Backpackers’ Hotel: Momotaro International House in Shizuoka City!

February 13, 2016 dragonlife 1 Comment

All pictures taken by Robert-Gilles Martineau with the authorization of Momotaro International House.

Service: Smiling & very friendly. English spoken
Equipment & Facilities: Overall great cleanliness. Non-smoking. All basic equipment and more than usual. Excellent modern washroom
Prices: Very reasonable
Strong points: Short and long stays OK. Practical location in Shizuoka City. Close access to all shops. Personalized service

Yes, you can find cheap backpackers hotels of a higher level than usual in Shizuoka City!
One such place is “Momotaro International House”
It is located about 20 minutes walk straight away from Shizuoka JR Station at the entrance of Sengen Shrine Street.
Once you reach the big red torii/sacred gate at the entrance of the main street look for the entrance of the backpackers hotel on the left hand side!

It is a thin tall building whose entrance is clearly marked!

That’s the place!
Walk upstairs or use the elevator if your luggage is a bit too heavy!

You will find the reception office on the second floor where English-speaking Mrs. Shizuka Nishibata/西畑静佳さん will be waiting for you!
Check the many free pamphlets there for an enjoyable stay in Shizuoka City and Prefecture!
Don’t hesitate to ask question about the current events and attractions of our region!

Small common office space on the third floor.
Floors are separated by genders. The third floor is for gentlemen, the fourth floor for ladies.

All in all, there 9 rooms to cater for 13 persons.

The third floor for gentlemen.
Note that guests are requested to take off their shoes beforehand. Easy shoes are provided for quick outings for shopping, etc.

Hot shower room!

Computerized toilets with washlet and others!

Full laundry room!

Fully equipped kitchen!

Single room on the men’s floor!

Each room has a small desk and refrigerator!

And a TV set!

Bear in mind that due to the strict hotel fire safety rules in Japan rooms in such hotels cannot be completely separated, hence the narrow, but fenced, opening between the partitions and the ceiling! Guests are kindly asked to limit noise to the lowest possible level.

Each floor is equipped with a space for drying clothes.

A double-bunk bedroom on the Ladies floor!

Now, the ladies floor laundry room has been better equipped to satisfy basic ladies’ needs!

Actually, the ladies’ common room is more comfortable than the Men’s!

The kitchen is also of a different design!

A little finishing touch for the ladies’ floor!

FACILITIES

Air conditioning. Bicycle parking & rental. Common rooms. Elevator. Free city maps. Free internet access. Free WiFi. Hair dryers. Hair dryers for hire. Hot showers. Housekeeping. Internet access. Self-catering facilities. Linen included. Luggage storage. Reading light and desk. Tea & Coffee making facilities. Towels for hire. Washing machine.

POLICIES

Breakfast not included. Pets and children are not allowed. Credit cards not accepted. Payment all in cash. Non smoking. Taxes included. No parking available.

Boarding availability: 9 rooms for a maximum of 13 guests.

BOOKINGS

By e-mail: shizuka03032006@yahoo.co.jp

Through FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MOMOTARO.I.H/?fref=ts

By phone (only in emergencies): 054-266-6654

ROOM RATES

Small single private: 3,150 yen per day, 18,900 yen per week, 40,000 yen per month
Standard single private: 3,360 yen per day, 20,160 yen per week, 47,670 yen per month
Double-bunk room (per person): 2,625 yen per day, 15,750 yen per week, 38,600 yen per month
All guests must provide ID (passport or driver’s license) on arrival.
Monthly guest will be requested to pay a 30,000 yen deposit.

ADDRESS

117-1, Baban Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City, Japan 420-0867
Reception open from 08:00 to nightfall
From Shizuoka Station (north exit)
-Only 5 minutes by bus (100 yen). No 9 bus stop (Buses No 109~119, 124, 125, & 127). Get off at “nakacho” bus stop and 2 minutes walk.
-15~20 minutes on foot. Just keep walking along Miyuki Street

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Shizuoka Green Tea Shochu: Hachijyuhachiya Chakkiri Bushi!

February 12, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

Shizuoka Green Tea has been overused, and this in very dubious ways, all over Japan to create so-called “true Shizuoka Green Tea products” although not made inside our Prefecture and with untraceable ingredients.
Hachijyuhachiya Chakkiri Bushi by Fujinishiki Brewery in Fujinomiya City is the only authentic Shizuoka Green Tea Shochu. Full stop!

Accordingly Fujinishiki Brewery is the only one to dare advertising it as such in no uncertain terms: 静岡茶焼酎/Shizuoka Cha Shochu/Shizuoka Green Tea Shochu!

Rice shochu/rice honkaku shochu
Rice white lees
Tokugawa Yukari no Honyama Cha Tea variety only used
Tea leaves: at least 10% of total volume of ingredients.
Single distilling method
Alcohol: 25 degrees

Clarity: very clear
Color: transparent
Aroma: dry and fruity. Green tea.greens
Body: very fluid
Taste: dry and fruity attack.
Very marked green tea leaves.
Lingers for quite a while on the palate with green tea expanding with its temperature rising inside the mouth.
Extremely elegant and easy to drink.

Overall: A rare, elegant and intriguing shochu!
The rare kind that even ladies would drink straight at any time of an evening or of a celebration.
Thoroughly enjoyable at any temperature or on the rocks, although best on its own.
Will beautifully marry with any food.
A splendid gift to offer anywhere in Japan and overseas!

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Tax Exemption at Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City (and in Japan)!

February 11, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

All pictures taken by Robert-Gilles Martineau and authorized by Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City.

In 2015 Matsuzakaya Department Stores, formerly from Nagoya but now merged with Tokyo-based Daimaru Stores were among the first establishments to provide a tax exemption service to foreign tourists in Japan!
Good news for the latter when you realize that the refund will amount to no less than 8%.
But there conditions similar to the same scheme existing in many other countries, especially in Europe!

Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City, right across from Shizuoka JR Station North exit, consists of two buildings, the main building/本館 and the North wing/北館, also called Bekkan/別館.
For the sake of simplicity this article deals with the Main Building only, as the tax exemption counter is located on the 6th floor of the Main Building!

Note that Matsuzakaya Department Store has provided an English, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean multiple translation of its floor plan!
Simple multilingual floor plan leaflets are provided for free at the reception lobby on the first floor, too.

Freshly-cooked food on the basement floor. Such food cannot be tax exempted.

Vegetables and fruit on the basement floor.
Such items cannot be tax exempted either.

Packaged sweets and cakes on the basement floor.
These can be tax exempted!

Wines, spirits and liquors are also tax exempted!
Matsuzakaya Department Store offers many local sake and shochu among a vast selection!

First floor: Women’s shoes, handbags and casual jewelry, cosmetics, accessories.

Second floor: Men’s clothing/men’s accessories.

More men’s clothing on the second floor.

Third floor: Women’s clothing/handbags.

Fourth floor: Women’s clothing.

Fifth floor: Children’s clothing/Toys/Women’s intimate apparel.

Sixth floor: fine jewelry, kimono art, tableware, cooking supplies.

Very popular cooking supplies on the sixth floor!

Seventh floor: Event Hall/Home furnishings.

Eighth floor: Event hall/Restaurants.

Bear in mind that restaurant bills are not tax exempt.

Having completed your purchases for the day, proceed to the tax exemption office on the sixth floor!

The staff at the office do not speak English but a multilingual phone translation and interpretation will be launched there in March!

The Japanese side of the tax exemption counter pamphlet.

Bear in mind that Masuzakaya Department store will levy 1.1 % off the 8% tax for paperwork and other expenses. You will be actually refunded 6.9%!

The multilingual side of the pamphlet in English, Chinese and Taiwanese.

Please copy it and read carefully the conditions!

In short you will be refunded tax for purchases totaling over 10,801 yen (including tax) in a single day at the store for standard products, and 5,401 to 540,000 yen for consumable goods. This must be done on the day of purchase between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.!

For consumable goods you will be provided vinyl bags which will have to stay sealed until you have left Japan!

For more information consult Matsuzakaya Department Store Shizuoka HOMEPAGE
ENGLISH SITE
CHINESE SITE
TAIWANESE SITE
KOREAN SITE

10-2, Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City, japan 420-8560
Tel.: 054-254-1111
Opening hours: 10:00~19:30 (B1 and 1st floors and tax exemption, 10:00~20:00; main Building 8th-floor restaurants: 11:00~22:00)

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Atami City: The Hot Springs City of Yore in Shizuoka Prefecture!

February 9, 2016 dragonlife 1 Comment

All photos taken by Robert-Gilles Martineau

Atami must be the most famous hot springs city in Shizuoka Prefecture and in Japan! And one of the oldest to boot.
It has always been a favorite destination for Tokyoites in particular.
Shizuoka people do visit the city but in markedly smaller numbers.
The main reason for this state of affairs is that Atami is at the eastern extremity of the Prefecture.

The welcoming hot spring just outside the JR Railway Station.

The City counts 7 different hot springs more or less connected to Mount Fuji.
Be careful not to touch the water! It is truly scalding hot!

But you can take a foot bath at a reasonable temperature.
Bear in mind that at 16:00 the bath will be emptied!

If you don’t believe me, take a plunge! You won’t come back alive! It does look hellish, after all!

The city is celebrated for its plum tree flowers especially in February (and March if you are lucky!)!

One main attraction is the MOA Museum. You had better take a day bus ticket to keep expenses low as the city is half along the coast, half perched on top of steep cliffs. Walking is just a bit too tough. Bus is best!

One can enjoy great vistas from the MOA Museum and other sites atop the nearby mountains!

The park around the Museum is worth a leisurely walk in all seasons!

There are some great photos to be taken outside!
Unfortunately the inside is almost completely prohibited to cameras!

Inside the museum lobby.

Do have a look at the vistas from inside!

One of the rare sights allowed to photographers!

A grand view of the Atami Harbor! The locals call it the Japanese Napoli! LOL

The actual entry of the Museum!

They also have plenty of plum trees in their own park stretching over the mountain slopes.

Difficult to right focus!

It is a vast park that provides with plenty of physical exercise!

What did I tell you?

Next we shall visit the local markets!

Botarga/Mullet Roe/Karasumi/カラスミ!

The shopping streets in Atami City are quite old-fashioned. You almost seem to slipped back 30 years when you stroll along them browsing old-fashioned shops of every kind.

Once out of Atami JR station you will find two parallel streets going down sharply on the right. There you will find the epitome of land and sea products of the region.
Will you follow me?

Atami is located at the northern tip of Izu Peninsula, which means an access to an incredible number of fish. Can you believe that Shizuoka produces 50% of all dried and semi-dried fish in Japan?
And of a great quality!

These dried fish are shirasu/白子/sardine whiting. Rare of that size (and not cheap!)!

The himono/干物/dried fish on the left are not cheap either: globefish/fugu/河豚!

One Japanese confectionery typical of Atami is Onsen Manju!

Onsen manju/温泉万寿/means hot spring steamed sweetmeat cake. Many shops are competing with each other!

A great array of fresh fish paste cakes you eat either as they are, or as oden! Very tasty!

A giant Japanese brochette! The sign says to be careful and not to push the display with your hands (apparently some did with a disastrous result!)!

One great thing about Japan is that most (Japanese-style) restaurants display their cuisine as plastic models in their shop windows! At least you have a good idea of what is available!

More seafood left out to dry to become tasty himono! Traceabilty guaranteed!

More, including rare tuna himono (bottom right)!

Now, the beautiful kinmedai/金目鯛 (Top right) is expensive (but not by Tokyo standards!)!

Izu Peninsula and Atami City are also famous for all kinds of citruses!

Golden oranges/貴金柑 (front) are beautiful and expensive!
They tend to come up with a new variety every year in that region!

Now, if you want to eat sushi, you will know that the seafood is fresh!

Although this is a sushi chain of the cheaper kind, they have the merit to explain clearly the varieties and the prices (very reasonable!)!

Now, what are these?

Karasumi/カラスミ/Botarga, or mullet roe! You can find anything more traceable. This is a truly expensive gastronomic marvel, even in Shizuoka!

A last long look at the shops and then we’ll go to another tourist attraction!

Atami resort harbor/marina.

Strolling in Atami City, that is in the downtown area by the sea can be interesting indeed if you know where to look!

Don’t look up but down for directions!

Difficult to get lost!

There are 7 hot springs (including the one in front of the JR station), but I couldn’t find them all…

3rd one. Don’t put your hand inside!

4th one. The temperature was alright!

The 5th one. A little beauty!
I couldn’t find the last two. Pity, when you realize they have been used for hundreds of years!

The other major Atami attraction is the Baien Koen/梅園公園/plum tree Park!
It was created more than 120 years ago and subsequently donated to the city!
Let’ take a stroll!

I forgot to check how many kinds are planted there. I can assure you you need a few visits to exhaust them all!

Now, this is Japan!

Take your time and enjoy the sights!

Flower trees everywhere. You should come on bright sunny day!

A man-made waterfall! Great in summer!

A view from “inside” the waterfall!

Plum tree blooms…

Interesting tree…

Beautiful color!

Can you see the daffodils?
Spring is near and we shall to think and come back again in the summer!

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Saitama Sake Tasting: One Cup Series 1) Kikuizumi Brewery-Fukka Chan Honjozo

February 7, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

Thank to my good friend, mrs. Atsuko Kurata, I was able to enjoy a one cup sake from Saitama Prefecture!

The character on the glass is called Fukka Chan/ふっかちゃん! It is the mascot of Fukaya City!

It is a honjozo brewed by Kikuizumi Brewery in Fukaya City!

You can see both sides of the mascot!

Kojikome rice milled down to 65%
Kakekome rice milled down to 75%
Alcohol: 15 degrees
Bottled in February 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: light golden
Aroma: strong, dry and fruity. Raisins, prunes,
Taste: strong, dry and fruity attack
Prunes, raisins, muscat.
Lingers for a while on the palate before leaving with otes oranges, muscat, faint coffee beans and dark chocolate.
More complex than expected.
tends to become drier and mellower with food.

Overall: far more elegant and satisfying than expected!
Does splendidly with food, although will drink like a good dry sherry on its own!
suggested pairings: Izakaya cuisine, tuna kakuni, BBQ.
A great souvenir, no only for the sweet design, but for the fine sake inside. For dry sake lovers!

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Shizuoka Craft Beer: Aoi Brewing-Kuro Coco Stout Porter

February 7, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

For once, I tasted this very new craft beer by Aoi Brewing at Beer Junkies Motel in Shizuoka City!

Kuroi Coco!
Actually the real name is “Kuro Coco Stout Porter”!

Served on tap
Barley, Chocolate malt, Black malt, Munich malt, Dark Crystal malt Australian Galaxy hop, finely chopped dry coconuts chips, live yeast.
Unfiltered
Alcohol/ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 20
Natural carbonation
Production: 450 liters
Bubbles: very fine bubbles. Long head. Creamy. light brown color
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: very dark brown
Aroma: dry. Coffee beans, dark chocolate
Taste:very dry, deep and fruity attack.
Complex.
Coffee beans, dark chocolate, dry biscuits, faint coconuts.
Lingers long enough for true tasting before departing with more dark chocolate and more marked coconuts.
Varies little with food, but for more pronounced coconuts.

Overall: Intriguing craft beer!
Lighter than expected and very easy to drink.
Complex and eminently satisfying!
A craft beer for all seasons, genders and ages!
Suggested pairings: nuts, lamb chops, pork, cold meats.

Beer Junkie MOTEL

420-0035 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Shichiken Cho, 11-5, IMAKKOKO Bldg. 1F
Tel.: 054-253-6558
Opening hours: 17:00~25:00, 17:00~26:00 (Saturday), 15:00~22:00 (Sunday)
Closed on Tuesday
Parties welcome
FACEBOOK

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Aoi Brewing Co.,Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyagasaki Chyo, 30
Tel.: 054-294-8911
Opening hours: 17:00~23:00 (Monday~Friday), 15:00~23:00 (Saturday), 15:00~22:00 (Sunday)
Closed on Tuesdays
COD, Cash On Delivery only for all orders.
MAP
FACEBOOK

AOI BEER STAND
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 4-6, Den bill, 1F
Tel.: 054-260-5203
Opening hours: 11:00~23:00
Credit cards OK
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Some Aoi beers are also available at Aoi Brewery’s restaurant in Shizuoka City, namely

GROWSTOCK

420-0852 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Koyamachi Naka Building, 5F
Tel.: 054-293-9331
Opening hours: 17:00~25:00 (Mon.~Thurs.), 17:00~27:00 (Fri & Sat.), 17:00~24:00 (Sun.)
Parties welcome (reserve!)
Credit Cards OK
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Shizuoka Craft Beer: Aoi Brewing-Kurotonbi Weissen

February 7, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

New craft beers are coming fast and furious at Aoi Brewing in Shizuoka City!
Actually, there is a lot of experimenting going on as bottled beer is about to come out, too!

“Kuroi Tonbi/Black kite (the bird!)” Weissen!
Originally conceived as Brown Weissen TYpe!

Served on tap
Barley, Wheat, Chocolate malt, Black malt, Munich malt, Dark crystal malt, Topaz hop, Tettnang hop, live yeast.
Unfiltered
Alcohol/ABV: 6.6%
IBU: 23
Natural carbonation
Production: 450 liters
Bubbles: very fine bubbles. Long head. Creamy. very light coffee color
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: dark orange brown
Aroma: discreet and fresh. Biscuits, bread.
Taste: fresh, deep and fruity attack quickly turning to a pleasant acid note.
Bread, biscuits, deep body.
Lingers long enough for true tasting before departing with hints of honey and acid oranges.
Alcohol will surge forward with rise in temperature.
Tends to turn sweet with food.

overall: A new type of craft beer for Aoi Brewing!
Planned originally as Brown Weissen type.
Very solid but easy to drink craft beer!
Suggested pairings; nuts, cheese, pork.

Beer Junkie MOTEL

BEER GARAGE

AOI BEER STAND
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 4-6, Den bill, 1F
Tel.: 054-260-5203
Opening hours: 11:00~23:00
Credit cards OK
FACEBOOK

Some Aoi beers are also available at Aoi Brewery’s restaurant in Shizuoka City, namely

GROWSTOCK

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AOI BEER STAND
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 4-6, Den bill, 1F
Tel.: 054-260-5203
Opening hours: 11:00~23:00
Credit cards OK
FACEBOOK

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GROWSTOCK

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Craft Beer Station in Shizuoka City!

February 7, 2016 dragonlife 2 Comments

Service: Easy-going and very friendly. English spoken.
Equipment and facilities: Very clean and overall. Small but very clean washroom. Non-smoking!
Prices: slightly expensive but no charｇe. Good value overall.
Strong points: local craft beers on the tap. Various bottled beers. Beer pub food.

Craft beer is definitely witnessing a boom in Shizuoka City to the point that beer bars and pubs are definitely not enough to cater for all the beer-lovers in our city!
Fortunately enough Naoya Kojima/小島直哉さん has grasoed the need and opened his new craft beer bar, Craft Beer Station just within walking distance from the North exit of Shizuoka JR Station!

This beer-quaffing squirrel will become a collector’s item!

Located on the second floor of a building next to the west entrance of Parco Department Store it would be easy to miss but for that beautiful board!

Find the blackboard at the bottom of the stairs and start climbing!

Most of it in English!
6 craft beers on tap including 3 Shizuoka Prefecture craft beers: Hansharo (Izu no Kuni City, Izu Nagaoka), Baird beer (Izu no Kuni City, Shuzenji), and Aoi Brewing (Shizuoka City!)
No charge! No smoking! Cash on delivery payment! English OK!

Naoya Kojima/小島直哉さん at work!

The place, although a bit narrow is very convivial in its concept and it is fun to drink there with friends in very close proximity!

Plenty of drinks and food!
If you can’t read, Naoya will be glad to help you!

The 6 craft beers of the day on tap!
All from Shizuoka Prefecture!
Expect them to be changed regularly!

The craft beers shared with friends on that day!
All from Shizuoka Prefecture!

Fried potato wedges!

This was my first visit, a bit too short to my liking but expect more reports in the near future!

CRAFT BEER STATION (BEER IS FUN SINCE 2015)
Naoya Kojima/小島直哉さん

420-0852 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Kooya Machi, 5-7, Tanaka Building, 2F (a few minutes from Shizuoka JR Station North Exit, next to Parco Department Store west entrance)
Tel.: 080-6315-5143
e-mail: cbstation1@gmail.com
HOMEPAGE
Opening hours: Monday~Friday. 17:00~24:00; Saturday & Sunday, 12:00~24:00

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Oden at Yasaitei in Shizuoka City!

February 3, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

Service: Excellent and very friendly
Facilities: Very clean, Beautiful washroom
Prices: reasonable
Strong points: Vegan and vegetarian Cuisine possible any time, Izakaya gastronomy, local products, oden. Good list of sake, shochu. Wines also available.

Yesterday evening the temperature suddenly dipped and I was hungry as I still had work to do before finally heading for home.
It was then about grand time i visited a favorite izakaya of mine, namely Yasaitei in Shizuoka City!
This is the kind of place you can enter any time provided it is not full (and it can be at certain times and on the week end!), have a quick snack, a drink, a little talk and move out!
When you know that all the food is healthy and satisfying you need not worry about your health or weight!

I had come early enough as I know some delicious oden were ready at this cold time of the year.
Yasaitei’s oden are particular for the fact that they are Kansai-style, that is cooked in a light broth, as opposed to the very dark soup prevalent in this city. Although both are delicious, the former is far healthier!

But before my oden were prepared I had ordered a glass of fine shochu from Amami Island in Kyushu and sipped it on the rocks with my o-toshi (snack coming with the first drink): seaweed, grated Japanese yam and shirasu/sardine whiting!

My oden plate served in traditional pottery dish with plenty of broth and chopped scallion and some yuzukoshio/yuzu and pepper seasoning!

Chikuwa/fish paste tube, ganmodoki/deep-fried soft tofu, ito konnyaku/Hard jelly filaments made with the tuber of a konjac.

And daikon under the chikuwa, simmered to a great softness and very elegant taste!
“Oden” can be translated with the French word “Japanese Pot-au-feu!”
I wish I could cook it for my friends back home in France!

YASAITEI/やさい亭

Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Tokiwa-Cho, 1-6-2 Green Heights Wamon 1-C
Tel.: 054-2543277
Business hours: 17:30~22:00
Closed on Sundays
Reservations highly recommended
Seating: 6 at counter + 14 at tables
Set Courses: 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 yen
Individual orders (carte) welcome
Parties welcome

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Shizuoka Craft Beer: Baird Beer The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale (Tasted at Hug Coffee Espresso in Shizuoka City!)

February 1, 2016 dragonlife Leave a comment

Hug Coffee Espresso Roaster just behind Cenova Department Store in Shizuoka City is known for serving limited brews by Baird Beer (Shuzenji, Shizuoka Prefeｃture) and I certainly never miss them!

The latest one: The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale!

“Mikan” are mandarin oranges grown in Shizuoka Prefecture!

Name: Baird Beer The Carpenter’s Mikあｎ Ale
Bottle contents: 330 ml
Wheat, wheat malt, mikan (mandarin oranges), hops, sugars, yeast
Double fermentation
Unfiltered
ABV: 7%

Bubbles: very fine bubbles. Long head. creamy, white
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: orange
Aroma: very fresh, dry and fruity. Oranges, faint biscuits
Taste: Dry and fruity attack.
Oranges.
Lingers long enough for true tasting before departing on a more acid note and more oranges and lemon.
Sweetish biscuits tend to appear before leaving place to dry oranges.

Overall: Splendid craft fruit beer!
Great balance with a remarkable acid finish.
Very elegant for a fruit craft beer!
Will please every gender of any age all year round (that is if it is still available!)!
Another beauty by Baird Beer!

HUG COFFEE ESPRESSO ROASTER

420-0857 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Tenma Cho, 8-1-1, Sunrose Bldg., 1F, No. 1-2-8
Opening hours: 12:00~24:00
Closed on Tuesdays
Non-smoking!
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Vegan Bread at Tsuchikiri Bakery in Shizuoka City!

February 1, 2016 dragonlife 4 Comments

I eat bread every morning, therefore I wish to something not only decent but very tasty for my first meal of the day!

In Shizuoka City we are actually blessed with quite a few artisanal bakeries and Tsuchikiri Bakery is one of them, but you must be prepared to visit it at definite times as their bread will be sold out within a blink of the eye!

Actually the bakery has moved only recently to its new address at a crossroads in Jyoto Cho, quite away from the busy Kitakaido Street!

The place is run by ever smiling mother and daughter team who bake their bread twice a day and sell it at 10:00 and 13:30 From Tuesday to Saturday!
Since it is overwhelmingly popular customers can purchase only up 2 of each of the three kinds of bread on offer per person. As far as I know reservations are not accepted!

Loaves on display will be cut into standard portions accordingly to order: whole. from 2 to 10 slices!

The three types of loaves. Prices are for a standard portion!

Raisins bread (not vegan), Plain bread (“yamagata”. Vegan!) and Three-cereal bread (Vegan!)!
Not cheap, I agree, but one of the healthiest bread in town! Industrial bread just does not compare!

My choice of the day, which would be perfect for vegans who want their vegan bread made without eggs or dairy products: Job’s tears/Adlay (“hato mugi” in Japanese), rye and whole rice!
Moreover the yeast is natural!

Your standard loaf one cut is packed and handed to you in a paper bag!

Out of the bag!

Bear in mind that such bread, being not made with eggs or dairy products, is very soft out of the oven.
I eat it the following morning plain or toasted!

And if your standard loaf was cut first out of the main loaf you will get the yummy end as service!

TSUCHIKRI BAKERY/土切製缶

Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Jyoto Cho, 4-4(NTT and Mini Stop Shop crossroads)
Tel.: 054-245-1661
Opening hours: 10:00~17:30
Freshly baked bread at 10:00 and 13:30
Closed on Sundays and mondays

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