Sun Tsugaru Apple

Tsugaru (sun tsugaru) is one of the tasty early apples.  It is very juicy, not too sours, and texture is soft.

It is originally produced (hybrid Golden Delicious and Jonathan) at Aomori lab in 1930.  And Tsugaru was named in 1973.

Sun Tsugaru

average price is 100 yen

Season:  mid August to mid September
Best to eat: mid September

Tokyo Is Bakery Paradise!

Tokyo is a center of quality bakeries.  There are so many bakeries including internationally renowned stores, and its number is expanding each year.

Le Petit Mec is opened April 2009 as a part of remodeling of Marui Honkan in Shinjuku.

Le Petit Mec's home store is in Kyoto, and this Tokyo brunch is opened as the third store.  (Two are in Kyoto, and one is in Tokyo.)

Baguettes

262 yen each

The signatures are baguette, campagne and croissant.

They are baked with traditional french recipe.

Apple Tart Fin

315 yen

This apple tart is so good!

[Le Petit Mec TOKYO]

3-30-13 Shinjuku Marui Honkan 1F

Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

Le Petit Mec is on the Shinjuku street.

Best Hit burger at McDonald's Japan

McDonald's Japan brought back its Japanese original burger, Chicken-Tatsuta from September 25 until October 15, 2009 as a part of "NIPPON ALL STARS" promotion.

However, this limited time offer hit so well and sold out earlier than it had planned. (The offer ended in October 10.)

Chicken Tatsuta

Price: 300 - 320 yen

Therefore, the company decided to resale Chicken Tatsuta between mid-December and early January 2010. It's a good news for those who missed it.

Dessert TOFU?

TOFU is a perfect food for health conscious people.

There are so many kinds of TOFU in Japan.
Recently I found very interesting TOFU.  It is soft-boiled Tofu, named KINARI.

KINARI by Minosuke TOFU

Price: 250 yen

(This is sold only at ISETAN-SHINJUKU store.)

The texture is very soft like a pudding.  It is made of aomame (blue color soy bean) and used small amount of bittern.  That's why it is called soft-boiled Tofu.

Price is a bit expensive, but all ingredients are domestic.
It was soooo good!!!  I will definitely buy this again.

Too bad, no Tokyo Olympic 2016

This is a photo of Tokyo Tower before the Olympic host city was chosen.

UNIQLO X Jil Sander

The UNIQLO's newest line, +J is the collaboration with Jil Sander.  It started to sell clothes from today.

Pricing is very reasonable.  For example, wool coat is only 12,900 yen.

Most shirts and skirts are at 3,990 yen.

These items are sold at selected stores.

Celebrating 100th anniversary after named Yamanote-sen

The most popular train in Tokyo, Yamanote-sen (or Yamanote-line) was named 100 years ago.

There are 29 stations within Yamanote-line.
And it covers most sightseeing spots in Tokyo such as Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya, Yurakucho(Ginza), and Akihabara.

Some special events are started from today.  (For detail, get this brochure at stations.)

The special limited train pass, Yamanote-sen pass is selling at 480 yen.  It is a free pass within the yamanote-line and only used on weekend and holidays in October.