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  • Eating in Yokosuka: Yakitori Ryoma ni Omakase
    June 3rd, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    This yakitori place was the first local restaurant I tried in Yokosuka, the day after I moved here late last July. When I visited I had no idea how new it was: the restaurant is celebrating its one-year anniversary in May 2009. But it’s a warm, thriving spot with a friendly » Continue Reading
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  • Eating in Yokosuka: Ramen on Route 16
    May 12th, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    I’m lucky enough to live just a couple of minutes’ walk from these two delicious ramen places on Route 16. To get here from either base gate, follow Route 16 around the curve and past the city hall, and go about 5 walking minutes farther. You will come up to these two shops on the » Continue Reading
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  • Wandering the Streets of Kamakura
    April 28th, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    Kamakura is a wonderful day trip from Yokosuka. From the JR station you can go straight there in just a few minutes. If you’re going by Keikyu it’s a bit more complicated-you have to go first to Kanazawa-Hakkei or Kanazawa-Bunko, then change trains for Zushi, and at Zushi leave the Keikyu » Continue Reading
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  • Hopping around Tokyo on the Yamanote Line
    April 9th, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    photo credit: SpecMode So this time, a partial list of well known destinations you can get to on the Yamanote loop line ….. which means you can get there from Yokosuka with just one transfer. Get off the Keikyu Line at Shinagawa and get on the Yamanote Line heading toward Tokyo. Here are some of the » Continue Reading
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  • Day trip from Yokosuka: Shinagawa
    March 24th, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    photo credit: Hyougushi If you’re heading into Tokyo on the Keikyu Line, Shinagawa will probably be your transfer point. The rapid limited express (快特, green) takes just 45 minutes from Yokosuka Chuo to Shinagawa, and from there you can get on the JR Yamanote line, which goes around in a loop » Continue Reading
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  • Meet Yokosuka!
    February 24th, 2009By Lotuspetal7
    Yokosuka is a bright blue-and-white coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. On a sunny day here I feel a kind of floating sensation, as if the city is hanging between the blue up above and the blue spreading out toward the west. » Continue Reading
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