bmwracer wrote:^ Those streets are too freaking clean... :shocked:
Wow, I was just thinking the exact same thing...
Wow, I was just thinking the exact same thing...
I'm Going To Japan
Started by cZo · 14 Mar 2005 · 11,349 replies
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Wow, I was just thinking the exact same thing...
bmwracer wrote:
I just wonder if they look as good in the front as from the back. :mrgreen:
Trust me, these two were very attractive. I was thinking surely they aren't here wishing for a boyfriend. But then again, there's a lot of drop dead gorgeous ladies in Tokyo that are single.
Takoyama wrote:
Trust me, these two were very attractive. I was thinking surely they aren't here wishing for a boyfriend. But then again, there's a lot of drop dead gorgeous ladies in Tokyo that are single.
Hurry up and remedy that situation.
Takoyama wrote:Trust me, these two were very attractive. I was thinking surely they aren't here wishing for a boyfriend. But then again, there's a lot of drop dead gorgeous ladies in Tokyo that are single.
*checks online for next flight out to Tokyo*
KAZdoramma wrote:
nice pics Tu!! :applaud:
and i think the cleaness of the streets in the photo is pretty standard for japan
Yes Japan is a relatively clean country. I would say Pontocho and Gion are extremely clean since they are high visibility tourist spots in Kyoto.
Off topic: I think Paris is one dirty city. Sorry if I'm offending any Parisians here. :sweat:
Takoyama wrote:
Yes Japan is a relatively clean country. I would say Pontocho and Gion are extremely clean since they are high visibility tourist spots in Kyoto.
Makes sense.
Off topic: I think Paris is one dirty city. Sorry if I'm offending any Parisians here. :sweat:
I haven't been there to Paris in a while but I think major metropolitan cities tend to fair worse than the French capital w/ regard to being ‚«‚½‚È‚¢ <kitanai> <dirty>
Takoyama wrote:
Yes Japan is a relatively clean country. I would say Pontocho and Gion are extremely clean since they are high visibility tourist spots in Kyoto.
Off topic: I think Paris is one dirty city. Sorry if I'm offending any Parisians here. :sweat:
hahaha yeah agreed,paris really isnt that clean, mind u london as well isnt amazingly clean... :sweat:
^ I think the only comparable country would be Singapore, from what I've read/seen...
KAZdoramma wrote:
hahaha yeah agreed,paris really isnt that clean, mind u london as well isnt amazingly clean... :sweat:
London is not that clean...and the food sucks...but it's a great city tho'.
Tu_triky wrote:
London is not that clean...and the food sucks...but it's a great city tho'.
well being going to schl in uk fr 10 years and so yeah the food does suck....it's so bad...i luv i tho when i go bck to japan cus then u appreciate the difference like hell!! but yeah true, it's a cool city :victory:
KAZdoramma wrote:
well being going to schl in uk fr 10 years and so yeah the food does suck....it's so bad...i luv i tho when i go bck to japan cus then u appreciate the difference like hell!! but yeah true, it's a cool city :victory:
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I went to visit a friend in London last November. It was my third visit there...lots of fun, but for me Japan is more interesting because it's so different from my own country.
Tu_triky wrote:
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I went to visit a friend in London last November. It was my third visit there...lots of fun, but for me Japan is more interesting because it's so different from my own country.
haha yeah well i spend like eight and a half months in UK during the year and the rest of the time in japan so both countries like my home! :woot:
u got a bit of kansai ben going on Tu!
KAZdoramma wrote:
haha yeah well i spend like eight and a half months in UK during the year and the rest of the time in japan so both countries like my home! :woot:
I can appreciate that. :) Must be nice...both are cool places to live.
u got a bit of kansai ben going on Tu!
So yaro. :P
Tu_triky wrote:
So yaro. :P
haha omoroi na~~~ :mrgreen:
KAZdoramma wrote:
haha omoroi na~~~ :mrgreen:
:hehe:
Michelin Guide Gives 3 Stars to 11 Tokyo Restaurants
By Makiko Kitamura
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Michelin Guide gave top billing to 11 restaurants in Tokyo, vaulting the Japanese capital over Paris as the city with the most three-star eateries.
All but one of the nine Tokyo restaurants that won Michelinfs highest accolade last year retained their rating this year; traditional Japanese restaurant, Hamadaya, lost one of its three stars. Esaki, Sushi Saito and Yukimura were promoted to three-star from last yearfs two. Paris, home of the Michelin Guide, has 10 three-star restaurants; the 2010 edition for Paris will be published in March.
gTokyo is an unbelievable city for food,h said Oyvind Naesheim, executive chef at Nobu Hong Kong, in an interview. gThe passion and perfection at some top Tokyo restaurants show us why this city is so outstanding in fine dining.h
The third edition of Michelinfs Tokyo guide is going on sale as Japanfs economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years because of increased government and consumer spending. While restaurant spending in September was flat from a year ago, sales at noodle shops and Japanese eateries bucked the trend and rose at least 5 percent, said the Japan Foodservice Association.
Of the 197 restaurants selected in this 2010 Tokyo edition, two-thirds serve Japanese food, including common culinary styles such as fugu, soba, sukiyaki, tempura and sushi, Michelin said. French restaurants, including one by Joel Robuchon, took three of the 11 three-star slots. Tokyo has a total of 261 stars, more than any of the cities Michelin covers in 23 nations. New York has four three-star restaurants.
Hamadaya, bumped to two stars, declined to comment.
eVery Happyf
Takashi Saito, master chef of Sushi Saito in the shopping and entertainment district of Ginza, said news that the restaurant has won three stars, ghasnft really sunk in yeth and that hefs gvery happy.h
gTokyo has great quality ingredents, from the sea, from the mountains,h said Jean-Luc Naret, director of Michelin Guides, in an interview. gThe quality of the chefs is excellent, passing down techniques from generation to generation.h
Nobufs Naesheim, 29, said comparing Tokyo and Paris isnft fair because of their very different culinary traditions. Naret said the 160,000 restaurants in Tokyo, versus about 40,000 in Paris, helps explain why the Japanese capital has so many of the worldfs top eateries.
Michelinfs debut Tokyo edition came under fire from local media critics who claimed it showed a foreign bias and a dearth of local knowledge.
eFor Japanese Readersf
The guide is glocal, because it is made with Japanese inspectors and Japanese editorial team, and made firstly for the Japanese readers,h said Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire, in a statement.
Michelin says it rates restaurants for their food and drink based on a set of gunpublished criteria.h One star indicates a very good restaurant, two means excellent cuisine worthy of a detour, while three denotes exceptional cuisine deserving of a gspecial journey,h Michelin says.
Michelin & Cie., the worldfs largest tiremaker, has been publishing its restaurant and hotel guides since 1900, at the start of the automotive era. Distributed for free until 1920, the guide was originally meant for chauffeurs and included tips on using and repairing tires.
The Tokyo guide is in English and Japanese and will feature only starred restaurants. It goes on sale in Japan on Nov. 20.
The restaurants awarded three stars are:
Esaki, Classic Japanese (New)
Ishikawa, Classic Japanese
Joel Robuchon, French
Kanda, Japanese
Koju, Japanese
LfOsier, French
Quintessence, French
Sushi Mizutani, Sushi
Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten, Sushi
Sushi Saito, Sushi (New)
Yukimura, Classic Japanese (New)
To contact the reporters on this story: Makiko Kitamura in Tokyo at [email protected]
By Makiko Kitamura
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Michelin Guide gave top billing to 11 restaurants in Tokyo, vaulting the Japanese capital over Paris as the city with the most three-star eateries.
All but one of the nine Tokyo restaurants that won Michelinfs highest accolade last year retained their rating this year; traditional Japanese restaurant, Hamadaya, lost one of its three stars. Esaki, Sushi Saito and Yukimura were promoted to three-star from last yearfs two. Paris, home of the Michelin Guide, has 10 three-star restaurants; the 2010 edition for Paris will be published in March.
gTokyo is an unbelievable city for food,h said Oyvind Naesheim, executive chef at Nobu Hong Kong, in an interview. gThe passion and perfection at some top Tokyo restaurants show us why this city is so outstanding in fine dining.h
The third edition of Michelinfs Tokyo guide is going on sale as Japanfs economy grew at its fastest pace in more than two years because of increased government and consumer spending. While restaurant spending in September was flat from a year ago, sales at noodle shops and Japanese eateries bucked the trend and rose at least 5 percent, said the Japan Foodservice Association.
Of the 197 restaurants selected in this 2010 Tokyo edition, two-thirds serve Japanese food, including common culinary styles such as fugu, soba, sukiyaki, tempura and sushi, Michelin said. French restaurants, including one by Joel Robuchon, took three of the 11 three-star slots. Tokyo has a total of 261 stars, more than any of the cities Michelin covers in 23 nations. New York has four three-star restaurants.
Hamadaya, bumped to two stars, declined to comment.
eVery Happyf
Takashi Saito, master chef of Sushi Saito in the shopping and entertainment district of Ginza, said news that the restaurant has won three stars, ghasnft really sunk in yeth and that hefs gvery happy.h
gTokyo has great quality ingredents, from the sea, from the mountains,h said Jean-Luc Naret, director of Michelin Guides, in an interview. gThe quality of the chefs is excellent, passing down techniques from generation to generation.h
Nobufs Naesheim, 29, said comparing Tokyo and Paris isnft fair because of their very different culinary traditions. Naret said the 160,000 restaurants in Tokyo, versus about 40,000 in Paris, helps explain why the Japanese capital has so many of the worldfs top eateries.
Michelinfs debut Tokyo edition came under fire from local media critics who claimed it showed a foreign bias and a dearth of local knowledge.
eFor Japanese Readersf
The guide is glocal, because it is made with Japanese inspectors and Japanese editorial team, and made firstly for the Japanese readers,h said Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire, in a statement.
Michelin says it rates restaurants for their food and drink based on a set of gunpublished criteria.h One star indicates a very good restaurant, two means excellent cuisine worthy of a detour, while three denotes exceptional cuisine deserving of a gspecial journey,h Michelin says.
Michelin & Cie., the worldfs largest tiremaker, has been publishing its restaurant and hotel guides since 1900, at the start of the automotive era. Distributed for free until 1920, the guide was originally meant for chauffeurs and included tips on using and repairing tires.
The Tokyo guide is in English and Japanese and will feature only starred restaurants. It goes on sale in Japan on Nov. 20.
The restaurants awarded three stars are:
Esaki, Classic Japanese (New)
Ishikawa, Classic Japanese
Joel Robuchon, French
Kanda, Japanese
Koju, Japanese
LfOsier, French
Quintessence, French
Sushi Mizutani, Sushi
Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten, Sushi
Sushi Saito, Sushi (New)
Yukimura, Classic Japanese (New)
To contact the reporters on this story: Makiko Kitamura in Tokyo at [email protected]
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^ Huh? :headscratch:
bmwracer wrote:^ Huh? :headscratch:
Total random action...you reacted appropriately :P
Tu_triky wrote:Total random action...you reacted appropriately :P
I thought there was some innuendo in the Michelin article that I missed. :sweat:
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