Sake Diary – Kurume City Antenna Shop: Shimbashi

Sake Diary - Kurume City Antenna Shop: Shimbashi

While prefectural antenna shops are quite common in Tokyo, there are also smaller shops that specialize in local foods and crafts from individual cities. Kyushu’s Kurume City, in southern Fukuoka Prefecture, is home to numerous sake breweries, and this two-story shop carries sake from seventeen local breweries along with shochu,…

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Kurume City Antenna Shop: Shimbashi- bento.com listing

Kurume City Antenna Shop: Shimbashi- bento.com listing

Charcoal-grilled pork on skewers, udon noodles in curry-flavored soup, octopus dumplings, deep-fried beef cutlet — there’s a whole world of exciting food in Tokyo that food-loving visitors often miss out on. This book will introduce you to more than twenty of Japan’s favorite specialty foods that are less well known…

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