{"id":3532,"date":"2022-04-21T21:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wabisabishimoda.com\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2022-04-24T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T01:49:51","slug":"spice-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wabisabishimoda.com\/ja\/spice-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The sign outside reads \u201cSpice Dog Curry and Cafe<\/a>\u201c, it sounds like a lot but it\u2019s actually so much more. Nobu, the owner is an absolute legend. He\u2019s been in business for more than 30 years. There\u2019s curry of course, but there\u2019s also pasta and other specials on the menu. Every time I come they have more and more vegetarian dishes on offer. Their wifi password is now \u201cvegetarian\u201d too! The cafe part is all the yummy cake; cheesecake, and pound cakes and more. Always incredibly reasonable and many available for take-out. Just check out the counter for some freshly baked goods to go. The very lovely Aki is probably there as well. Please say, \u201cHello!\u201d.<\/p>

There\u2019s a big book shelf filled with all things surf and \u201960s. Jerry Garcia adorns the wall and long-boards float along the ceiling. Boards I\u2019ve seen Nobu on while riding cruisy waves in Tatado.<\/p>

And there\u2019s more, lots of local and natural products for sale from essential oils to soap to jewelry. And then, probably the biggest notice board in Izu promoting businesses and events throughout Japan.<\/p>

Walk through the doorway that\u2019s next to the notice board and you\u2019ll enter the vintage clothing shop, filled with all shapes and colors of things, bell bottom jeans and the pointiest collared shirts I have ever seen. There are also some new but beautifully handcrafted bags and hats. And there\u2019s yet another doorway.\u00a0<\/p>

Through the second doorway without a door you\u2019ll enter \u3093 (pronounced \u201cEn\u201d), where you\u2019ll meet Hamachan, another local legend who\u2019s been working alongside Nobu for all these years. He has a beautiful boutique selling handcrafted goods of all kinds. Some new, some antique, all or almost all from Thailand. He sells cotton and hemp\u00a0 fabrics, pottery, hand-carved wooden furniture, bamboo woven hats and crab traps,\u00a0 handmade paper, wooden chopsticks, as well as the metal water cups we use at our cafe. Soooo many people ask me where we get our cups, they\u2019re light, unbreakable, and cold to the touch, perfect for ice water on hot summer days, and you too can buy them at \u3093.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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