Fishermen’s Grotto #9
Fishermen’s Grotto #9 is an upscale seafood restaurant founded in 1935. The last time I came, I was seated on floor 1, but today I had a spacious, relaxing seat on floor 2. A…
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Botchan Train
The “Botchan Train” is a means of transport connecting central Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture with Dogo Onsen. It is a matchbox-like streetcar built to the same size as the original…
Dogo Beer Hall
Dogo Beer Hall is directly across from the Dogo Onsen Honkan. It is ideal for stopping by after taking a bath at Dogo Onsen. It happened to be snowing, and the seats by the window…
Rabbit Ridge + Balistreri
I took a quick inventory of the wine at home. Here are 2 selections from it. The first is a Grand Reserve from Rabbit Ridge Winery. I bought it at the Healdsburg tasting room, perh…
Nakijin Castle Ruins (World Heritage Site, Okinawa)
It was already around dusk when I arrived at the Nakijin Castle Ruins. It happened to be cherry blossom season, and deep-pink cherry blossoms bloomed on both sides of the road lead…
Itokazu Abuchiragama (Tamagusuku Village, Okinawa)
Itokazu Abuchiragama is a cave shelter in Itokazu, Tamagusuku Village, in the southern part of Okinawa Island. Members of the Himeyuri Student Corps and others were assigned there,…
Shuri Castle (Naha, Okinawa)
It takes a full 3 hours to go around Shuri Castle. Shuri Castle was founded in the 1400s, but was almost completely destroyed in World War II and has only recently been rebuilt. Th…
Shuri Soba (Naha, Okinawa)
I had thought Okinawa soba was not especially delicious. That was my impression after eating it at Okinawan restaurants in Tokyo. But I was sorely mistaken. The Okinawa soba at Shu…
Laguna Garden Hotel (Ginowan, Okinawa)
The Laguna Garden Hotel is located about 12 kilometers north of Naha. It is affiliated with ANA, and water flows through the lounge, which can be looked down upon from the lobby, v…
Urizun (Naha, Okinawa)
Urizun is located right next to Asato Station. In the 33 years since it opened, it has operated alongside Okinawa’s reversion to Japan as a place where customers can drink ev…