Kakigori is a flavored shaved ice served in a glass cup with a stand. During unbearably hot and humid summer in Japan kakigori is the answer to cool off our body. The kakigori dish which you see here is called uji kintoki and my favorite. It is shaved ice flavored with matcha green tea syrup and topped with sweet azuki beans. A couple of small tender and gooey shiratama mochi dumplings also accompany. Among many tea shops where they serve uji kintoki, 103 years old Naniwaya...
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We started my day with a visit to my father at Zenpukuji Temple where he sleeps. Zenpukuji Temple is the place where Townsend Harris, the first US Councel General, opened the US Consulate in Tokyo in 1859. After offering a player to my father we walked to Azabu Juban where traditional shopping streets are preserved as they were as yestyears, and had a yakisoba and kakigori lunch at 103 years old Naniwaya in Azabu Juban. Naniwaya specializes two nostalgic food products;...
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