Hiking in Hakkouda
The deep blue Towada Lake
Fed by the Oirase River
Mount Osore is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
And it's quite out of the way: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Osorezan
- Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari
And and all of these ruins: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/
- Fukushima
Gyoza if we visit Sendai: http://tabelog.com/miyagi/A0401/A040101/4002355/dtlrvwlst/3607143/
That New Type bar in the same building as Cos-Cha and Little BSD
Accepted
Destinations
Other
- Setting for Shinkai's new thing
Bars
- Sakanaya (ăăăȘă), a sake place in Ikebukuro. Billboard has the name on in hiragana
Nishi-Ikebukuro 1-35-8, http://goo.gl/maps/1oDz
- Alex: "it is my absolute favourite place but their english is about as good as that of a kitten. The boss man knows my name so if you say Mr. Sayle (or Mr. Alex for that matter) sent you, you may get away with murder."
This book has a glowing review
- HUB in Shinjuku, a chain, the Japanese version of an Irish pub
- Alex: "the ones in Shinjyuku tend to speak english. They'll seat you like a japanese place and have bar maids which are friendly"
Here's one, nominally the JR Shinjuku Minamiguchi branch: http://www.pub-hub.com/shop/minamiguchi/
Heaven's Door Bar in Shimokitazawa, run by a British expat, location here, closes at 26:00 every day
Craftheads in Shibuya, looks like a beer and bourbon bar, closed on Mondays