Tag Archives: Tokyo

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower (with October 2022 Update)

Posted on October 23, 2022 by findingfoodfluency

Kurokawa Kishou’s 中銀カプセルタワー, the Nakagin Capsule Tower, was completed in 1972, close to both the swish Ginza district and the Tsukiji wholesale market (aka the place where you, as a native non-Japanese speaker are most certainly not welcome, particularly at … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, East & Southeast Asia, Japan | Tagged apartment, Architecture, flexibility, Japan, Japanese Metabolism, Tokyo | 6 Comments

Hotel Review: Hotel Tavinos Hamamatsucho, Tokyo

Posted on October 17, 2019 by findingfoodfluency

Disclaimer: In exchange for two nights in a Hollywood Double room, I am writing this review. Photos are my own, and from the Hotel Tavinos Hamamatsucho. Tokyo-based Fujita Kanko’s newest brand, Hotel Tavinos, was opened to the public on August … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Hotels, Japan, Reviews | Tagged Asia, Daimon, hotel, Hotel Tavinos Hamamatsucho, Japan, millennial, modern, review, Tokyo | Leave a comment

The New York Grill at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, Japan

Posted on September 9, 2017 by findingfoodfluency

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: In `exchange for lunch at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, I am writing this review. It seems I can’t get enough of this hotel. Could part of that be because I once made Bill Murray laugh by uttering … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink, Japan, restaurant review | Tagged buffet, food, Japan, Kobe beef, lunch, New York Grill, Park Hyatt Tokyo, restaurant, review, Tokyo, views | Leave a comment

Kozue, The Peak Lounge, and the New York Bar at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, Japan

Posted on May 23, 2017 by findingfoodfluency

Disclaimer: In exchange for meals and drinks at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, I am writing this review. Although I had known about the Shinjuku Park Tower before, I have to make two confessions. One, I used to think … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink, Japan, restaurant review, Reviews | Tagged cocktails, food, hotel, Japan, japanese, Kozue, Lost in Translation, New York Bar, observation deck, Park Hyatt Tokyo, restaurant, review, Shinjuku Park Tower, The Peak Lounge, Tokyo, views | 1 Comment

One Nostalgic Meal in Tokyo, Japan

Posted on April 14, 2017 by findingfoodfluency

My first visit to Japan was nearly seventeen years ago. Before that time, I had only eaten Japanese food once, at a then up-and-coming Manhattan restaurant called Nobu. Truth be told, the memories of that meal are not good… The … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink, Japan | Tagged antenna shops, crab, department store, food, food fair, Ishikawa, Japan, Kanazawa, Omicho Market, satellite shops, seafood, Tokyo | 3 Comments

Cool It! Shopping Made Too Easy in Tokyo

Posted on October 30, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

Let’s say you pay a visit to one of the brilliant デパ地下 (depachika; department store basement food halls) in Japan but then realize that you also wanted to do some non-edible shopping. Well then, it sounds like you’re not me…but … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink, Human Nature, Japan, Languages | Tagged coin locker, department store, Japan, Mitsukoshi, Nihombashi, refrigerator, shopping, storage, Tokyo | 4 Comments

Quirky Japanese Kōban, or Police Boxes

Posted on October 19, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

I have a lot of photos from Japan, but this owl-shaped building in Chiba city may be the token entry for kōban (交番) neighborhood police stations. On second thought, that might be too generous – and incorrect – a term … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, East & Southeast Asia, Japan, Languages | Tagged building, Chiba, Japan, kōban, police station, Prussia, Tokyo, tourist | 3 Comments

Throwback Thursday: The Sofitel in Ueno, Tokyo

Posted on October 15, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

The Sofitel Ueno, overlooking Ueno Park’s Shinobazu Pond, was one of my favorite (weird) buildings in Tokyo…until it was demolished in between late 2006 and mid-2008. Heck, the Sofitel wasn’t around that long to begin with, opening only in 1994. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, East & Southeast Asia, Hotels, Japan, Languages | Tagged Architecture, belief, buildings, design, hotel, Japan, japanese, Shinto, Sofitel, Tokyo, tree, Ueno, weird, Where is Ueno? | 5 Comments

Movie Locations: Slurping Ramen in “Tampopo”

Posted on January 17, 2015 by findingfoodfluency

Have you heard of/seen the Japanese movie Tampopo? Directed in 1985 by Juzo Itami, it tells the fictional story of Tampopo, a female chef endeavoring to create the quintessential bowl of ramen. In other words, if she moonlighted as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, East & Southeast Asia, Food & Drink, Japan | Tagged food, japanese, movie, ramen, Tampopo, Tokyo | 11 Comments

Tokyo’s Shakaden: BuildingMyBento’s Mother Ship?

Posted on December 25, 2014 by findingfoodfluency

If I’m physically from New York, I’m incredulously from the Tokyo Shakaden (釈迦殿). Located in Azabudai but close enough to Tokyo’s Gomorrah – also known as Roppongi, Shakaden is in fact the H.Q. of Reiyuukai (霊友会), a Buddhist sect. Reiyuukai was established in Tokyo in 1930 … Continue reading →