Today is my last day in Kagoshima, and I finally got a chance to eat the famed kuro buta (black pork). It is native to this area, and is in everything. By looking at the meat you can’t tell the difference between regular pork, or at least I can not, but they have a black [...]
Here are some shots from the restaurant that Kill Bill was shot. I should have grabbed some interior shots, but did not think of it till later. The main shot below is ebi shumai with fried noodles wrapped around it. My favorite was the toro yakitori, which was to die for.
On a whim my friend Hilo and I walked into a little family run restaurant on his street, because they were having a 5 dollar special. The interior was very traditional, all tatami and chabudai. They served us a many course meal that was simply out of control delicious.
I got this bowl of ramen in Aoyama last night. It was the most amazing presentation. It was my first time to see nori written on like this. The cha-shu was spectacular too!
I am staying with my friend in Yahiro right now, a suburb of Asakusa. It’s a pretty cool place to stay because there are no tourists there, and it’s working class families. There are a lot of mom and pop kind of shops. I was told tiny soba shops like this are rare these days. [...]