Wabisuke

After shopping at IKEA Kohoku and Yamada Denki at Totsuka, we visited Wabisuke and had a nice zaru soba(Normal 900 JPY, Large 1050 JPY). We also ordered cooked polk (buta no kakuni); it's tasty, but was a bit expensive (1,300 JPY) considering its quantity..
We really like the Wabisuke's Japanese old-fashioned farm house.

Wabisuke(侘助)
Address: 横浜市栄区田谷町1396
Tel: 045-852-3050

Official website (Japanese only)


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Komorebi Yamazaki Hot Pool

Clean, relatively new, hot pool. It's good!

400 JPY/2 hours
10 JPY for coin locker (will be returned, so it's free.)

〒247-0066　鎌倉市山崎1330-39
0467-46-0505

Official website (Japanese only)


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Soutatu(宗達): dried kelp (konbu, 昆布) and white rice!

I and my wife ate Kuromatsu Soft, dried kelp flavored with the use of soft-shelled turtle soap. It was tasty!

Kita Kamakura - Kamakura - Zushi

I, my wife, and our baby girl went to a cafe/gallery, NEST in Kita Kamakura. They have American shorthair cats there. Their cheese cake (500 JPY) was good; coffee was not bad, or may be not worth 500 JPY, honestly speaking.

北鎌倉(Kita Kamakura)　GALLERY NEST
〒247-0061 神奈川県鎌倉市台1399-1　
0467-47-9540


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Then we entered Tokeiji (東慶寺) Temple for 100 JPY per person(excluding a baby!).

Some ume (Japanese plum) have already bloomed! I'm looking forward to bloomy spring.

Tokeiji (東慶寺) Temple
Address 〒247-0062　鎌倉市山ノ内1367
Tel. 0467-22-1663
Tokeiji Temple official website(Japanese and English)


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Next, we went to Soutatu(宗達) and bought dried kelp (konbu, 昆布); I enjoyed their products when I used ANA's business class to New York City and I have been wanting to have it again. Only their products and steaming rice must be enough!

宗達(Soutatu) 鎌倉本店
Address: 神奈川県鎌倉市由比ガ浜1-5-27
Tel: 0467-61-2190
Parking: Yes (in front of the store)
Soutatu(宗達) official website(Japanese only)


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... and we just stopped by Maker's Shirt Kamakura's head store.

Address: 〒248-0005 神奈川県鎌倉市雪ノ下3-1-31 エスハウス雪ノ下1F
TEL: 0467-23-9522
Parking: 2 (in front of the store)
Maker's Shirt Kamakura official website(Japanese only)


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Finally, Meshiyacchan! Both I and my wife enjoyed Kaisen-don (海鮮丼), 980 JPY. We really like it. The kind and friendly server was nice as usual and gave our daughter a little present (a ball which flashes when being bounced):-)

Meshiyacchan(めしやっちゃん)
Address: 神奈川県逗子市小坪5-9-1
Tel: 0467-25-4302


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What a pleasant day with my family!

Ofuna - Hase - Yuigahama - Hachimangu - Kitakamakura

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St. Valentine's Day

My wife chose a nice pink tie for me as a St. Valentine's present. I really like this maker's dress shirts and ties.

Maker's shirt Kamakura (Japanese only)

Uosa

Kaisen don! (1,500 JPY)

Maguro don! (1,200 JPY)

They have their own parking lot for only two cars near Morito jinzya(shrine), which is called "Ikeda ya tyusyajo":

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Uosa (魚佐;うおさ)
神奈川県三浦郡葉山町堀内1051
0468-75-0071

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Ofuna - Tokiwa - Kamakura - Kitakamakura

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Michel Nakajima

I and my wife visited this Michelin 1-star French restaurant for the first time to celebrate our anniversary. My mother-in-law took care of our daughter at our home. Our impression was that "it was really something." All the dishes were so tasty and carefully cooked. We spent 2-hour there and enjoyed these great work and relaxed atmosphere. We will definitely visit this restaurant again!

Me: Menu A (2,650(fish or meat) + 1,000(for one more main dish) JPY + 5% service fee)

Avant amuse: traditional Japanese radish in Kyoyo (Shogo in daikon, 聖護院大根) 

Hors d'oeuvre: Kamakura (yasai) vegetables, apple, and Crème brûlée with foie gras sauce

Plat(Main) - fish: Sawara(Japanese spanish mackerel)

Plat(Main) - meat: polk, creamy mashed potato, honeycomb, and vegetable

Les dessert: chocolate mousse, ice cream with honey, and kumquat (kin kan)

Cafe ou the: espresso

My wife: Menu A (2,650(fish or meat) + 500(for special dessert) JPY + 5% service fee)

Avant amuse: same as above

Hors d'oeuvre: Kamakura vegetables, shrimp, oyster, mackerel(saba)

Plat(Main) - fish: Sawara(Japanese spanish mackerel)

Les dessert: marron pie with vanilla ice cream

Petit fours: marshmallow, nuts, and meringue

Special present for our anniversary from the restaurant: gateau chocolat

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Official website (Japanese only)

Meshi-yacchan

I drove my car with my wife and our baby girl to Meshi-yacchan. I ordered Kaisen-don, rice with many kinds of raw fishes:
maguro - tuna
shiromi zakana - white fish
(boiled) shirasu - (boiled) white bait
ika - squid
tako - octopus

My wife chose kaziki(billfish)-teishyoku.

We love sashimi! This restaurant's server is very nice, friendly, and kind guy. We also like the relaxed atmosphere.

Japanese-only:
http://www.mesiyacchan.com/


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Ofuna - Hase - Yuigahama - Hachimangu - Kitakamakura

11th time!
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Hougyo at Ginza

We went to this casual sushi restaurant with a vistor from New York City. Compared to their other restaurants in Ofuna and Miura, the portions of sushi are small, propably due to Ginza's expenseive rental cost. But this budget-friendly sushi restaurant is precious in Ginza. Their sushi is fresh, of course.


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