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# Tsukishima, Tokyo

Travel journal from Tsukishima, Tokyo, with 10 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Tsukishima and Tsukuda, Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda, A shitamachi breakfast: grilled salmon and tofu miso soup, Omurice.

## Journeys

- [Chasing the cherry blossoms across spring Japan](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/index.md): 6 Best Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Tokyo and Amazing Sakura Views at Shikoku Shiudeyama（2024-04-06）
- [A downtown table in a Tokyo row house](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/tokyo-nagaya/index.md): Tokyo's traditional old town and local life（2022-12-26）

## Cook the local flavors once more

- [A shitamachi breakfast: grilled salmon and tofu miso soup](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/shitamachi-breakfast-grilled-salmon-and-tofu/index.md): Tsukudani was born in neighboring Tsukuda.
- [Omurice](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/omurice/index.md): One story has it that omurice was born in the mid-1920s at a Western-style restaurant in Osaka, where the owner wrapped ketchup rice in a thin omelet for a regular with a weak stomach.

## A little of each town’s story

- [Tsukishima and Tsukuda](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tsukishima-and-tsukuda/index.md): Tsukuda was built as a fishing village by fishermen from Tsukuda in Settsu Province, brought to Edo by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and is the birthplace of tsukudani.
- [Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/sumiyoshi-shrine-tsukuda/index.md): Founded in 1646 with a spirit brought from Tamino Shrine in Tsukuda, Settsu Province, the home village of the fishermen who built Tsukudajima.
- [Tsukudani](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tsukudani/index.md): A preserved food of small fish, shellfish or seaweed simmered down in soy sauce and sugar.
- [Monjayaki](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/monjayaki/index.md): A shitamachi specialty: a loose batter of flour and water cooked on a griddle with cabbage and other fillings.

## Places we stopped along the way

- [Tenyasu Honten (tsukudani)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/tenyasu-honten/index.md): Founded in 1837, this is the oldest tsukudani shop still standing in Tsukuda.
- [Takayanagi Tofu Shop](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/takayanagi-tofu-shop/index.md): An old-fashioned neighborhood tofu shop on a back street in Ningyocho.
- [Rojiura Monja Monkichi Honten](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/rojiura-monja-monkichi-honten/index.md): A popular monja shop in a back alley off Monja Street (Tsukishima Nishinaka-dori), its storefront covered in photographs.
- [Ameyoko Shopping Street](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/ameyoko-shopping-street/index.md): A shopping street of more than 400 shops packed into about 500 meters between JR Ueno and Okachimachi stations.