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.
*Kawa(かわ) or Torikawa(とりかわ)
are strips of fatty chicken skin, which have been grilled until crispy.
*Tukune
(つくね)are
meat balls made of minced chicken, egg and vegetables.

*Nankotsu (なんこつ)is
the cartilage taken from the keel bone between the chicken breast.
*Bonjiri
(ぼんじり)is a chicken
tail, it is very juicy and tasty, my favorite one.
*shiro (しろ),
chicken small intestines
*nankotsu (なんこつ), chicken cartilage
*hāto /
hatsu (はと
/はつ) or kokoro (こころ),
chicken heart
*sunagimo (すなぎも) or zuri (ずり),
chicken gizzard*rebā (レバー),
chicken liver

Let’s walk around Sunamachi-Ginza and try good Yakitori with
us!!
(by Y.T.)
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