Restaurant Review
Lull Kyoto, Japan: The first CBD cafe in Kyoto City
Totally legal, Kyoto City’s first CBD cafe, Lull Kyoto, offers seriously good smoothies and CBD-infused, high-quality Japanese traditional […]
Month: June 2022
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Sekai Soko, Kyoto, Japan: Hip warehouse cafe behind quaint machiya-townhouse
Kyoto’s legendary nightclub World Kyoto opened its daytime cafe, Sekai Soko. Behind a traditional wooden machiya-townhouse awaits a […]
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Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Kyoto, Japan: “Not in Kyoto anymore,” said my inner Dorothy
Unlike Japanese traditional “snack bars,” Brooklyn Night Bazaar is an obviously-nonconventional, sleek, and contemporary bar with a soul […]
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Muraya, Kyoto, Japan: Akira-esque cyberpunk izakaya “in da hood”
In an edgy neighborhood, Sakyo Ward known as a “makai” (hell or demon world in Japanese), cyberpunk izakaya […]
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Umi No Scole, Shiga, Japan: Fermented foods nowadays at ultra modern-rustic shopping mall
A cafe at the ultra modern-rustic shopping mall, Umi No Scole, in Nagahama, Shiga, offers Japanese comfort food […]
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Faina, Shiga, Japan: Blinchiki food truck by Ukrainian “evacuees”
2 Ukrainian “evacuees” and their family opened the blinchiki (Ukrainian pancake) food truck Faina, in Shiga prefecture, in […]
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BURGER ELEVEN, Kyoto, Japan: Chic and swish French bistro hamburger joint
Brasserie Café ONZE – the locally famous French bistro in Kyoto City – opened its first hamburger joint, […]
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Kura Sushi Plus, Kyoto, Japan: Uber-contemporary sushi chain in tourist mecca
One of Japan’s sushi chain kingpins, Kura Sushi (Kura Revolving Sushi Bar), opened its most updated restaurant in […]