ZOSHIGAYA: Yamataro Onigiri Take Away Branch with one of the most amazing Hawaiian Spicy Ahi Poke rice balls in JAPAN! (iPhone 12 Mini)

I was watching one of my favorite Twitch IRL Foodie streamers Miki_Tokyo and she dined at Yamataro  Onigiri Dine In location...all the variety of rice balls looked sooo good! I had to go!

https://www.twitch.tv/miki_tokyo

Arrived at 4:45pm... so had to wait a bit til the 5pm open. 

Friendly staff gave me a free hot tea while I waited outside. 

My absolute favorite Spicy Ahi-Poke!  One of the best in TOKYO!!

Had to customize with a larger portion of rice for plus 50 yen. Was tempted to get the double portion filling for plus 150 yen! Next time!

Lots of different ingredients line the chef counter.

The solo chef! Staff always friendly.

Here it is! There are 2 custom orders I want to try next time... The Extra topping that goes on top of the triangle and the double ingredients that go inside the rice ball. 

The Spicy Ahi Poke was soooo amazing! If you cant make it to Ogo Ono-loa Hawaii for a proper Hawaiian plate lunch then this is a nice option for poke.

https://tokyobelly.blogspot.com/search?q=Ogo+Ono-loa+Hawaii

Domestic extra portion rice! I will have to ask where its sourced from but very nice.

If you are ever in Ikebukuro just take a nice stroll to Zoshigaya for some wonderful Onigiri!

Their Instagram account yamataro_onigiri has 28K followers!! 

Restaurant: Onigiri Tonjiru Yamamoto

Restaurant J: おにぎり・とん汁 山太郎 テイクアウト

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yamataro_onigiri/

Tabelog Foodie: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130502/13277866/

Address J: 東京都豊島区雑司が谷2-5-15

Address E: Tokyo, Toshima-ku, Zoshigaya 2-5-15

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EKODA: Tiny Ise-Ya for some mochi sticks and rice balls!

Walking thru a tiny shotengai (shopping alley with tiny shops) in Ekoda and saw a small line under the orange tarp at this tiny Mochi/Onigiri shop... Just had to take a peek.

Inside there were sooo many varieties of Mochi and some cool looking shaped Mochi's.

Went for one Karashi-Konbu (spicy seaweed) because it was the first time I saw a spicy version.

And of course of my all time favorites An-Dango (green tea mochi balls with azuki bean paste topping) and for the 3rd item the Shoyu mochi balls (with a hint of sweetness).  

This bad boy was solid... stickier rice than the usual convenient stores and held its shape til the very end.  

Shoyu Dango... base is made of Shoyu but had a very nice sweetness to it.  You can always find this at any supermarket in the mochi/breads section.

And of course when in Japan you must eat Sushi, Ramen, Yakitori... AND a An-Dango mochi stick.  Everyone loves this and I've been a huge fan for a while.  The mochi was extremely soft and could barely hold its shape.

Didn't realize it but guess this wasn't a mom and pop shop but a franchise with branches all over the place.  Foodie ranking is a lowly 3.00 points so I guess its not a favorite among those in the know.  Watch out as there seem to be very little foreign traffic in this area and the gentlemen behind the counter will look at you in confusion... everything is written in Japanese.

Halloween Parade on 10/27 in this town if you have little ones... 

Shop: Iseya Ekoda Branch

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A132101/13046680/

Address J: 東京都練馬区栄町26-3

Address E: Tokyo, Nerima-ku, Sakaemachi 26-3

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