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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field

2020/4/1

To be honest, I was surprised. I never knew there was such a great view here. Until now, I have been to Happo-one right next to here many times, but this was my first time to come to Iwatake. I happened to come here because most of the Happo ski-lifts stopped in the big wind. Iwatake I felt that Happo-one and Iwatake have different skier types. Happo's is a technique-oriented feeling, Iwatake's is a free feeling. That seems to lead to the difference in ski area's atmosphere. Anyway, the Iwatake view is completely better than Happo though. Iwatake slope Iwatake ...

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Hakuba Happo-one Snow Resort

2020/3/22

Hakuba Happo-one at Nagano is one of my favorite and one of the most well-known ski resort in Japan. Japanese skiers and snowboarders who often go to nearby snow places also go out of the way to go to Happo-one from Tokyo, Osaka, and other place. They usually stay for one or two nights on the weekend. Of course I do that too. Skiing at Happo It depends on where to stay, first I usually get on Nakiyama ski lift and go toward the heights. Using Nakiyama-Triple-Lift and Riesen-Quad-Lift, it arrives at the same place as the Gondola-Adam. Then, I ...

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Machida-shōten Ramen shop

2020/2/10 noodles, ramen

Machida-shōten is Iekei (E.A.K) ramen shop. Speaking of iekei, it refers to Yokohama-iekei and it is one of the types of ramen flavor now. The original is Yoshimura-ya in Yokohama but now there are many shops of the same school as Iekei-ramen. The Japanese word "iekei" consists of two characters, the first one means "house" but the family is close in meaning, the second one means a group. The flavor of Iekei is Tonkotsu-shōyu(soy souse) ramen. The soup is mixed pork and chicken bone broth and soy souse, the noodles are medium thick type, and toppings are chashu-pork, laver seaweed, ...

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Tokyo Ramen Street

2020/2/9 noodles, ramen, Tokyo

Tokyo Ramen Street is very popular with visitors to Japan. Of course, it is a popular place for Japanese ramen lovers too. These best ramen shops area opened up in one corner of Tokyo Station in June of 2009. It is based on the concept of "first ramen shop comes to mind". In the beginning, there were four shops and there has since grown to eight ramen shops chosen now. 8 of the Best Ramen Shops Ramen Gyoku ; Tokyo Niboshi Ramen Gyoku is Niboshi ramen shop. Niboshi means Japanese anchovy, its ramen soup is a recent trend. Gyoku’s ...