Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Rokurinsha
$
RĀMEN
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Rokurinsha's specialty is
tsukemen
- egg noodles served with a bowl of concen-
trated soup for dipping. The noodles here are thick and perfectly al dente, the soup
is a rich
tonkotsu
(pork bone) base with pork, hard-boiled egg and bamboo shoots
- an addictive combination that draws lines to this outpost under Tokyo Sky Tree.
(
www.rokurinsha.com
;
6th fl, Solamachi, 1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida-ku; rāmen from ¥850;
11am-11pm;
Hanzōmon Line to Oshiage, Sky Tree exit)
12
Chōchin Monaka
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Traditionally,
monaka
are wafers filled with sweet bean jam. At this little stand on
Nakamise-dōri, they're filled with ice cream instead - in flavours such as
matcha
(powdered green tea) and
kuro-goma
(black sesame) - and shaped like lanterns (
chōchin
). Yum!
( 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taitō-ku; ice cream ¥280;
10am-5.30pm;
Ginza Line to
Asakusa, exit 1;
)
Understand
Old Edo & Shitamachi
Before Tokyo there was Edo - literally 'Gate of the River' - named for its location at
the mouth of the Sumida-gawa. This small farming village rose from obscurity in 1603
when Tokugawa Ieyasu established his shōgunate (military government) here. The
new capital quickly transformed into a bustling city and by the late 18th century was
the largest city in the world with a population of one million.