All Kanto articles — Page 4

Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo

Princess Tart, Kichijoji: Fruit Tarts & Tea

Slice of strawberry and pistachio napoleon pie tart at Princess Tart Kichijoji

Princess Tart in Kichijoji is a fruit-tart and tea specialist that opened in 2025. Around 14 seasonal tarts, cashless only — hours, what to know and a map.

Nobu
July 20, 2026

Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo

Spaghetti Pancho, Kichijoji: Free-Upsize Napolitan

Classic Japanese napolitan topped with a fried egg at Pancho Kichijoji

Spaghetti Pancho in Kichijoji serves Showa-era napolitan where small, regular and large cost the same. Hours to 23:00, what to order, toppings and a map.

Nobu
July 20, 2026

Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo

Linde Kichijoji: Tokyo’s German Bakery Since 1997

Linde in Kichijoji makes real German bread — dense rye loaves and a proper pretzel — from 1997 recipes. Hours, what to buy, the 2nd-floor café and a map.

Nobu
July 20, 2026

Location, Food, Kanagawa, Kanto

Minatoan Konandai: Yokohama Soba, 1kg for the Price of a Bowl

A duck seiro (kamo seiro) set at Minatoan Konandai in Yokohama: cold buckwheat soba, a bowl of hot duck-and-leek dipping broth, and a plate of shrimp and vegetable tempura on a black tray.

Minatoan Konandai in Yokohama serves a roughly 1kg Fujisan-mori soba for the same price as a regular bowl. A 50-year chain with freshly cut noodles - menu, hours, access.

Nobu
July 5, 2026

Location, Food, Kanto, Tokyo

Okashinoie Noe: A 1975 Cake Shop & Café in Nerima, Tokyo

A glass patisserie case at Okashinoie Noe in Nerima, Tokyo, lined with strawberry shortcakes, cream roll cakes and cup desserts, each hand-labelled, in the shop's warm-lit front counter.

A long-running cake shop and cafe in Nerima's Shakujii, baking fresh cakes, baumkuchen, leaf pie and chocolates since 1975 — with hours, parking and how to visit.

Nobu
July 5, 2026

Location, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Hard Off & Off House Hachioji Owada: A Giant Reuse Treasure Hunt in West Tokyo

Rows of secondhand Japanese ceramic vases and tsubo storage jars covering the wooden floor of the antiques hall at the Hard Off and Off House reuse complex in Hachioji Owada, western Tokyo

Inside the Hard Off, Off House and Hobby Off reuse complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo - a secondhand treasure hunt with old kimono, Showa retro, ceramics, folk crafts and 600-plus guitars.

Nobu
July 3, 2026

Location, Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Takinoya: An Old-School Soba Shop in Mitaka, Tokyo

A duck soba set at Takinoya in Mitaka: a bowl of hot duck-and-leek dipping broth in front and a tray of chilled soba noodles behind, with condiments, on a wood table in the old soba shop.

Takinoya, an old-school tatami-room soba shop in Shinkawa, Mitaka (west Tokyo): a 1,100 yen duck soba, closed Wednesdays, cash or QR only, and a genuine local feel off the tourist track.

Nobu
June 27, 2026

Location, Events & Festivals, Ibaraki, Kanto, News & Updates, Seasonal Travel, Weather & Seasons

Tone River Grand Fireworks 2026: Sakai’s 30,000-Shell Show

A wide star-mine of red, orange and silver fireworks fills the night sky and reflects across the dark surface of the Tone River at the Sakai Grand Fireworks festival in Ibaraki, Japan.

The Tone River Grand Fireworks 2026 in Sakai, Ibaraki: about 30,000 shells on 19 September, four makers competing, free riverbank views and paid seats.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Imahana: A Shōwa-Era Set-Meal Diner in West Tokyo

A brick-patterned wall inside the small Imahana diner in Setagaya, Tokyo, completely covered with hand-brushed paper menu cards listing set meals in black ink above a wooden table and bench.

Imahana, a Showa-era set-meal diner in Kita-Karasuyama, west Tokyo: a wall of hand-brushed menus, ginger pork, chicken katsu and omurice, cash only.

Nobu
June 22, 2026

Location, Experience, Food, Kanto, Tokyo, Travel Tips

Nankintei Kunitachi: 24-Hour Jumbo Gyoza & Big Plates Near Tokyo

The Nankintei Kunitachi branch lit up at night, a green-roofed roadside Chinese diner with glowing red ramen and gyoza signs, a 24-hour notice and a wide car park out front in Kunitachi, Tokyo.

Nankintei's Kunitachi branch is a 24-hour roadside machi-chuka near Tokyo - hand-wrapped 550 yen jumbo gyoza, big fried rice and stamina stir-fries.

Nobu
June 22, 2026