This week Michael's Cafe American partnered with Italian Bar Ittemicca, On-Cafe, NoTo General Store, and other Tono restaurants to serve…
Buen Viaje to the Coolest Kids in Town!
Tonight we're honoring the coolest kids in town, Didac, Delia, and Gaia Piazza. Didac is moving to attend a school…
The Week That Was Golden
Golden Week brought many new faces, and lots of good food and celebration. We're still new (only about ten weeks!)…
Golden Week is Here!
Happy Constitution Memorial Day! Many Japanese workers get about a week off around the end of April and beginning of May. This is because there is cluster of national holidays during this time. The week starts on April 29, a national holiday that used to be celebrated as the birthday of Emperor Showa ...
How To Eat a Really Large Hamburger
How to eat a large -- make that really large -- hamburger? Easy! Share it with friends. Our upcoming Kikori Burger is big enough to feed a woodsman, logger, farmer, sumo wrestler, or hungry teenage track & field competitor.
Outdoor Seating Begins!
The weather is warm, Golden Week is almost here, and the beer is cold! We also have cold beverages like…
Mid-April at the Cafe: Photos from Last Week
Charolette is from Dallas, Texas, now an English teacher in nearby Kamaishi. She came to confirm that it really is…
How To Order a Vanilla Creme Soda
It's easy, just point to it on the menu! Hmmm. There's two children here, but one is hidden. Where did…
Chizuko’s Kitchen: Banana-Pecan Bread with an Orange-Zest Twist
Chizuko's banana bread just got better. Today's fresh-baked treat is banana bread with candied spiced pecans, and orange zest, made…
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It Gets Even Better: Mini Apple Pie 2.0
This time Chizuko added a home-made caramel sauce finish to the baked apples, cranberries, and walnuts, and instead of won…
Mapping Michael’s Cafe: Early Reviews
Michael's Cafe American is so new (less than two months) it might not be easy to find on the map,…
Four Sisters from Hanamaki
These girls came from Hanamaki to visit the cafe. Turns out, they're sisters! Four sisters, and there's two more, not seen…
[PHOTOS] A Hitchcock Moment
The opening sequence of Hitchcock's 1958 film classic "Vertigo", viewed by Alfred Hitchcock's Japanese doppelgänger.
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