Historic ramen restaurant Rairaiken starts serving ramen again in a very appropriate location.
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With stablemaster in poor health and out of the picture, new rules were put in place, prompting escape to karaoke box.
Clever cake maker thinks of everything, even how to turn the wasabi and ginger that come in a sushi set into proper desserts.
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