Springtime has arrived in a flaming burst of flowering trees and the sweet scent of magnolia. It came out of nowhere — one day Winter trudged along, the sun low and distant; the next day cherry blossoms burst to fullness alongside the concrete-lined rivers that snake through the city. The flowers are everywhere, like cotton …
I have been here in Tokyo for a while now and the lure of its food culture has not worn off. Every time I leave the house and bike down an unfamiliar street I am confronted with things I want to eat. Mysterious restaurants, alleyways packed with tiny izakaya, a butcher shop selling cheap yakitori …
Located around the corner from Nerima’s wonderful Hikariigaoka Park sits the unassuming Sakura Udon Restaurant. It is not a place that any guide book would mention. It has zero social media presence with the exception of a crappyTrip Advisor review from 2013. I doubt that people from the neighborhood even consider it a restaurant. And …
