Blogs from Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Not sure if you saw this, but I am very impressed. This is from Timeout Tokyo. Michelin has just released its 2024 Tokyo guide, but the results aren't what we were used to expecting. While the city is widely praised for consistently boasting the highest total number of Michelin stars in the world, this year’s featured restaurants have 23 fewer stars than those in the url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/michelin-awards-tokyo-restaurants-a-total-of-263-stars-for-2023-1115222023 guide. The number of Michelin stars awarded to Tokyo restaurants in 2023 tallied 263, while this year's guide awards 240 stars. The amount of Michelin-starred restaurants has also decreased, with the latest guide featuring 1... read more

On October 29th I started my new job at Eishin Foods Co Ltd in Tokyo. Eishin Foods was founded in 1994 and since then it has established itself as one of Japans leading crab meat and sushi neta suppliers. It is currently the 10th largest supplier in terms of volume dealing with over 200 traditional sushi restaurants, large restaurants, supermarket chains and individual customers through the online shop. The office is located in central Tokyo, next to Otemachi subway station. This is only 2 stops from my house at Suitengumae on the Hanzomon (purple) line so I'm door to door in 20mins! Eishin Foods is a very small company, on an average day there are only 10/11 people in the office. This breaks down to 1 CEO, 2 directors, 2 full time members of staff and ... read more