Hello! This is the Kawazu Tourism Association. Last week, the "34th Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival" started on February 1st! When you visit Kawazu Town for the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival, be sure to enjoy the exquisite gourmet food of Kawazu Town! This time, I would like to introduce "Restaurant Merecy". ・Enjoy a seaside resort in Imai Hama-style French Please enjoy Imai Hama-style French while looking at the sea...! ◆ Detailed information ◆ 【Spot name】Restaurant "Merecy" 【Address】35-1 Mitaka, Kawazu Town, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Phone number: 0558-32-0109 【Business hours】12:00~14:00/17:00~21:00 【Regular holiday】Open open all year 【Parking lot】Yes Inside Izu Imaihama Tokyu Hotel. ◇ ◆ ◇ Parking information for those who come to the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival by car ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ About the parking lot ◆ Business hours:8:30~21:00 ・Regular car ●Regular car 4~13 parking lot to Ekimae Venue about 700~800m, to Mine Onsen Venue about 700~800m [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 200 yen ・Large vehicles ●Large 1 and 2 parking lots to the Ekimae Venue about 700~800m, to the Mine Onsen Venue about 700~800m [Daytime] 8:30~17:00・・・1 car / 5,000 yen [Night] 18:00~21:00・・・1 car / 1,000 yen

French cuisine French La Baix@Hubayashi Murocho, Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo La paix@Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan La Paix 050-3196-2390 Inoue 3rd Building, 1-9-4 Hashimurocho, Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo La paix +81 50-3196-2390 B1F Inoue No.3 Building, 1-9-4 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Some photos of our trip to Sawara in Chiba Prefecture over the 3 day weekend a couple weeks back. On the way to Sawara we stopped at Chiba Station and had lunch at a place called Common Café. I order a burger not expecting a lot, but it was the best burger I've had in a long time actually. We arrived a bit late in Sawara and were kind of tired so we decided to just go to the hotel, shower and relax for a bit and then have dinner. We had a reservation at a French restaurant called Mougins and it ended up being a really great experience. After eating dinner we were headed back to the hotel and we heard some hayashi and cheering in the distance and we decided to check out what was happening. We found a dashi parading through the streets and they were stopping at different places to pick up alcohol lol. Apparently they'd been doing it every Sunday, I think since corona started. It was pretty cool to see though. The next day we went to check out the Sawara Historical District and after reaching our destination we decided to take a break at a cafe. We ordered a shaved ice and some sort of soda. They were both really delicious, especially the shaved ice. It was some sort of flavor using tea from Kyoto and milk. I forget what it was called exactly though. We also stopped by the former residence of Inoh Tadataka, the famous Japanese cartographer. It was quite interesting seeing where he lived. After visiting his residence, we to the nearby museum and learned about his life and everything he did. I was pretty blown away by how incredible he actually was. I was a bit surprised that I hadn't learned much about him when I was studying the history of Japan, but after visiting the museum I'm convinced he was truly a genius. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures inside of the museum, but seeing all of the tools that he used to draw maps and learning how they worked was really interesting. On top of that, the maps he drew were unbelievably accurate. I think it mentioned somewhere that his maps were used until the 1900's, despite being drawn several hundred years prior. His cartography was only one of the endeavors he pursued as well. There were also some documents that explained how he helped his town get through the famine, and also documents detailing how he dealt with local lords imposing taxes on his town. Besides the museum, we also took a boat ride through the canal that ran through the historical district. The canal was quite nice, and you could see the historical buildings that lined the sides of it while going through it. We had to lower the cover on the boat for several bridges as the water level was quite high due to the recent rains, but that just made the experience even more memorable. The tour guide on the boat mentioned how when the canal was used back in the Edo period, it was incredibly busy and boats would have been bumping into each other constantly while passing through. During the boat ride through the canal I noticed some interesting statues on various lanterns and decided to check them out. They all turned out to be interesting and unique. We ended our trip by having a late lunch near the historical district. We had planned to take a train back to Tokyo but missed it by a few minutes. Fortunately, a bus arrived at the perfect time and so we rode that back to Tokyo. It was much better than the crowded trains. Overall it was a really good day-trip style excursion and I definitely recommend it! Managed to find 2 poke lids too!

I forgot to post this photo as it wasn't at Asukayama Park, but it was on the way. As we were walking to Asukayama Park we looked over the side of this bridge and I saw this small little garden and just thought it was really nice. To the right of the garden there's a small French bistro that looked like a nice quiet place to grab a bite to eat but it wasn't open at the time. I was curious so I did a little research about the place and it turns out the chef used to work at the Imperial Hotel for more than 20 years. It makes sense too, because I looked at some of the food they serve at this bistro and it looks pretty darn good. I'd love to stop by when it's open. Hopefully next time I'm in the area!

French cuisine French Ao@Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Ao@Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan blue 03-6434-9829 3-21-3 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Olympiad Azabu Kasumizaka 2F Ao +81 3-6434-9829 Olympiad Azabu Kasumizaka 2F, 3-21-3 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

French cuisine French Equatour @ Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Equateur@Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Equatour 3-6-34 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Calm Motoazabu 2F Equateur Calm Motoazabu 2F, 3-6-34 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

French cuisine French Minoru Hasegawa@Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Restaurant Hasegawa Minoru＠Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Minoru Hasegawa 03-6712-7762 4-5-66 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Restaurant Hasegawa Minoru +81 3-6712-7762 4-5-66 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

French cuisine French Bonyu@Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Bon.nu＠Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Bonyu 080-7811-3570 4-22-17 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Queens Yoyogi 1F +81 80-7811-3570 Queens Yoyogi 1F, 4-22-17 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Wow, that's awesome. I never would have expected that Loui Vuitton would open a café. Surprised I didn't hear about this sooner tbh. Not surprising that they opened in Japan though. Japan has the best cafe's I've ever been to, bar none, so I can imagine that the food is just out of this world as well. It's interesting they went for a French dining restaurant/café instead of just a restaurant, but maybe they decided to go with a café because of Japan's awesome café culture. I'd love to check this place out, but it might be a liiittle bit above my budget so that'll probably have to wait unfortunately😅 It looks like those are truffles in the picture too so I don't even want to know how much that box itself is worth😂

French cuisine French Bistro Nemo@Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Bistro Némot@Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Bistro Nemo 050-5597-9750 5-4-16 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo EAT PLAY WORKS 2F Bistro Némot +81 3-6447-7131 EAT PLAY WORKS 2F, 5-4-16 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

French cuisine French Patu @ Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo Patous＠Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Patou 03-6807-4820 Azabudai Mansion 1F, 3-4-14 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo Patous +81 3-6807-4820 Azabudai Mansion 1F, 3-4-14 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Wow, that looks amazing. French food is usually already really pretty but with the Japanese touch it's really something else. I really like that you can see the Japanese twist with things like the small ramen/chashu dish and the food carving that seems to be a specialty of Japan. I was watching Grand Maison Tokyo last year with my girlfriend and it was really cool watching what the French cuisine industry might look like in Japan and I guess just the top of the food industry in general. I haven't had French cuisine much lately myself (I'm more of an Italian kind of guy), but maybe once valentines day comes around I'll make a dinner reservation. To be fair this Craftale place actually seems pretty affordable considering what they're offering. A fancy dinner course for ¥10,000 is quite reasonable.

French cuisine French Craftal@Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo CRAFTALE＠Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan Craftal 03-6277-5813 Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Aobadai, 1-16-11 2F CRAFTALE +81 3-6277-5813 2F, 1-16-11 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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