“Uchino Ichioshi (Our Best Recommendation)!” offers an exclusive interview with a representative of store, restaurant, or company introducing their item, history, people, and so on. The second interview was conducted with Ms. Yoshimi Doi who is the ninth-generation proprietress of IZUEI Honten, an Unagi restaurant established in the mid-Edo period. ⇒ First of all, could you please tell me about your restaurant? Unagi Kappo IZUEI was established in Ueno in the mid-Edo period. It has been more than 290 years since then. I am the ninth-generation proprietress. A long time ago, there used to be a river running along current Kototoi Dori Street in Nezu-Sendagi area, and there was an…
Uchino Ichioshi (Our Best Recommendation) “Usagiya”
《The best way to dat the Dorayaki》 “I recommend you to eat a Dorayaki while it’s hot. The pancake and Anko have not merged together yet, but they mix very well in your mouth.” says Mr. Taniguchi. 《Dora-An Soft au lait (Anko-flavored soft serve ice cream)》 Right after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Mr. Taniguchi was trying to create an interesting new product attracts people, and started to offer soymilk soft serve ice cream. However, the ingredients soon became unavailable. At such time, his friend in Mombetsu city, Hokkaido, invited him to come to the city to appreciate ice floes, and he was introduced to the president of North…
Uchino Ichioshi (Our Best Recommendation) “Usagiya”
“Uchino Ichioshi (Our Best Recommendation)” of kokosil Ueno has now started! We offer an exclusive interview with a store focusing on many different aspects such as recommended items, history, people, pride, and so on. The first interview was conducted with Mr. Takuya Taniguchi, the current and forth owner of Usagiya, a Japanese confectionery founded in 1913 in Ueno. 《Birth of Usagiya and its history》 Usagiya was founded in 1913 at its current location by Kisaku Taniguchi who was originally from Toyama prefecture. As a child, he had studied under Zenjiro Yasuda, the founder of Yasuda Zaibatsu (financial conglomerate), at “Terakoya,” private elementary school in old times. Later on, he…