October 28, 2014
Fall has arrived in Tokyo and with it an indefatigable sense of nostalgia, or natsukashisa....
September 8, 2014
Menya Musashi's namesake is one Miyamoto Musashi, regarded as one of Japan's greatest swordsmen and...
June 16, 2014
My trip to Kyoto was awesome for many reasons. Temples, new friends, raw nature, or...
May 1, 2014
It's no secret that I have a massive man-crush on Ramenate, a ramen blog written...
April 9, 2014
On Sunday, April 6, my picture and story was in the Kanagawa edition of the...
March 21, 2014
Oh Ichiran. I was very anti-you for a long time because of your bizarre seating...
March 1, 2014
Nagi, Nagi, Nagi. This one's been near the top of my ever-expanding ramen bucket list...
February 12, 2014
My new neighborhood in Tokyo is called Yayoicho, just a mile west of Shinjuku, one...
January 29, 2014
I'm on my longest trip to Tokyo yet. I moved here! They granted me a...
October 30, 2013
Last week a reader asked if I had tried Chibiscus. Apparently it had been compared...
September 30, 2013
I may have missed the recent LA Ramen Yokocho Fest due to an unavoidable trip to...
September 6, 2013
This was one for the ages. Jiro is legendary. It’s spawned a slew of imitators,...