Sunamachi Ginza and Yakitori
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Let me introduce you my favorite place in Koto-ward, it is Sunamachi-Ginza, where is located in Kita-Suna in Koto-ward.Sunamachi-Ginza is a very popular commercial avenue, it was awarded Best 3 popular avenue in 2005 in Japan. The street contains totally 180 shops including various kinds of grocery stores, restaurants as well as a public bath. Actually, the name of Sunamachi-Ginza is like a nick name, not real street name. As you know, Ginza which is the most famous shopping place in Tokyo, we call Ginza as a synonyms use for popular shopping places.
In the street, there are five Yakitori shops. As you know Yakitori is a very popular food in Japan, a grilled chicken meat on a stick. They are made from a bite sized pieces of meat from all different part of the Chicken, such as breasts, thighs, skin, liver and other innards. I recommend a shop named Tori-Mitsu, which has 50 years long history. The chicken meats of Tori-Mitsu comes from Red Feather Chicken which meat is much softer and tasty comparing with Broiler Chicken.
*Negima(ねぎま)consists of pieces of chicken, usually thigh meat with piece of leek in between.
*Kawa（かわ） or Torikawa（とりかわ）are strips of fatty chicken skin, which have been grilled until crispy.
*Nankotsu （なんこつ）is the cartilage taken from the keel bone between the chicken breast.
Let’s walk around Sunamachi-Ginza and try good Yakitori with us!!
(by Y.T.)
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