Hints and tips:
...The hairy clam (ahem) I had at a sushi restaurant is not something I would recommend to friend or foe. But these moments, when you realise the limits of your own taste, are a good thing....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture by Ian Buruma....
...It’s probably fair to say that if you’re planning to eat at Ginza Onodera, you’re not expecting grim sushi on a conveyor belt....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on October 24 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...For a festive evening, I’d have a dinner of sukiyaki and shabu-shabu [thinly sliced meat dishes] at Imahan in Ginza, which has small, private rooms....
...; Price: Expensive; Style: Smart Casual; Food type: Sushi Sushi master Koji Sawada’s seven-seater Tokyo sushi-ya is hidden down a quiet Ginza alley where its discreetly marked entrance is obvious only to...
...The restaurant he has chosen is above the Ginza outpost of the luxury US department store Barneys New York....
...Sushi restaurants have seen business slide, with those in inner-city districts such as Ginza and Shinbashi reporting a sharp fall in customers since March 11....
...“If you have a coffee shop or a restaurant you can cash in every day,” says Mr Aleman....
...Y4,800 at Sakura, his Osaka restaurant....
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