Ark Hills in Tokyo has a good selection of restaurants and bars to chill at after a day of exploring Tokyo.
Aux Bacchanales, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Bubby’s New York, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
One thing that you miss when you travel in Asia is a decent coffee. And NO, Starbucks is NOT coffee!
Bubby's New York, Ark Hills, Tokyo, Japan
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Craft Beer Tap, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
It was my penultimate day in Tokyo and had decided to head over to Akihabara to check out the gadget shops on a Sunday afternoon.
Craft Tap Beer, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
Yakitei Juju, Nara, Japan
Nara, about an hour’s train ride east of Osaka, was the first permanent capital of Japan back between 710 and 794.
Yakitei Juju, Nara, Japan
The Western area of the city is full of magnificent temples and shrines and thousands of roaming wild, but relatively tame, deer.
After several hours exploring Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji I was walking back to Nara station looking for an Okonomiyaki restaurant that I had spied earlier on in the day. The restaurant was called Yakitei Juju.
It was mid afternoon by the time I climbed the stairs to find only a handful of diners enjoying their meals.
Despite it being quiet it took some time to grab the attention of the server to get an English menu, but I soon had a beer and an Okonomiyaki on the way. Okonomiyaki takes a little while to cook, so given the warm weather and over 10km I’d already walked, a second beer was ordered just as my meal was ready to be served.
At this particular restaurant they cook the Okonomiyaki in the kitchen then place it on a smaller hotplate in your table to keep your meal hot while you eat it.
In all, a decent Okonomiyaki to tide me over for the hour train ride back to Osaka.
The Hardware Societe, Melbourne, Australia
I’m not normally a brunch person, normally opting for a sleep in and then some coffee at home on a weekend morning, rather than having to do the whole shower and dress routine on a day of leisure.
But today was different. A friend who was a former colleague from interstate was in town and since we couldn’t catch up during the week we decided to have brunch before she flew home. We also invited one of our former colleagues to make a threesome.
A quick google search for a brunch place in the CBD bought up The Hardware Societe on Hardware Street. I’d walked past it hundreds of time but never noticed it.
The Hardware Societe, Melbourne, Australia
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