At the request of my wife who came to help us move, we went to Yasukuni Shrine to see the cherry blossoms.
After that we moved to Iidabashi.
We had lunch outside and enjoyed the cherry blossoms 🌸🌸.
After that, we went to Akabane, a sacred place for drinkers at my request.
I chose Maruken Suisan from among many lunchtime drinking spots.
It's been a long time since I've been here!
After Corona Banzai🙌!
First, we started with some oden and a sip of Maru CUP!
I can smell and taste the sweetness that comes from the arosoe, but it goes perfectly with the oden here 👌
I was about to go on drinking it, but I held it back for about half a minute...
Then, pay 50 yen at the counter to have the oden soup stock added.
You can't start without the famous "dashiwari" here: ❗️
The maru cups that become one with the oden broth are now a work of art, a perfect fusion that is impossible to separate👍.
I haven't had chikuwa-fu in a while, but I can't get enough of its unique net-like texture!
I must go back 😤!
From the Kudan Hanami🌸 and Iidabashi lunch date with your wife, Maruken Suisan in Akabane is wonderful👍.
Last Sunday was probably the best time to see the cherry blossoms in Tokyo in full bloom.
Happy cherry blossom day 🍶.
Good morning, Haruei Chichi 😃.
I used to change trains in Akabane to go to school when I was in junior high school 😁I had an image of this town as an old man's town and it was hard to get close to it back then, but I became an old man myself 🤣.
Good evening, Mr. Hiraccio 🌆.
Thank you 😊.
There are rows of cherry trees around my home and they were blooming beautifully, but I felt a unique fragility in Yasukuni.
From now on, I will make southern Saitama and northern Tokyo my home ground 😤.
Comrade Manachy, good evening 🌇.
Hanami is fun ♬
It's exciting ☺️
And drinking during the day and going on a ladder is even more fun: ❗️
I'd rather drink at the top of the ladder than enjoy flowers 🌸.
So...yes, I'm sure I saw the Saitama pose in the ↓ and the JF aircraft, but ......
I didn't see the "no way" feeling, so I didn't see the "Assaricomment" 💧.
I'm sorry to say that I didn't see the "no way" comment 💧.
Good evening, sake-run🌆.
I really have been transferred to Saitama ❗️
I'll be exploring the bars and liquor stores in Saitama, so please visit me when you come to Tokyo 😊.
Here's another one that came up after sorting through the images.
I thought it would be better to share it with you all in terms of content, so I'm posting it now💦.
It's been about 4 years ago.
It was taken at Maruken Suisan, a sacred place in Akabane, Tokyo, where I enjoyed a cup of Marushin Masamune sake with fish paste as a side dish.
A small sip at first.
Eventually, when the remaining amount reached the line engraved on the bottle, we ordered the famous "Dashiwari" ❗️
Pour some oden dashi into the cup and add it to your order 😁.
The soup matches the oden broth and it's really tasty!
On the way back to Haneda Airport, I was looking for souvenirs when I came across a four-pack of Koyama Shuzo's Junmai Daiginjo "Gin no Mai" ❗️
There was only one bottle left, so I bought it without hesitation: ✌️
However
I thought I had kept it carefully in a cool dark place...
When I opened the bottle about a year later, I was surprised to find that it had deteriorated... 😢.
I was really disappointed💦.
Thanks to this, I now understand the importance of temperature control 😅.
The location of the brewery is still Tokyo and cannot be corrected to the current location of Saitama Prefecture❗️.
So, if you let me organize it as Tokyo sake together with the Jundaigin of the subsequent Haneda purchase...
Happy New Year, Haruei Chichi!
I've seen Rui Yoshida and Kazuhiko Ohta doing Dashiwari. It's more delicious than drinking it as is😁.
A married couple with a family member
Happy New Year, bouken-san!
It's just like you said, I've been stirring up a cup of sake looking forward to splitting it with dashi 😁.
Now it has been replaced by Saitama sake, but the registration is still Tokyo sake...
Good evening, Haruei Chichi! 😄
I didn't know there was such a thing as oden dashi wari! 😲I guess the basic storage is in the fridge even if it is cooked? 🤔
Good morning, Haruei Chichi 😃I'm enjoying looking at your photo organizer ☺️Is the third photo from Akabane? I️ would love to go there, it's a Showa-era scene.
I'm so happy to see you here!
I've heard that you go to Akabane every now and then❗️.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm looking forward to your review of "Marumasu-ya Sohonten" or "Kawase" 😁.
Haruei Chichi, you're right, Sake-no-Wa's drinking uncle, Akabane is a treasure trove of daytime drinking pubs along with Ueno. I haven't been to Akabane for a long time because of the Corona disaster, but I hope to go this year 😀 I'm waiting for another fun drinking train❣️.