Tag: Yaizu City
30
Nov
Izakaya: Minato Machi Okamura Ikichi in Yaizu City!
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IZAKAYA RANKING: +1~+2 Service: +3 very friendly and smiling. Easy-going but attentive Equipment & Facilities: +3 Very clean overall. Superb gender separated washrooms Prices: +2...
13
May
Katsuo Bushi: Annual Auctions of Dried Bonito in Yaizu City!
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Yesterday the annual katsuo Bushi (dried katsuo, dried bonito) auctions were held at the Yaizu Katsuo Bushi Suisan Kakou Kyoudou Kumiai/焼津鰹節水産加工共同組合 (Yaizu Dried Bonito Marine...
15
Feb
Yaizu Burgers at Bakery Kiosk in Yaizu JR Station! Part 1
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Yaizu slider! Service: Smiling and kind Facilities & Equipment: Overall very clean. Non smoking Prices: Reasonable: Strong points: Local ingredients! What’s that billboard on the...
13
Feb
Kura: Japanese Traditional Warehouses in Shizuoka Prefecture 10
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Partly stone-built kura in Yoshiwara, Fuji City! “Kura” (in Japanese 蔵 or 倉) means “warehouse” or “Storehouse”. In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era,...
12
Feb
Guiness World Record: Kappa Collection at Tach-chan’s Kappa Museum in Yaizu City!
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We do hold quite a few records in Shizuoka Prefecture but in Yaizu City one can discover a most unusual world record: The biggest collection...
11
Feb
Steam Locomotive CS 50 96 (December 1929) in Yaizu City!
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If you get off the South Exit of Yaizu JR Station, walk down the steps on you right and walk along the the tracks on...
11
Feb
Weird Japan (44): Ramen-eating Skeleton Restaurant Sign in Yaizu City!
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I knew there was something strange about that restaurant sign board in Yaizu City, even from a distance! I understand that some restaurants will go...
11
Feb
Kappa (Water Goblins) Street in Yaizu City!
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Kimono-clad female kappa! If you get off at Nishi Yaizu JR Station and go to the Kappa Museum, you will discover at one moment little...
08
Feb
Gastronomic Art and Humor: “Chawan Mushi (“Mushi”=”Steamed” or “Insect”!) at Art Gallery Pumpkin 2 in Yaizu City!
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Yuuji Iwasaki/岩崎祐司さんi holding a very interesting exhibition until February 23rd where you can both admire some very unusual art and learn about Japanese puns! Yuuji...
08
Feb
Art Gallery: Pumpkin 2 in Yaizu City!
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When it comes to art galleries you do sometimes need some kind of radar to find them! But it is certainly worth the search! now...
06
Feb
Gastronomy on a Manhole Cover: Bonito in Yaizu City!
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I’ve been recently disparaged in some corners for adding tourism, environment and manhole covers to this gastronomic blog, but I would like to point out...
06
Feb
Public Foot Bath Hot Spring in Yaizu City!
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When you get from Yaizu JR Station take the South exit and walk down the stairs and turnleft at the bottom. On your right you...
01
Jan
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 18: Iwata City
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A beautiful mint water manhole cover with a dragonfly in Iwata City! Iwata City, already an important city both for its industries and agriculture in...
30
Dec
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 17: Izu Peninsula (Part 2)
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A magnificent mint manhole cover in Itoh City with the characters of “The Izu Dancer” story by Yasunori kawabata! Another beautiful mint manhole cover in...
28
Dec
Manhole Covers in Shizuoka Prefecture 16: Izu Peninsula (Part 1)
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A beautiful mint sewer manhole cover from Ohito Town which merged into the new city of Izu No Kuni City! This time let’s have a...