Dan Castellano
@ninja_padrino
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I've been in Tokyo for 20+ years, I tweet about living in Japan and all of the great places to eat, drink and experience across the country
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Just created a new ‘Best eats in Tokyo’ board, this time breaking down categories to feature more varieties and shops across Tokyo - let me know if you have other ideas or category suggestions
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Japan’s ‘four seasons’ reality
Jan - too cold
Feb - too cold
Mar - still cold
Apr - why is hanami cold
May - just right
June - rain
July - can we go back to rain
Aug - too hot
Sept - too hot
Oct - just right
Nov - pretty but cold
Dec - too cold
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NHK is basically screaming for people to get to higher ground on Japan Sea side, this is not good
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Starbucks Ninenzaka branch even more impressive with smaller crowds
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Nara deer have always been aggressive, but fighting over morning paper is a new one
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Visited 10 different Michelin ramen joints this year and Iruca in Roppongi is the one I had to come back to first, this porcini shoyu ramen is divine and their truffle rice is on point as well
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Kanji of the Year 2023 is 税 (tax), runner-up is 暑 (heat)
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NHK: Don’t forget to fax your support messages to Team Japan
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Finally made it inside the Nakagin Capsule Tower, built in 1972 and a rare remaining symbol of Japanese Metabolism. Tours by
@nakagincapsule
are ¥3,000 with proceeds towards building restoration.
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In-N-Out Burger pop-up at Ebisu Goblin tomorrow 11am-3pm🍔
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Love the Japanese announcer talking over ‘Chinese Taipei’ with ‘TAIWAN’!
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Limit one burger at In-N-Out, made it count with a delicious double-double animal style and scored a cap and shirt as well🍔
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An assassination attempt in Japan is way more shocking than any kind of mass killing in the US
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I’ll never forget the look on my nephew’s face the moment he saw Fuji for the first time.
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Images on NHK include a seven story building toppled in Wajima, Ishikawa. I’m afraid as the images emerge we may have a 1995 Kobe earthquake level disaster on our hands but pray that isn’t the case.
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Tower Records will outlive us all
Tower Records' flagship Shibuya store is being renovated. When completed, at the end of February, the analog music area will have doubled in size, with most of the increase being in vinyl records. The number of tape cassettes (new and used) will be increased, and they will start
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Here’s my best ramen in Tokyo list in separate categories:
Best shoyu - Iruca Tokyo (Roppongi)
Best miso - Santora (Edogawabashi)
Best shio - Japanese Ramen Gokan (Ikebukuro)
Best tonkotsu - Ichiran (Shibuya)
Best tsukemen - Fuunji (Shinjuku)
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Acros Fukuoka is one of my favorite urban structures in Japan
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More images emerging from Wajima, Ishikawa include evacuees appealing for help with this SOS
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Here’s my best ramen in Tokyo list in separate categories:
Best shoyu - Iruca Tokyo (Roppongi)
Best miso - Santora (Edogawabashi)
Best shio - Soshigaya Nanachome Shokudo (Soshigaya Okura)
Best tonkotsu - Ichiran (Shibuya)
Best tsukemen - Fuunji (Shinjuku)
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At least 100 people on line at In-N-Out one hour before opening
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Always discovering something new in Kyoto, first time having nagashi somen atop the Kibune River @ Hirobun
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Solution: avoid crowds and make Fushimi Inari Shrine climb at night
Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine was recently ranked among the world’s worst tourist attractions by Stasher. Here are five alternative shrines around the country that will scratch the itch as well as provide off-the-beaten-path travel ideas:
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First time my parents came to Japan I took them to Kyoto - asked them what was most memorable, dad said ramen and mom said Daiso🤷🏻♂️
Showing tourists around Japan is fun because wherever you show them they’re gonna remember Donkihote way more anyways 😎
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I’ve been at Twitter/X for 13 years, would like to take a moment to thank everyone who follows me - I’ve kept a policy of 99% tweeting on life in Japan, hope I’ve been able to bring some of this experience closer to all of you and connecting with you here still means a lot to me
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That’s a wrap for my 16 day Japan cross-country trip, in review🎌
- Nagoya
- Hiroshima
- Fukuyama/Sensuijima
- Okayama/Kurashiki/Nagi/Uno
- Takamatsu/Teshima
- Osaka
- Nara
- Kagoshima/Sakurajima
- Fukuoka
- Saga/Nanatsugama
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View of Megurogawa sakura from Starbucks Reserve Roastery terrace
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Plum blossoms and kawazu/other mankai sakura @ Shinjuku Gyoen
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Shibuya could learn from this amazing Osaka technology to solve trash problem - a trash can @ Dotonbori
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Arrived in Japan on JET Programme 25 years ago today as ALT in Yokohama, never left and Japan is now my home - can only strive to be as cool as I was in ‘96
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New Stabler branch in Ebisu with great steak sandwiches
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If you’ve never seen flood tunnel in Kusakabe I highly recommend
Tokyo builds Japan's biggest underground flood control space in anti-disaster megaproject
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HANSHIN TIGERS JAPAN SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆🐯🏆
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Always love biking the Midosuji in Osaka, this time of year especially
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Good day for Tokyo Metro 24 hour pass - only ¥600 all-you-can-ride
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JR East Pass Tohoku is only ¥20,000 for 5 days of unlimited JR and shinkansen between Tokyo and Aomori - foreign nationals with non-Japanese passport are eligible
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BREAKING: Governor Koike admits to hacking Tokyo weather system with fake rain forecast on Sunday to keep people home
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Tokyo has always had great Italian style pizza, NY style slices now also at a high level @ Pizza Slice
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World: anxiously awaiting US election
US Embassy: check out this cinnamon roll
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Just picked up a wristband for In-N-Out today in Ebisu!! With it, guaranteed to get in…
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Big fan of these sakura in bloom now @ Shinjuku Gyoen:
- ‘Irish’ green Oshima-zakura
- dark pink shades of Yōkō
- towering Shidare-zakura
- simple but elegant America sakura
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I officially declare sakura season open @ Yoyogi Park
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I wasn’t the only person with this Megurogawa Starbucks visit in mind
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Always my first stop in Fukuoka, one of Japan’s best ramens @ Shin Shin
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Still the book I most recommend for anyone studying kanji
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Kyoto has the most intense tobidashi signs💀
Boy-shaped traffic accident prevention signs in Japan mark 50th anniv.
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Pastrami and reuben sandwiches have always been hard to come by in Tokyo, but Qino’s in Myogadani offers a taste of New York
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I’m a big fan of Shimonoseki
Yamaguchi has been selected among The New York Times' list of 52 places to go in 2024. The city "is often called the Kyoto of the West, though it's much more interesting than that," the US newspaper said.
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Tomita tsukemen is so legendary they made a documentary (Ramen Heads) about it, my favorite ramen meal anywhere - the attention to detail is exquisite from the broth to the pork sourced from around Japan, to watching Tomita-san in action
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New favorite view of Tokyo Tower @ Azabudai Hills Sky Lobby 33F🗼
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In-N-Out doors opened 40min earlier than planned 11am, hearing the line now extends 1km long
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Beat Takeshi once instructed that if you want an elderly person in Japan to take your seat the best option is to just stand up and walk away
Does it happen to you guys that elderly people refuse seats? It happened to me several times here 🤔
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Ritsurin Garden is my favorite Japanese garden, fabulous to visit year-round
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But Italian food in Japan is much better than Japanese food in Italy
Japan wins🎌
Best cuisines in the world:
1. Italy 🇮🇹
2. Japan 🇯🇵
3. Greece 🇬🇷
4. Portugal 🇵🇹
5. China 🇨🇳
6. Indonesia 🇮🇩
7. Mexico 🇲🇽
8. France 🇫🇷
9. Spain 🇪🇸
10. Peru 🇵🇪
11. India 🇮🇳
12. Brazil 🇧🇷
13. Poland 🇵🇱
14. Argentina 🇦🇷
15. Turkey 🇹🇷
16. USA 🇺🇸
17. Thailand 🇹🇭
18. South
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