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Food Reflecting The Geographic Diversity of The Region
When you’re talking about the food of Matsuyama, it can be difficult to separate it from the delicious food of Ehime as a whole. Nevertheless, there are some dishes that are particularly associated with Matsuyama.
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Cheap and Reliable Lunch In Central Matsuyama
Close by the moat of Matsuyama Castle stand the offices of both Ehime Prefecture and Matsuyama City government, and at twelve o’clock you can see streams of civil servants heading earnestly towards Baden Bistro for lunch. Working on the t...

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 Old Fashioned Menu And Service
For Itoko Ohara, 1924 was the best of times and worst of times. Business and high fashion bloomed in peace time, and for an impressionable 11 year old, her visits to the big cities of Kobe and Osaka took her to department stores like Takashimaya, made ...

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Royal Pleasure Garden To Enjoy Nature And Design
While Kyoto’s temples will charge you a hefty entrance fee, visiting royal property, believe it or not, is free of charge! However, you cannot just walk in as and when you please. Kyoto’s Imperial villas and gardens are locked up a...

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Kurama-area Shrine Dedicated To The Deities Of Water
Located in a narrow valley north of the center of Kyoto, Kifune Shrine is said to have been founded 1,500 years ago, making it older than the city itself. Legend has it that the goddess Tamayori Hime-no-Mikoto sailed from Osaka Bay...

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Warm And Relaxing Café Right Opposite Yoyogi Park
 
Located on the corner of Yoyogi Park, Bondi Café offers a great vibe, accompanied by good food and drink. Its bright and spacious nature mixed with a warm ambient light, makes you feel utter relaxation, further heightened by the bac...

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Tea And Kaiseki Cuisine In a Trendy Tokyo Neighborhood
The trendy up-and-coming neighborhood of Futako-Tamagawa seems an unlikely setting for a traditional tea experience, as does the exterior of the modern apartment building where the event is held. Yet when Nobue Matsuzuki, the pro...

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A Muslim Heaven in Japan Halal food in Japan, is there any? Here's my story about Halal Canteen at Kanda University, Chiba.
I'm a student of Scholarship Featured Program, studying in KUIS (Kanda University of International Studies). This university is located in Chiba City. The add...

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It’s quite normal to hear news of someone graffiting pieces of world heritage and feel a sense of outrage, but Kyoto’s Tandenan Temple actually encourages such scrawl. Our writer Masami grabbed a sharpie and went to check it out.
As she approached the temple gates, Masami couldn’t h...

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Magic Spice offers a psychedelic food experience just ten minutes from Shimokitazawa Station. The soup curry restaurant is an eclectic mix of Indian, Nepalese, Hokkaido, and Indonesian culture and flavor. The claim is that patrons will experience a drug-like trip from their spicy f...

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