Delicious Uni Sushi Pairings for only 100 yen at Hamazushi ‘s Sea Urchin Festival
Hamazushi (はま寿司) is a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, popular and quite common in Japan. It has many varieties of sushi, a lot of seasonal and…
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Japanese chestnut restaurant in Kyoto prepares the finest Mont Blanc before your very eyes!
At this time of year, many Japanese are enjoying the delicious taste of waguri 和栗 – Japanese chestnut. Since they are only available in the…
Cheap and Delicious: My All-Time Favorite Kaiten-Zushi restaurants in Japan
Kaiten-zushi (回転寿司) is the Japanese term for conveyor belt restaurants You can say that these kaiten-zushi restaurants are the Japanese version of fast food, and…
Japan’s first Godiva café opens at Tokyo station
Chocolate company Godiva is about to launch its first café in Japan. The Godiva Café Tokyo, located in the GranRoof Front of Tokyo Station, will…
This delicious pudding made solely with persimmons and milk is trending in Japan
Autumn is the season for persimmons in Japan. When properly ripened (but not too ripe), you can enjoy them as they are, diced and mixed…
Finish your evening on a sweet note with Tooth Tooth Tokyo’s evening parfaits
Eating parfaits as a sweet conclusion to a night out or a nice dinner, a trend known as shimé pafé シメパフェ (literally, “closer parfait”), began…
Reward yourself with a Kobe Beef Burger or Cheeseburger at Japan’s Freshness Burger chain
You’ve worked hard this year. The next time you’re in the mood for a burger, why not grab an early reward for your efforts with…
Japan Gourmet Guide: My top five recommendations of family restaurants
“Famiresu”(ファミレス) or family restaurants in English are casual restaurants aimed at families, but currently enjoyed by many people in Japan. We don’t have such places…
My top 5 recommendations of things to see and do during November in Japan
Do you plan on coming to Japan in November next year? November is a great month to visit this beautiful country especially because of the…
“Don’t Worry Egg’wich”: The world’s first eggwich speciality store opens in Osaka
The eggwich, alternatively written as egg’wich, is a new kind of burger that replaces hamburger buns with eggs. It has been drawing attention lately as…
Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan brings back Red Hot Chicken just in time for the cold weather
We’re seeing more sweaters, coats and scarves these days in Japan as the thermometer begins to drop into the low teens and even single digits…
8 minutes worth the wait: Nissin’s new Donbei premium udon is the chewiest instant udon ever
When it first came out in 1976, Nissin’s Donbei Kitsune Udon was the world’s first ever bowl-shaped instant noodle and it has been a familiar…
Torahachi Shoten, famous for “swimming squid” live sashimi & seared bonito, opens Umeda store
Trigger warning: This article mentions “live sashimi,” which involves cutting and serving sea creatures that are still alive, so it may be upsetting for some….
Restaurant specializing in “Tarasupa” salted cod roe spaghetti opens for business in Tokyo
Tarako, written 鱈子 or たらこ in Japanese, is salted pollock or cod roe. A popular and versatile food, it is enjoyed in many ways in…
Choose from 39,690,000 parfait permutations at pop-up custom parfait shop éGOISH
You may have visited ice cream parlors and even some restaurants where the menu section for parfaits is incredibly long, even several pages long… But…