en is the legacy of Yokohama silk trader Tomitaro Hara, more widely known by his pseudonym, Sankei Hara. The expansive outer gardens, originally Hara’s private residence, were opened to the public in 1906, keeping true to Hara’s...

    • Posted May 28, 2017
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  • Manrikiya Japanese Noodle restaurant

    “Irrashaimasse!” At the Manrikiya noodle shop, customers really feel like they are being welcomed into someone’s warm, homey kitchen. While noodles and other tasty dishes are filling the open kitchen with steam, staff in colorful headscarves bustle...

    • Posted May 27, 2017
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  • Setagaya Park

    • Posted June 7, 2006
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  • Baji Koen

    • Posted April 7, 2006
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