Fisherman's Lunch in Tsukiji
If you are looking for a cheap and delicious in Tokyo, I recommend going to the Tsukiji fish market. Tsukiji is famous for being the largest fish market in the world. You may visit it early in the morning to watch the fishermen negotiating the prices for tuna. When you are done with that, DO NOT FO…(134 words)
AustinA
Tsukiji Tokyo Ramen noodles Sashimi (Raw fish)
Breakfast in Japan
Japan just doesn't have the "eat breakfast out" culture the way that , say , the USA has with diners offering breakfast almost anytime, or cafes in Europe offering coffee, breads/cheese and pastries.A typical breakfast for the Japanese is fish with rice, pickles, natto (fermented beans) and mi…(170 words)
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Coffee Fast food Miso Miso soup Natto (Fermented soy beans) Teishoku Toast Tokyo
Did you know you can eat Raw noodles in Japan?
Tsuke-men can be one of the best Ramen Experiences ever! You can get a soft boiled egg along with the dish and I like to cut the egg in half with my chopsticks and put it in the sauce to add the juicy egg-yolk to the mix. You pick up cooler noodles and then dip them into the sauce. This is differen…(163 words)
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Nothing to stick your tongue out at
Gyūtan, or beef tongue, is a common meat in Japanese Yakiniku restaurants. The meat is particularly fatty, with roughly 75% of its calories derived from fat. While many people may consider tongue meat to be difficult to stomach, it is actually quite commonly eaten around the world. In Europe, ton…(222 words)
mikekato
Recommended Craft Beer in Japan
Question: What craft beer in Japan do you recommend?My personal favourites: anything from Baird Beer, Brimmer Brewing, Coedo, Yona Yona, and whatever's on tap at Antenna America. Check out my website for links, addresses, and event information:http://www.abrewcadabrew.comFor a comprehensi…(55 words)
Former Deep Japan Writer
Beer Drink Event Visit
Use Hashi (chopsticks) in order to be different!
There are some different types of suchi such as Nigiri and Gunkan-maki. Gunkan maki is a sushi made by wrapping rice with dried seaweed around its perimeter and placing “neta” on rice. When neta seems to drop if you try to dip gunkan maki in soy source, it is one of very smart manners to pick up Ga…(104 words)
OKAKI-sun
Chopstick Restaurant Etiquette Sushi
Making Mochi by Hand for New Years
My family always makes handmade mochi at the end of the year. It turns in to party that starts at about 6:00am when we start to steam the mochi-rice. My father-in-law always hands me a beer and all the men stand outside waiting for the rice to be ready for a pounding. My wife and mother-in-law wise…(383 words)
Jeff Aasgaard
Mochi (Rice cake) New year Event Beer Udon noodles Winter
A steamed Japanese cake
In onsen areas with shops, you often see "Manjuu", a steamed Japanese cake with a doughy outside, and sweet red beans on the inside.At one time, they would use actual onsen water for the dough, and the steam from the onsen to cook the manjuu, but these days, just selling them at onsen is enough f…(119 words)
Eddie
Cake Onsen Gunma Manjuu
Yoshinoya is your beef bowl heaven in Japan..try the real thing during your Japan Travel-
There are a wide range of fast foods to choose from in Japan. I would like to introduce a beef bowl this time!Beef bowl is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.It has a history of about 100 years and there are several beef bo…(214 words)
fujimorison
Beef Gyudon (Beef bowl) Fast food History Hot pot dish
Children’s Day
Kodomo-no-hi falls on May 5, called "Tango-no-sekku", Boys' festival. In Japan, we have various customs on the day. We hang out carp streamers (Koinobori) or decorate the Boys' May Festival dolls to pray that boys in the house will live their lives strongly as well as to drive out an evil spirit. O…(87 words)
OKAKI-sun
Children Mochi (Rice cake) Dolls Live Children's Day (Japan)
Izu Pennisula Local Sushi
Recently, I had an opportunity to eat “Sushi” at Saito Sushi Restaurant in Numazu, Japan, which is located in the Izu Peninsula south of Tokyo/Yokohama. The restaurant was recommended by a local taxi driver and the place is frequented by the local people as well as visitors from abroad so I decided…(276 words)
AustinA
Sushi Izu Pennisula Sake (Rice wine) Miso Taxicab Shizuoka Prefecture Sushi Suruga Bay Numazu
Yatai - Festival Food Stalls
There are a lot of matsuri - festivals - all over Japan especially in the summer. At the matsuri you can always find many kinds of yatai - food stalls. Even small local events have yatai, because the food is part of the festival. Yatai offer all sorts of fun yummy foods, both sweet and savoury. Ple…(126 words)
David
yatai Japanese festivals Sweets Food Summer Tera (Temple) Jinjya (Shrine) chocolate banana
The Perfect Birthday Dinner at Antonio’s, Minami-Aoyama, Japan
For my mother’s Birthday last night, my sister and I decided to treat her to a special dinner at Japan’s oldest Italian restaurant, Antonio’s. We couldn’t have left more satisfied, a truly five-star experience. Antonio’s was originally established in 1944 by Mr. Antonio who was a chef for the I…(259 words)
GenS
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Meet Yoshida No Udonburi-Chan, Udon Character From Mt. Fuji, Japan!
There is a very famous type of Udon in Yamanashi Prefecture’s Fujiyoshida City. It is a little bit heavier and stronger than regular Udon so when you try to bite through the noodles it will make your teeth work harder. This is called “Koshi no aru” Udon in Japanese.It is said that this Yoshida …(654 words)
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Best Izakaya in Yokohama, Japan
By far my favourite izakaya is a place in Yokohama called Camp Yokohama. As its name may suggest, this particular izakaya is camping themed. Which of course means, MEAT! GOOD MEAT! CHEAP MEAAAAT!!Anything you order here is awesome, from the jumbo sausage (300 yen) to the lamb. What makes it e…(398 words)
GenS
Yokohama Izakaya Drink Beer Sake (Rice wine) Kanagawa Shochu Camping Barbeque Nomihoudai (All you can drink)
Perfect for a Sweet Tooth
Kankontan, it seems, is a very famous pastry from Toyama Prefecture. It is made by a well known local patisserie, Fleur de Lis Blanc. Apparently, the patisserie is primarily of French persuasion, though it is one with a distinct Japanese taste.The Kanji characters for Kankontan reveal almost …(306 words)
mikekato
Sweets Cake Toyama Pastry
KAKIGORI will help you to survive the August heat
Kakigori is a mountain of grated ice cubes with something on top of it to give it taste. Simple Kakigori comes with some kind of sirup (the chemical type - with fluorescent blue, green, red, yellow color). More elaborate ones comes with Uji tea, like the one in this picture, or other tastes lik…(321 words)
Claire
August Sweets Green tea Kakigori
Manga Starbucks
From one little coffee shop in Seattle Washington in 1971, a coffee empire unlike any empire ever seen was born. Their cafes can be found in sixty five countries, with more than sixteen thousand locations. Their products are also sold ubiquitously from convenient stores to grocery markets, and in …(269 words)
Alex
Kamakura Manga Starbucks Train Drink Building Food Coffee Cherry
Cajun & Creole Cooking and Craft Beer at Nawlins BBQ House, Yokosuka
Sushi. Natto. Takoyaki. We all love Japanese food, but sometimes that inexplicable mood hits hard and you've just got to have some good old fashion BBQ. Thanks to Nawlins, Yokosuka’s first Cajun and Creole restaurant, you can satiate that craving any time you please. Nawlins serves delicious sl…(341 words)
Former Deep Japan Writer
Beer Yokosuka BBQ cooking Drink Restaurant Food Yokohama
Traditional American Thanksgiving
As a native Californian living in Japan there are some food holidays and flavors I really miss from home! Food is an amazing part of our socialization and culture. The food in Japan is amazing but we also like a bit of home too. Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner are a couple of those times! Also, b…(186 words)
Traci Pink Cow
Traditional Thanksgiving Tokyo Event Food Dinner festival Holidays Region Christmas
Japanese Fish Markets
As Japan is surrounded by ocean, we have a lot of famous fish markets with fresh fish. Usually such markets have a couple of restaurants inside the market and they serve great fish dishes. I recommend you to check out local fish markets and include one of them in your sightseeing itinerary!(52 words)
OKAKI-sun
Mount Fuji Souvenir Rice cracker
Tsukemen Ramen Shop & Noodle Maker in Asakusa Tokyo
This is Tsukemen Kobo Asakusa Seimenjo, a Japanese ramen shop that makes their own fresh noodles and specializes in tsukemen. Take a look at the tiny noodle factory near the entrance. If you are lucky, you can see the staff making fresh ramen noodles. They make three types of noodles here: reg…(360 words)
David
Asakusa Ramen noodles Tsukemen Japanese food tabehodai all you can eat handmade
I opened a wine bar in Tokyo
I recently opened a wine bar in the Omotesando area of Tokyo, a very stylish area of the city. I'd like to post a brief outline of the process I went through in establishing the bar below. The property I sourced the property through a friend. It is a two storey building, built in the late…(833 words)
Adstev73
Tokyo Wine Business City Drink Food Building Beer Winter view
The Best Ramen & Tsukemen in Asakusa
I have started to explore the many ramen stores in Asakusa with my friends, trying ramen and tsukemen. These are our favourites so far:Tsukemen Kobo Asakusa Seimenjo Ramen Shop & Noodle Maker on Kototoidori streethttp://www.deepjapan.org/a/3873 Fuji Ramen near ROX on Kokusai-dori street…(114 words)
David
Asakusa Ramen noodles Tsukemen Senso-ji Temple Hanayashiki Amusement Park Chinese dumpling
Chicken Ramen & Tsukemen at Taiga in Asakusa
Taiga is the ramen shop in Asakusa you should visit when you are very hungry, tired, and need "chicken soup for your soul". The chicken soup that makes up the base for the ramen and tsukemen here is that good.Choose from the ramen or tsukemen menu and decide how many noodles you would like. The…(242 words)
David
Asakusa Ramen noodles Tsukemen Hanayashiki Amusement Park Senso-ji Temple
Manchinro Honten: My Five star restaurant in Yokohama Chinatown
It is the grandest and most lavish looking Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. They have 400 kinds of menu out of around 2,000 Cantonese dishes. I would say they are definitely one of the Five Star restaurants in terms of gorgeous atmosphere, deliciousness and professional staff serving skills. Th…(234 words)
Suetsumuhana
Restaurant Yokohama Chinatown Kanagawa china town Yamashita-cho Chinese food
Authentic Ceylon Tea in Yokohama, Japan
One of the many things I love about Yokohama is its number of fantastic cafes. a particularly unique one I enjoy going to is Sinha Ceylon Tea House, located near Bashamichi Station, who specializes in leaf teas imported from several regions in Sri Lanka.They offer over thirty varieties of hot a…(321 words)
Former Deep Japan Writer
Bashamichi Yokohama Cafe Food Drink
Japan's First and Oldest Greek Restaurant
Sparta, located in Yoshidamachi, Yokohama, is Japan's first and oldest Greek restaurant - and quite arguably one of the country's best. Founded by Elias Skantos in 1953, it's now run by his disciple, chef Akutsu Yasuyuki, and his wife Yoko. Together, the two travel to Greece yearly to update their …(348 words)
Former Deep Japan Writer
Restaurant Greek Yokohama Japan Food Drink Beer Coffee Sake (Rice wine) Cuisine
Japanese foods & souvenirs that let you experience a taste of Japan at home
Try the flavor combinations of Japanese candy“You can't go wrong buying Japanese candy. You will see some of the most creative packaging that will make the person receiving the candy wonder whether to open the candy or display it. It can look traditional or futuristic. But you are probably wond…(499 words)
DeepJapan
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Nakameguro is very Female Friendly!
The neighborhood of Nakameguro (nickname Nakame) is packed with great little boutiques, cafes, and restaurants. The beautiful tree lined canal (cherry blossoms in hanami season) is perfect for a day out with friends, or a lovely afternoon on your own. The range in this small neighborhood is amazing…(124 words)
LShannon
Tokyo Shopping Building River Cherry blossom Cherry Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing)
Good for the teeth, wallet, and diet
Japan certainly has some interesting snacks, some that may seem a bit outlandish and wild; mostly of the seafood variety. It may take a bit of courage and a bit of time to stomach some the stranger ones, but once you get used to the smell, texture, or flavor of some of the more "unique" snacks, the…(172 words)
KurtisW
Convenience store Sea
Just a tad to remember
Soy sauce, or shoyu, is one of Japan's most important condiments. It is used more in Kanto (around Tokyo) than in Kansai (around Osaka), but it is used throughout Japan. it is usually on the table in most restaurants and in every home. The most important thing to remember when using soy sauce is…(108 words)
mikekato
Tokyo Soy sauce Osaka Salt Kansai Kanto
“Tamago-kake Gohan”
Soy sauce is indispensable ingredient for Japanese cuisine. Although there are a lot of use in everyday life, one of the most popular use is “Tamago-kake Gohan”. We put raw egg on top of hot cooked rice, add soy sauce and mix them up well to eat. This is a favorite dish for many Japanese people.(56 words)
OKAKI-sun
Soy sauce Cuisine Japanese cuisine
Hott Motto has a good Makunouchi bento series
Hotto Motto is a takeaway bento chain. I've heard "Hotto" has the double meaning of "hot" and "hotto-suru" (to feel relieved). I like their Makunouchi（幕の内） is a popular type of Japanese bento which consists of fish, meat, pickles, eggs and vegetables along with rice and an umeboshi. Though t…(105 words)
EmiOnishi
Bento (box meal) Tokyo Miso Miso soup Umeboshi
Refresh Yourself with Green Tea in Japan
If you go to the drink section in a convenient store in Japan, you will find that about 20% of the drinks are different types of tea! The tea is very delicious and some even have actual tea leaves in them. When I was at school, I would drink green tea every day. When you come to Japan, I definitely…(70 words)
GenS
Green tea Convienence Store Japan Drink Tea green
Food to eat in the Autumn
A must eat dish in Autumn is "matsutake gohan" which is pine mushroom rice. Pine mushrooms are in season during the fall so is definitely the time to eat it. They also have "matsutake soup". It is slightly expensive but very much worth eating. Also persimmons are the in season fruit during the fall…(64 words)
Jules
Autumn
DEFINITELY eat at Ginza Isomura!
One of my favorite Japanese restaurants in Japan is called Ginza Isomura; there is one in Ginza and two in Kannai/Bashamichi. They are famous for their kushiage, which are fresh meat, fish or vegetables deep fried on a stick. However, it is not as heavy as you may think! I love going for lunches, b…(115 words)
RieS
Tokyo Drink Ginza Miso Miso soup Tsukemono (Japanese pickles)
Soup Stock Tokyo for a simple but heartwarming lunch!
When I want a quick but delicious and heartwarming lunch, I often go to Soup Stock Tokyo, a restaurant that specializes in soups and curries from all over the world. This chain restaurant all around Japan is easily accessible, because they have restaurants in major stations and malls. I usually get…(183 words)
RieS
Tokyo Restaurant Beef
Before you leave...
When staying at the park or street with cherry blossoms, you should not take up excessive amounts of space, especially if it is a popular location. Take a picnic sheet that will fit your friends and/or family members with whom you will be doing hanami. Also, you must remember to throw out your own …(106 words)
RieS
Park Etiquette Cherry blossom Cherry Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing) Flower
Royal Host - a cozy environment
My all-time favorite family restaurant is Royal Host, a family restaurant that is more upper-class than others. My family usually go there just to relax, because the have comfortable booth seats. They also have a drink bar and therefore it's a great place to hang out and talk with your friends!…(137 words)
RieS
Tokyo Restaurant Drink