Nomihoudai are economical and great if you are in groups..
Normally Nomihodai are timebound. It is for 60 min or 90 min or 120 min etc and this is told /decided initially when you enter the shop. There are set of drinks which you can have as much as you like in these 60 or 120 min. Drinks not included in this list have to be purchased separately at norma…(192 words)
suku
Nomihoudai (All you can drink) Beer Drink Izakaya Shochu
Cheap and good, Higonoya in Omotesando
Cheap and good.Love how the yakitoris come with negi-abura (chopped spring onions in oil).Placed in a fashionable area but an easy to enter spot.Very near the exit A4 of Omotesando station.http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1306/A130602/13034811/Check out the pics and see whether it works for …(51 words)
Andrew Soh Chih Jen
Tokyo Yakitori Spring
POP'S RAMEN HOUSE !!!!
RAMEN IS ALL OVER JAPAN , THE HAVE MANY TYPES OF SOUP, TO ENJOY A GOOD RAMEN YOU NEED A THE BEST SOUP!!! I love SHIO,SHOYU,MISO,TONKOTSU etc... ① I think Shoyu & Shio are from Tokyo! ②Miso is from Hokkaido ③ Tonkotsu is from kyushuu !!!To get the best tonkotsu and cheep Ramen shop is T…(90 words)
Pop
Not a must but ...
Not a must but whenever I have a big note to buy something small, I would always state, "Sumimasen, ookii no shika motte imasen.", which literally means that, "I'm sorry that I only have a big note."For me, it is just a small way to show our gratitude for the pain/trouble we are causing. Small …(69 words)
Andrew Soh Chih Jen
Etiquette
To the little tray....
In Japan, you should not hand in the cash directly to the casher's hands. Always leave the cash into the little tray at the casher or if they do not have the tray, you should leave it to the casher-desk. This is to avoid any direct conflicts with the person in charge of the casher in case of los…(87 words)
Mido
Shopping Etiquette
Sushi+Green Tea, must!
Japanese green tea has lots of Vitamin E and C!! compared to English Black tea and Oolong tea. This is because of its manufacturing steps. The Japanese tea is manufactured without fermentation. Its also good for disinfection for food poisoning so it is recommended to drink when eating raw fish, …(75 words)
Mido
Kind of Japanese tea
There are many kinds of Japanese tea.Greentea（緑茶）, Roasted green tea（ほうじ茶）,Tea with whole rice（玄米茶） , Barley tea （麦茶）・・These can be cooled and drunk in the Summer.There is a specialty store of Japanese tea. But,My recommendation is DONKI HOUTE. It is because i…(97 words)
Spaceman
Shibuya Ginza Roppongi Tea Green tea Specialty store Summer
Mugicha
It will change your life. Light nutty, grain-y flavor, and completely caffeine free. Great thirst quencher and you can even find it at restaurants in the summer. Look for bottles at the convenience store labeled 麦茶, むぎちゃ, or むぎ茶.(36 words)
Hudwa
Convenience store Tea Summer
Watch out!
Only grab plates that you've seen the chef place on the belt. It's the best way to ensure freshness without asking specifically.(22 words)
Hudwa
Sushi Kaitenzushi (Conveyor belt sushi)
IvanRamen
This store is famous for a cook. The famous cook of French cuisine or the Italian cuisine is making ramen noodles. He is a foreigner. His name is Ivan. It is not also bean paste, soy sauce, or salt. It is a new taste. It is very famous in Japan. Ivan Ramen3-24-7Minamikarasuyama,Se…(80 words)
Spaceman
Tokyo Soy sauce Ramen noodles Salt Cuisine French cuisine Italian cuisine
How is the proposal?
Japanese people love tea! There are a lot of different kinds such as Sen-cha, Ma-cha and Mugi-cha. We cannot truly enjoy our meal and tea time without them. You can enjoy taste of each tea itself, but I would suggest it’s also enjoyable to study which tea go together with what kind of foods. As I …(81 words)
OKAKI-sun
Tea
Please enjoy Ramen in Japan.
Ramen has a long history in Japan and also is a very important culture in Japan. Each ramen restaurant has its own taste. But very known for particular types are miso, soy sauce and salt based soups ramen. I would like to recommend Yichi Ran ramen restaurant which I often to go.(52 words)
PatY
Restaurant Soy sauce Ramen noodles History Miso Salt
Japanese Tea
There are many brands in Japan that produces Japanese tea. I'm sure many of you do not think that Japanese tea does not taste good or even think that it's too bitter. That is totally true. However, if you eat it with Japanese food, it tastes incredibly good. it'll be beyond your imagination. …(61 words)
AnriY
Tea
Ramen museum
Since there are so many kinds of soup and noodles it may be difficult to choose a good ramen resutaurant for you. If you want to taste some of popular and famous ramen, I recommend to visit the Ramen museum in Shinyokohama. There are about 10 famous ramen restaurants gathered from all over the …(95 words)
misa
Ramen noodles Museum
It's all about the ingredients, and Tax (and tastes..!)
Well, it's a good question and could be a-bit-hard-to-tell kind of question unless you are knowledgeable about the liquor regulation in Japan; a liquor tax law!It's all about the ingredients, and the amount of malts/barley used for brewing beers. By definition, the amount of tax applied to a unit…(281 words)
Masa
Drink Beer
Did someone say unagi!
When I first came to Japan, I didn't expect the summers to be as long and as torturous as they are. Hot temperatures both highs and lows, day after day and month after month. Knowing the right drinks for a hot and sticky summer night is easy: beer! Food on the other hand is more difficult. But …(182 words)
Nate
Eel Sushi Beer Summer
Some convenience stores offer this service
You can find more information on printing your photos out at convenience stores at the link below.http://www.survivingnjapan.com/2012/03/guide-to-convenience-store-copy-print.html(23 words)
Ray_Proper
Convenience store Camera
Use Sushi Apps to learn before you go
"Sushipedia" is a good one. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sushipedia/id326316017?mt=8(14 words)
Ray_Proper
Restaurant Sushi Apple
Summer power food in Japan - believe it or not, curry!
Although I still haven't quite got used to the concept, many Japanese people love to eat spicy curry when it's very hot and humid.My mother-in-law says that it's because it helps to increase your appetite. Curry is hot and spicy, so it is easier to eat, and somehow makes you end up feeling bett…(105 words)
William Nealy
Tennis Summer
Cold soba noodle
Japanese tends to eat lot of cold soba during hot summer.(11 words)
JennyS
Soba noodles Summer
Inexpensive Fruits
I live in Yokohama.. There are many stand around the streets where selling inexpensive fruits in the bulk. The other super market is OK and Aoba where selling very inexpensive fruits.. Of course the bes choice is always costco where you can find all the imported fruits from U.S.A, and they are all …(57 words)
JennyS
Yokohama Fruits
Each part of the tea leaf is used to make different kind of teas
Japan is famous for its green teas and there are many different types and grades, which can be confusing for foreigners.Sencha:Sencha is the most common Japanese green tea made of the tea leaves. Whereas black tea has been roasted, green tea is steamed during the production process.Matcha…(589 words)
Nicolas
Tea Sushi Kyoto Green tea Milk Sugar Black tea Spring Autumn
Where you can find good beef that comes with a good price
You can easily come across top graded beef in any stores near the stations in Japan but the price may not be that comfortable. I normally get my A4 grade beef which I found the cheapest (almost half of the price compare to others) from OK. OK is a supermarket chain, check out the locations near you…(110 words)
lucaslim
Beef
Go to local supermarkets or try pick-your-own farms
Just keep in mind that fruits in Japan are relatively more expensive than other countries. So avoid buying them from department stores, supermarkets for expats, or Seijo Ishii that imports foreign foods, and go to one of your local supermarkets. Or you can join a bus tour for PYO experience. Yo…(69 words)
Natchan
Department store Bus Fruits
Stuff on Seaweed!
I'm a huge fan of seaweed. Here are some interesting varieties I picked up at the local station market.1. “Kuki Wakame” – seaweed stems (top left)- fantastic in salads with ume or ponzu dressing2. “Tororo Kombu” – pickled, shredded kombu kelp (top right)- used in soups, on udon or soba n…(110 words)
Emmie
Soba noodles Udon noodles Japanese plum
Nori-maki Senbei (rice cracker in laver)
Although there are a variety of Senbei (rice crackers) with different seasonings and foods in Japan, Nori-maki Senbei is probably the best and most popular one. Soy source slightly scorched and laver provide you with pleasant aroma. Enjoy a pleasant crispy feeling of laver too!(45 words)
OKAKI-sun
Rice cracker
Go to Harajuku! Also available at many food courts
When you say crepe in Japan, it's basically a type of sweets or desserts. Crepe itself is not much different from ones in other countries, but its fillings are whip cream, ice cream, chocolate, fruit... so sweet and wild.They are originally from Harajuku, Tokyo, and you can easily find them in …(86 words)
ToshiA
Tokyo Harajuku
Local Trucks and shops near stations
Keep your eyes peeled. especially for seasonal items- the little trucks that park around back alleys and side streets usually offer good deals. Also near most train stations you can find fruit and veggie stands- later in the day they often run specials of things that they need to move that are gett…(103 words)
LShannon
Train Park Train station Fruits
Watch out for green tea farms on Shinkansen
You can enjoy drinking tea, as well as watching it grow! Shizuoka-prefecture is the top producing area for Japanese tea, and you can see tea farms from Shinkansen. One hour from Tokyo on the bullet train, you may easily locate those farms on both sides of the railroad. Even if you don't know wh…(113 words)
ToshiA
Tea Shinkansen Bullet Train Green tea Tokyo Train
Get fruit at AmeYoko
Not just for fruit but one of the most culturally interesting and inexpensive places to shop in Tokyo is AmeYoko market located right by JR Okachimachi Station, as well as accessible by Ginza (Ueno Hirokoji station), Oedo and Hibiya lines (at Naka Okachimachi station).Fruit, seafood, clothing, nu…(206 words)
slapshot
Tokyo Shopping Ginza Ueno Fruits Cosmetics Watches
Eating soba noodles- the original Japanese fast food.
There are 3 basic noodle varieties available all year long in Japan: soba, udon or ramen. Also there's a fourth- somen noodles-- thin strands eaten cold with ice in the summer only.Soba are noodles made with buckwheat, slightly healthier than the enriched flour in the other noodles offerings.…(161 words)
slapshot
Soba noodles Fast food Train Ramen noodles Udon noodles Tempura Horse radish Tofu (Soy bean curd) Somen noodles Summer
Please try Japanese noodle 'Soba' after Akihabara Electric Town
Kanda Yabu Soba was more than just a noodle restaurant, it was a tangible connection to the city's past, to a way of living that evolved centuries back in the narrow crowded streets of Edo. http://tokyofood.blog128.fc2.com/blog-entry-17.html(42 words)
Mayu
City Restaurant Soba noodles Akihabara
Soumen
I am not sure this quite qualifies as a "power food" but I love cold soumen noodles dipped in a chilled "tsuyu" soup when its hot outside. The salty/sour soup is great when you have been sweating all day! Order a portion of edamame or soy beans in the pod with it for some real nutrition-and wash do…(64 words)
Scandi-La
Beer Edamame (Green soybeans)
Tokyo and Shinagawa station, "All that shellfish"
"品川名物貝づくし" ("shinagawa meibutsu kai zukushi")Actually, I never had it, but I can tell it must be good.5 kinds of cooked shellfishes on rice and veges.Sold at Tokyo and Shinagawa Station, 930 yen.(32 words)
Moo Moo
Tokyo Train Train station Bento (box meal)
Tachigui soba tip: Korokke Soba
At a stand up style Soba places, "korokke soba" is reccommended. It is soba in warm broth with deep fried potato croquette on top. How simple is that:) Price range is somewhere around 300 Yen per dish and it is apparently Tokyo original!(42 words)
lenamum
Tokyo Soba noodles Croquette
Tokyo Ale : Made By Tokyo Brewing Company
Tokyo original craft beer company. You can buy their beer selections at Tokyo Brewing Company in Takanawa, Minato-ku. http://www.tokyo-ale.com/ Or you can taste their ranges at the venue in Roppongi called, "Super Deluxe" http://www.tokyo-ale.com/My recommendation is "soba ale" :) Soothing and…(49 words)
lenamum
Tokyo Roppongi Beer Soba noodles
Yakitori in Japan? Iseya in Kichijoji is Definitely one of the Most Popular
At the corner of Inogashira Park in Kichijoji, you will notice the old two storied old school house-ish venue : Iseya is one of most popular yakitori venues in Japan and on weekends, there is queue at the front( except rainy days, perhaps ). Inside the venues, no much of fancy or sofisticated impre…(74 words)
lenamum
Park Tokyo Yakitori
Eat the Best Ramen Noodles in Japan
You can see here that we have ordered Jumbo Ramen with Nori (seaweed) as one of the best toppings. Floating quietly in the hot and tasty soup is the Onsen or boiled soft egg. If you cut it open with your chopsticks the soft yellow yolk will flow out into the ramen soup and add that last amazing tas…(90 words)
Eat
Japan
Drink
Ramen noodles
Onsen
seaweed
chopsticks
Unagi can be a year-round power builder
I recently went to a Unagi restaurant in Hamamatsu and they served slightly browned (just so it is not raw) Unagi or Eel. There were toppings included like Yuzu-kosho (citrus and pepper), ginger, wasabi and radish. The taste was absolutely amazing. This would be good for a year-round delight so don…(72 words)
masayuki.ike
Restaurant Horse radish Eel
Make sure in Japan to drink tea at a restaurant
Today, we stopped in at a beautiful little Sushi Shop in Ginza in Tokyo. The warm tea that came out right at the beginning prepared our palate perfectly for the lovely fish to come after. It was a truly perfect experience. We would recommend that when you come to eat sushi you make sure to prepare …(76 words)
Japan
Dining
Tokyo
Sushi
Ginza
Tea
Green tea