{  Pinterest HQ  }

Pinterest HQ
Pinterest HQ
Pinterest HQ
Pinterest HQ
Pinterest HQ

Next up is an uber stylish company located in San Francisco. I recently had a chance to visit my friend at the Pinterest HQ which is located in SoMa. Their office is in a warehouse space that has artistic architecture and screams industrial cool. Their open-space concept with high ceilings, pops of colors throughout, and fun detailed decorations make the space more like a lounge than an office space. Loved the clean modern space with all the little touches throughout their office that made the place fun to work in yet cozy. The best part is, even the employees are surprised by the constant change in their office space as the designer keeps adding/moving around their furniture to keep it exciting.

As for their food options, the employees get free lunches everyday. Their lunch is catered daily but always has a salad bar/deli section. They also have lots of free snacks and drinks to choose from as well. The day I visited was Indian Curry day so I had some curry + salad. The last photo of the pink flamingos are from the women’s bathroom! Check out more photos after the link below.

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{  Facebook HQ  }

Facebook Headquarters
Facebook Headquarters
Facebook Headquarters
Facebook Headquarters
Facebook Headquarters
Facebook Headquarters

Guess what? I am currently in Sunny California making my tour around this awesome state, and I got to visit Facebook Headquarters located in Silicon Valley (Menlo Park, CA to be exact). It’s probably one of the largest scale campuses I have visited for a tech company, and believe it or not, they are building a new larger campus across the street because they are outgrowing their current space!

My visit to Google Japan’s office was quite exciting but this is a whole different scale and it feels like you are visiting Disneyland or something. As I walked through their campus, I couldn’t help but feel like I was in college as everyone seems young and dressed in relaxed outfits. So different from the Japanese salary-men style. The office layout is open concept and it definitely feels like the “IT” place to be.

The food is the best part. SO many options to choose from!! There’s a specialty BBQ place, Burger joint, Sushi restaurant, Coffee shop, Sweets shop (Bakery, Ice cream, Froyo), and a cafeteria that changes their menu daily, Juice Bar, Salad Bar, Make your own Sandwich/Panini section, just unbelievable. The most amazing part is, aside from a few restaurants, everything is FREE for employees and guests! I couldn’t decide what I wanted to eat due to so many options, I decided to get something from the cafeteria and Sweets Shop and had a pretty good experience :D

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{  Season’s Greetings  }

Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings

Season’s Greetings!

Another year is coming to an end and I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for coming to tokyoeats.jp and encouraging me to keep up with my yummy discoveries. I will be heading to Brazil for the first time this New Years and will be on vacation for about 2 weeks! If you have any suggestions on where to eat in Rio, please let me know!

Tokyo is festive with holiday spirit everywhere. Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful holiday season with your friends and family :)

Above photos are from: Omotesando Hills, Ebisu Westin Hotel, Roppongi Midtown, and Jiyugaoka.

xoxo,
Maki




{  Happy Halloween  }

Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

I recently went back to Tokyo Skytree and Tokyo Disney Sea and they were both filled with Halloween spirit. It was my first time going up to the observation deck and it really was an impressive view – I highly recommend it. Disney Sea was just amazing as always but I gotta say we might have had the most successful and fun trip this time around ;)

Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.

xo,
Maki




{  Kyoto Trip  }

Kyoto Trip
Kyoto Trip
Kyoto Trip

Kibune Shrine/貴船神社 and the area around Kibune
Had lunch on kawadoko here!

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Kyoto Trip
Kyoto Trip

Nanzenji Temple/南禅寺
What a beautiful temple with multiple areas to see and walk around. Lots of great spots for photos.
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Kyoto Trip

Kamogawa/鴨川 near Sanjo/三条 and Shijo/四条.
This area is THE hang out place in Kyoto. So many shops, cafes and places to dine on Sanjo and Shijo streets near and around Kamogawa.
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Kyoto Trip
Kyoto Trip
Kyoto Trip

Eikando Temple/永観堂
Absolutely zen and beautiful. A must see especially during foliage season.
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Pictured above are some of the places I visited during my trip to Kyoto and absolutely LOVED. Since I’ve already been to many of the main stream temples and popular places in Kyoto, I am finally getting to visit some of the less known and less traveled places. We were fortunate to have our friend drive us around everywhere so it was easy getting around to all of these places. It’s always a treat to travel with locals who know the area well :) We totally want to come back during the fall foliage season in November if we can. Kyoto is definitely one of our favorite places in Japan outside of Tokyo♡

xoxo,
Maki

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Related Posts on Kyoto:
1) Hirobun
2) Nakamura Tokichi
3) Kyoto Trip
4) Kyoto Cafes
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