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Croque-Monsieur, Japanese sake, Shizuoka City

Croque-Monsieur & Sanwa Brewery Junmai Ginjo Hiyaoroshi at La Sommeliere Wine & Sake Bar in Shizuoka City!

August 28, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Service: Shy but very friendly
Equipment and facilities: Spotless clean. Superb washroom. Entirely non-smoking!
Prices: Reasonable
Strong points: Local sake by the glass. Extensive wine list by the glass. Bottles on sale. Great local bread and pastries. Home-made light food

I have already said that I prefer conducting sake tastings in the right environment but not many places are propitious for that exercise or willing to help.
But La Sommeliere in Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City is certainly becoming a habit as not only I can conduct my tasting in the best conditions possible but also exchange views at the same time!

This is already my third shizuoka sake tasting article conducted there!

This time the sake was also made in Shimizu Ku by Sanwa Brewery!
Garyubai has become the trade flag of the brewery and the latter is one of the first breweries to put their “Hiyaoroshi/pasteurized only once” on the market in Shizuoka Prefecture.
It is a Junmai ginjo and genshu/no pure rice alcohol blended in, to boot!
Report coming soon!

Croque-Monsieur (“Crunching a gentleman”) comes into many guises, especially in Japan, and I wanted to savor Mrs. Hiromi Hasegawa/長谷川浩美さん’s own version since I’m sure she a lady intent on devouring her male competitors!

Served with its own salad it easily becomes a full lunch!

長谷川浩美さん’s is a sandwich version made with two thin slices of Pain de Campagne/Country Bread baked by Trottix bakery in Shizuoka City!

The filling is a combination of sweet white onion and Iberico bacon.
The topping is real home-made bechamel sauce with French gruyere!

Looking forward to the next double tasting!

LA SOMMELIERE

420-0857 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 7-5, Aiseido Bldg, 1F
Tel. & Fax: 054-266-5085
Opening hours: 11:00~22:00
Closed on Sundays & National Holidays
Entirely non-smoking!

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Izakaya, Japanese Gastronomy, Shizuoka City

Izakaya: Waga in Shizuoka City (Dinner August 2014)!

August 27, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Service: Very friendly and easy-going! Slow food!
Facilities: Very clean overall. Large and clean washroom.
Prices: reasonable
Strong points: Great list of sake and shochu. Typical izakaya gastronomy with a personal touch!

It has been a long time since I paid a visit to Waga in Takajyo, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City, a typical Japanese izakaya!
The problem is that it is a bit too near my workplace for comfort! LOL
Anyway I managed to go there again without being too much noticed!

Typical o-toshi/first snack: eggplant o hitashi!

Sashimi is always of superior quality at Waga!

Tuna/maguro and bonito/katsuo!

Sake tasting set!

A specialty of the house: daikon katsu!

Another specialty of the house: nankotsu age/deep-fried chicken cartilages! probably the best in town!

Add a tofu salad to this and you have a very healthy dinner!

WAGA
Shizuoka City, Takajo, 2-1-20, Kuroyanagi Bldg. 1F
Tel.: 054-271-7121
Business hours: 17:30~23:30, 17:30~26:00 (on Fridays, Saturdays and National Holidays)
Closed on Mondays

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Soba Restaurant Kishigami: Oroshi Soba, Shizuoka Sake & Home-made Ham!

August 25, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Service: very friendly, attentive and informative
Equipment & Facilities: Spotless clean. Superb washroom. Entirely non-smoking!
Prices: Reasonable to slightly expensive
Strong points: Ju wari/100% soba/buckwheat noodles. Tempura. Sake list!

Kishigami Soba Restaurant is located in one of the most beautiful locales in Shizuoka City just before the tunnel leading to Fujieda City.
Utsunoya alone is worth regular visits with its Edo Era inns and many hidden treasures in the middle of green mountains!

The trip is made the more valuable for the true Japanese gastronomy offered at Kishigami, including some top local sake chosen by Kayoko Kishigami, the eldest daughter who is also a sake sommelier!

Suginishiki Junmai made by Sugii Brewery in Fujieda City with Shizuoka-grown Homarefuji sake rice!

One very special treat is this homemade ham prepared very year by Kayoko’s father!

It is made with whole legs of pigs raised in Mikkabi, Western Shizuoka Prefecture which are salted, cured and smoked for a whole month to obtain a succulent ham which is neither raw or cooked! A discovery!

As for the soba it is just an embarrassment of choices.
Mind you that enables to order something different every time!

This time I had “oroshi soba/おろし蕎麦”!

It can be ordered hot or cold.
This time I opted for the cold version what with the heat of the day!
Such a soba dish differs from restaurant to restaurant, and I love Kishigami’s because it is lighter, tastier and healthier!

The “oroshi”, or deep-fried tempura batter, that you mix with your soba as you like for a delicate crunchy touch!

It is moreover served with freshly grated daikon and sprouts for extra zip!

“Soba Yuu/water-soup in which the soba were boiled” that you add to the leftover soup.
People afflicted with high blood pressure should drink gallons of it! Serious!

Elegant earthenware is an added pleasure!

See you there next month for a different dish!

SOBADOKORO KISHIGAMI SOBA RESTAURANT

Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Utsunoya, 232-2
Tel.: 054-258-5664
Opening hours: 11:00~14:00
Closed on Mondays and 3rd Tuesday of the month (next day in case of a national holiday)
HOMEPAGE (Japanese)
Entirely non-smoking!

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Fish, Fish Markets, Shizuoka City

Local Shizuoka Fish & Seafood at Parche Fish Market in Shizuoka City: including Bermuda Fish!

August 21, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

With all the persisting heat slamming us every day I was wondering what fish could reach us at Parch Supermarket inside Shizuoka JR Station.
And I did find manage to some unusual specimens!

I was particularly attracted by these dark fish!

The one at the top from Nagasaki in Kyushu Prefecture was quite expensive but the one from Numazu harbor was reasonable!

Kuromutsu/黒鱫、黒鯥: Black gnomefish from Nagasaki!

Sabidachi/さびだち(also called Kuroshibikamasu/黒シビ梭魚): snake mackerel, Bermuda fish from Numazu harbor!
It is a variety of barracuda!

Beautiful fish there, too!

I was interested in the long silvery one from Yui harbor, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

Tachiuo/太刀魚、魛: scabbard fish, cutlass fish!

Very fresh!

Typical fish from Shozuoka over there!

Peek season in Numazu City!

Maaji/真鯵: Japanese jack mackerel

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Shinto Shrines, Shizuoka City

Shirahige Shrine (白髭神社) in Kamiashiarai, Shizuoka City

August 20, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

“Shirahige/白髭/White Beard2, probably a dedication to great age is name found everywhere for a shinto shrine in Japan!

The (new) torii gate!

This fairly old on eis located in Shiuzoka City, Aoi Ku, Kamiasharai, right in front of a Shizutetsu Supermarket of all places!

It was first built in 1770 for a God called Takeshi Uchi No Sukune No Mikoto and its festivals are held on New Year’s day, in June and on the 17th of October!

The “original” monument!

As I said its torii gate is quite new!

Shirahige Shrine (白髭神社)!

An old but small and lonely stone hand washing basin….

two stone lanterns differing only in small details!

A mountain for both of them!

An unusual cloud and a prone deer!

But the deer here is standing!

No, this is not the main shrine!

Some of the space in this shrine was used to build a Community Hall!

“The Shrine is at the back!”

A venerable tree is standing witness!

You will find a small shrine at the foot of the tree!

It is probably older than the one standing on its left!

The main shrine!

Benefactors’ names!

Taking a frontal whole picture is not possible!

The money offerings box!

the shrine name and a very thin rice straw garland!

A side view!

The roof is probably the best part!

Good-bye, shirahige shrine!

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Shizuoka Beer Tasting: Aoi Brewing-Australian Ale (2nd batch)

August 16, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

While the third batch should available on top during the second half of this month, more beers from the second stand are appearing at Aoi Beer Stand in Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

This time is the turn for Australian Ale!

Served on tap
Barley, barley hops, live yeast
Unfiltered
Alcohol: 4~5 degrees
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: Dark orange
Bubbles: Longish head, Very fine creamy bubbles. White
Aroma: Dry and fruity. Oranges
Taste: Refreshing dry and fruity attack.
Complex. Bread, oranges, hints of mild lemon.
Elegant. Great improvement on the first batch!
Gently lingers on the palate before leaving on a drier note and late pleasant acidity.

Overall Elegant thirst quencher with a twist!
Reveals increasingly numerous facets.
Well-rounded with late acidity and dryness.
Keep you up on your toes.

AOI BREWING

Temporary address:
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

Aoi Beers are also available at Aoi Brewery’s two more restaurants in Shizuoka City, namely

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

and Mando:

Mando, Neo Japanesque Bar
420-0031, Shizuoka Shi, Aoi Ku, Gofuku Cho, 2-4-6, Mori Blg, 1F
Tel/Fax: 054-221-5103
Business hours: 17:00~26:00
Parties possible on 2F
Credit cards OK

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Shizuoka sake tasting: Eikun Brewery-Tokubetsu Junmai Homarefuji

August 14, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

This is the second tasting of a nectar brewed by Eikun Brewery in the mountains of Yui in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City, and I conducted it in the same place as before!

At la Sommeliere in Myuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

Note that this particular sake was exclusively made with Shizuoka products including Shizuoka-grown Homarefuji rice and Shizuoka NEW-5 yeast!

Rice: Homarefuji
Rice milled down to 60%
Yeast: Shizuoka NEW5
Dryness: 2
Acidity: 1.6
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Bottled in July 2014

Clarity: very clear
Color: Faint golden hue
Aroma: fruity. Banana, dark chocolate, custard.
Body: fluid, slightly sirupy
Taste: Very fruity and dry attack backed with puissant junmai petillant.
Complex. Pears, banana, custard. Late appearance of dry coffee beans and dark chocolate.
Disappears fairly quickly.
Drinks very easily. Really elegant and mysterious at times. Facets just keep appearing.

Overall: Superb sake despite the modest status of the rice grown in Shizuoka, which shows that not only if you have the skills to take it to a higher level Homarefuji is fast proving its value.
Beautiful aperitif when enjoyed slightly chilled.
At first I didn’t want to drink it with food but I couldn’t resist the quiche Lorraine on the menu, and discovered that it would do better than many a vaunted white wine with French gastronomy!

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Shizuoka Beer Tasting: Aoi Brewing-Pale Ale (2nd batch)

August 13, 2014 dragonlife 3 Comments

Another beer has appeared with the 2nd batch brewed by Aoi Brewing, namely Pale Ale, which is incidentally their second trial with the same type!
Of course I went to taste it at Aoi Beer Stand in Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

Served on tap
Barley, barley hops, live yeast
Unfiltered
Alcohol: 4~5 degrees
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: dark orange/persimmon
Bubbles: very fine. Longish head, white
Aroma: dry oranges
Taste: Very fruity and gentle approach.
Oranges, bread.
Very refreshing, straightforward and easy to drink.
Stays dry all the time with a little welcome acidity.
Not affected by food.

Overall: A high quality thirst quencher.
Eminently enjoyable on a late hot afternoon.
Drinks very fast, so be prepared for a bigger glass!

AOI BREWING

Temporary address:
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

Aoi Beers are also available at Aoi Brewery’s two more restaurants in Shizuoka City, namely

and Mando:

Mando, Neo Japanesque Bar
420-0031, Shizuoka Shi, Aoi Ku, Gofuku Cho, 2-4-6, Mori Blg, 1F
Tel/Fax: 054-221-5103
Business hours: 17:00~26:00
Parties possible on 2F
Credit cards OK

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Traditional Japanese Garden in Youshyu Temple (養秀寺) in Shimo, Aoi Ku , Shizuoka City!

August 13, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

If you cycle (or ride, or walk) along the Abe River, you are bound to find many a Shinto Shrine or Buddhist temple along the way especially if you keep to side streets/road between the main road and the abutting mountain slopes!

That is how I found this small Buddhist Temple up a short but very steep slope.
I do not so much interest in Buddhist Temples and their cemeteries, but you never know as you might find something out of the usual from time to time!

For people interested in such matters the name of the Temple is Youshyu Ji/養秀寺 of the Soutoushyuu/曹洞宗 Buddhist Sect!

This tiny traditional Japanese garden was the reason for a longer visit!

The whole measured 2 x 3 meters at the most with a miniature mountain stream landscape!

only a few carps, but big and all of diffrent colors!
That alone is worth a lot of money!
Mind you, Buddhist Temples in Japan, however small they may be, are always rich!

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Abandoned Shizuoka: Ivy Building in Otowa Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

August 13, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

In shizuoka City, except for obvious designs, a lot of ivy is almost certainly a sign of abandonment considering the mild and humid climate!

i had to cycle past it to finally notice this old building, obviously a company of some kind in Otowa Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

I actually noticed it first from an angle across a car park!

The nearer you get the thicker the ivy appears!
Mind you this full summer!

They haven’t opened windows for ages!

Covered with ivy on at least three sides!

I truly wonder what’s hiding inside! LOL

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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Sanwa Brewery-Hagoromo no Mai Junmai

August 13, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Hagoromo no Mai is an old regular brand by Sanwa Brewery in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City, to commemorate the legend of Hagoromo/Veil lost by a deity to a fisherman had had to dance/Mai to regain it!

If you can read Japanese you will find the whole story on the label!

It is a junmai, meaning no pure rice alcohol was blended in!

Rice: Gohyakumangoku (Toyama Prefecture)
Rice milled down to 60%
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Dryness: + 3
Acidity: 1.4
Bottled in July 2014

Clarity: very clear
Color: Faint golden hue
Aroma: Assertive. Fruity. Banana.
Body: fluid, slightly sirupy
Taste: very dry and fruity attack backed by puisasnt junmai petillant.
Complex. Banana, pears, apricots, nuts.
Quickly disappears on a very dry note with hints of greens.
Late appearance of faint coffee beans.
More coffee beans backed with pears and hints of dark chocolate surging out with further cups.
Varies little with food but for more pronounced dryness and acidity.
Marries well with any food.

Overall: Eminently enjoyable sake on its own or with food, although obviously conceived to accompany food, especially heavy izakaya fare.
Slightly chilled it becomes a delicate aperitif.
Its dryness and acidity make it a great accompaniment to cheese or chocolate!

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Quiche Lorraine & Eikun Brewery Tokubetsu Junmai at La Sommeliere Wine & Sake Bar in Shizuoka City!

August 12, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

Frankly speaking I prefer conducting sake tastings in the right environment but not many places are propitious for that exercise or willing to help.
But La Sommeliere in Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City is just perfect as not only you can conduct your tasting in the best conditions possible but also exchange views at the same time!

It was actually my second tasting in this very new bar and like the first one it concerned a brew concocted by Eikun Brewery in Yu, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

The fact that the rice used is Shizuoka-grown Homarefuji and that the yeast is the Shizuoka NEW-5 added to the interest!
Report coming soon!

I had thought of conducting my tasting away from food but sitting in front of a menu persuaded me of the contrary!

Quiche Lorraine comes into many guises, especially in Japan, and I wanted to savor Mrs. Hiromi Hasegawa/長谷川浩美さん’s own version!

Hiromi’s quiche is made without any dough, thus presenting a very light and elegant savory.
It is obviously designed for small feminine appetites, but it was prefect for my tasting, being at the time so elegant, tasty and well-balanced!
I definitely have to explore the appetizers/tapas menu!

LA SOMMELIERE

420-0857 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 7-5, Aiseido Bldg, 1F
Tel. & Fax: 054-266-5085
Opening hours: 11:00~22:00
Closed on Sundays & National Holidays
Entirely non-smoking!

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Kura, Shizuoka City

Kura: Traditional Japanese Warehouse in Shizuoka Prefecture 21: Old Farm House Kura in Shimo, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

August 12, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

“Kura” (in Japanese 蔵 or 倉) means “warehouse” or “Storehouse”.
In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era, as most of buildings and urba/village structures were made of wood, fires were the bane of society by and large.
However well-protected a fire would consume a house or buildings and all its properties within minutes.
Hence a special building or warehouse was needed to protect goods and properties against such a catastrophe.
But erecting a storehouse solely made of concrete, stones and some metal cost a vast amount of silver and gold and only rich merchants and nobility could afford them. Even castles could not be built entirely of stone then.

The other I noticed the pinion of a kura peeking over the greenery as I was cycling along a back road in Shimo, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City!

I didn’t really know what to do of it as the access seemed completely blocked.

Anyway I decided to walk around and find out!

I did meet a neighbor farmer who kindly told me this was not his, bit a neighbor’s kura and that I would have to walk around to find an access, if there was one.

I only met another farmer who also kindly explained it was another farmer’s property!
He mentioned that it was practically abandoned but that it served as a rice storage kura in old times!

Since then it had probably been transformed into a farm tool shack judging from the somewhat decrepit lower half!

But the front is still worth looking at!

Still a great window!

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Suijinsan Shrine (水神社) in Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!

August 10, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

There are many shrines in the Tomoe Rvier and the Jiroucho areas as they were nearer to the sea and the harbor in the old times.

The torri gate!

Although the name written on the torii gate plaque reads “みず神社/Mizu Jinja”, the locals prefer to call it “Suijinsan”!

There is a second torii gate with the the same name on its plaque!

Two fairly recent stone lanterns stand on both side of a signboard!

The shrine was built between 1624 and 1643 and its festival is held on the 25th of June!

The second stone lantern!

The main shrine!

The stone hand-washing basin under its roof!

The “smiling” lion guard!

The roaring lion guard!

The wooden money offerings box and the bell rope!

Can you see the bell?

The worshipers ring the bell by shaking (not pulling) the rope, before prayers!

The guarding lion and wild boar under the eaves!

“Wild boars” do very much look like “elephants” sometimes but the ears give them away, although this is very debatable!

Their golden eyes are also unusual!

That tree must have witnessed a lot of history!

A back slanted view of the second shrine behind the main shrine!

Great roofing!

The two shrines with roofs looking like waves!

Good-bye, Suijinsan!

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Fish Markets, seafood, Shizuoka City

Local Shizuoka Fish & Seafood at Parche Fish market in Shizuoka City: Including Splendid Alfonsino!

August 8, 2014 dragonlife Leave a comment

these last past weeks have witnessed extreme heats and it must be reaaly tough work for fishermen to go at sea even at night!
Yesterday I visited Parch Market in JR Shizuoka Station to find out what was available as local fish and seafood!

Beautiful red fish over there!

Kinmedai/金目鯛/splendid alfonsino!
A local delicacy with a great name!

Not cheap for a medium-sized fish!
They had been brought in the morning from Kogawa harbor in Yaizu City!

there still some beautiful fish left in the “mixed batch”, too!
Kinmedai/金目鯛/splendid alfonsino (above) and Hobou/方々/red robins 8below)!

Small but expensive Kuchimidai/口美鯛/haarder, redlip mullet-Liza haematocheila (Temminck and Schlegel)!
A local expensive grouper also going by the name of “Menada/目奈陀・目魚”!
Other names I will have to add to the lexicon!