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Places

A list of my favorite places.

§Tokyo, Japan

Taito

• Café Tarot • tarot-themed vegan café
• Carbo • carbonara and naporitan pasta
• Crane House • hamburger sandwiches
• Daikichi • Japanized Western cuisine
• Dotcom Coffee • café
• Eikyudo • wagashi and soft butter sandwiches
• Enzo • Neapolitan pizza
• Maple Pizza • New York pizza
• Minatoya • wagashi and shave ice
• Rare Item Studio • video games and soundtracks
• Retro Game Camp • video games
• Tokyo Meat Sakaba • Italian-Japanese bar
• Tokyo National Museum
• Uso no Tobacco • 24/7 playing card shop
• Yoshikami • Japanized Western cuisine

Chiyoda

• Kikanbo • spicy miso ramen
• Okuno Karuta • 100-year-old karuta shop
• ØL La Cabina • Mexican cuisine, Scandanavian craft beer
• Trattoria Hizuki • Italian-Japanese restaurant

Chuo

• Goodies • American sandwiches
• Hama-rikyu Gardens
• Justa Burger • potato-bun cheeseburgers
• Nihombashi Philly • South Philly cheesesteaks

Shibuya

• The Little Bakery Tokyo • American donuts and pie
• Spontini • Milano pizza

Mitaka

• Ghibli Museum

§Kyoto, Japan

• Chourakukan • dessert café
• Marufukuro • boutique hotel
• Nintendo Museum
• Oishi Tengudo • 200-year-old karuta shop

§Portland, Oregon

• The Baker’s Mark • sandwiches
• Bless Your Heart • burgers
• Enoteca Nostrana • Italian wine bar
• Fried Egg I’m in Love • breakfast sandwiches
• Gabbiano’s • Italian-American cuisine
• Grassa • pasta
• Hale Pele • tiki bar
• Hawthorne Game Exchange • video games
• Kalé • Japanese curry
• Kiriko • Japanese clothing
• Lan Su Chinese Garden
• Lardo • sandwiches
• Matt’s BBQ Tacos
• Montelupo • pasta and market
• Multnomah Whiskey Library • whiskey bar
• Nong’s • khao man gai
• Nostrana • Italian cuisine
• Otto’s Sausage Kitchen • sausages and market
• Pop Pizza • Detroit-style pizza
• ¿Por Qué No? • tacos
• Portland Japanese Garden
• Ranch • Sicilian-style pizza
• Shalom Y’all • Mediterranean cuisine
• SuperDeluxe • burgers
• Tanaka • katsu sandwiches
• Tokyo Sando • katsu sandwiches
• TOTL • video games
• Tusk • Mediterranean cuisine
• Upper Left Roasters • breakfast café
• World Famous Original • custom chainstitching

§St. Louis, Missouri

• DiGregorio’s • Italian-American grocery
• Gioia’s Deli • 100-year-old sandwich shop
• Gus’ Pretzels • 100-year-old pretzel shop
• Imo’s • St. Louis-style pizza
• Missouri Baking Co. • Italian-American bakery
• St. Louis Art Museum
• St. Louis City Museum
• Ted Drewes • frozen custard
• Vitale’s Bakery • Italian-American bakery
• Volpi • Italian-American salumeria

§San Francisco, California

• The Ice Cream Bar
• Señor Sisig • Filipino-Mexican cuisine
• Smuggler’s Cove • tiki bar
• Tony’s Pizza Napoletana • regional pizza
• The Walt Disney Family Museum

§Seattle, Washington

• Dick’s • late-nite burgers
• Piroshky Piroshky • bakery
• Museum of Pop Culture

§New York, New York

• TWA Hotel
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art