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Japanese breakfast ramen for US$3.50 in Shinjuku is the morning meal you didn’t know you needed

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2025
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The best place to try the unique local custom of “asa-ra”.

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• (breakfast • cheap eats • COK • food • Japanese breakfast • Noodles • ramen • ramen restaurant • Restaurant • Sarusuberi • shinjuku • SNJO • soy sauce ramen • Tokyo)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at beef bowl chain Matsuya?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

Eleven local recommendations for eating on the cheap at this famous restaurant chain.

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• (beef bowl • beef bowl restaurant • beef bowls • cheap eats • COK • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • Japanese food • Matsuya • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Doutor?

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 23, 2025

Eleven enticing orders for budget-conscious diners at one of Japan’s top coffee shop chains.

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• (cafes • cheap eats • coffee • COK • Doutor • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • sweets)

Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building serves up an exclusive ramen

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2025

Is the Tocho ramen worth the elevator ride up to the 32nd floor?

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• Japan
• (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ramen • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias • Tocho • Tocho Ramen • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)

Four dirt-cheap but tasty places to grab lunch in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping mecca

• SoraNews24
  Feb 10, 2025

Our Shibuya native shares the start of his list of places to fill up your stomach without emptying your wallet.

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• (budget • cheap eats • COK • food • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO)

Is downtown Tokyo’s crazy cheap 290-yen bento boxed lunch shop still around, and is it still cheap?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2024

Mr. Sato goes to check on Nihamaru Bento in Shin Okubo.

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• (bento • boxed lunches • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • crazy • food • restaurants • Shin-Okubo • SNJO)

We got 17 pieces of sushi at just over 2,000 yen at this Fukuoka restaurant

• Shannon
  Aug 17, 2024

Every sushi piece is 110 yen. Every. One.

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• (affordable • cheap eats • Fukuoka • Hakata Ferry Terminal • Hakata Toyoichi • sushi • takeout)

We tried Dodger Stadium’s Tsukiji Gindaco takoyaki flavor in Japan for its limited release

• Shannon
  Jul 16, 2024

From Japan, to L.A., and back again.

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• Japan, USA
• (avocado • cheap • cheap eats • cheese • delicious • Dodger Stadium • limited flavors • Los Angeles Dodgers • takoyaki • Tsukiji Gindaco)

The best kebab in Tokyo? We find out if Moses in Shibuya lives up to the hype

• SoraNews24
  May 7, 2024

Moses was the first person to sell kebabs in Japan, and you can buy them in Shibuya until three in the morning.

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• (cheap eats • inexpensive • kebab • Moses Kebab • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo)

How to make an epic pizza at a Japanese family restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2024

Eating on the cheap doesn’t have to be boring.

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• (cheap eats • family restaurants • food • food hack • food hacks • Gusto • hacks • pizza • restaurants • review • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • Tokyo)

Tokyo Secret Eats: Shibuya City staff cafeteria serves Hachiko soba to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

A hidden gem enjoyed by public servants…and visitors in the know!  

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• (buckwheat • cheap eats • inexpensive • juwari soba • Noodles • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Ward Office • SNJO • soba • staff cafeterias • taste test • Tokyo)

Saizeriya’s private solo booths are one of the best places to work, drink and eat in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2024

Equipped with everything you need to get work done and unwind with a glass of wine afterwards.

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• (Ahiruneko • cheap eats • family restaurant • restaurants • review • Saizeriya • SNJO • solo dining • telework • Tokyo • wfh)

Ultimate Japan Super Budget Dining! Our very best 1,000-yen chain restaurant meals this year

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 30, 2023

A look back on 10 great meals with low prices.

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• (cheap eats • coco ichibanya • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Fuji Soba • Hama Sushi • Japan super budget dining • Osho • restaurants • Saizeriya • Sushiro)

Our search for Kyoto Station’s cheapest souvenir reveals a surprisingly sweet find

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2023

You don’t have to spend a lot to get a great souvenir in Kyoto.

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• (cakes • cheap eats • cheapo news • COK • food • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • SNJO • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • Udonko)

Tokyo government building serves local school lunch to public in Japanese cafeteria

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what a Japanese school lunch tastes like, you’ll want to head to this hidden gem.

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• (Adachi • cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese school lunch • Japanese stew • Kyushoku • restaurants • school lunch • school lunches • secrets • shokudo • SNJO • Stew • white stew)

Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Hama Sushi?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2023

Never be stuck for what to choose at the conveyor belt restaurant ever again!

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• (1000 yen • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • conveyor belt restaurants • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Japanese food • Kaitenzushi • SNJO • sushi • taste test)

Tokyo bento shop sells croquettes…for just one yen!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

That’s US$0.0068, making this the bargain of the year.

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• (bargains • bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • crazy • croquette • croquettes • food • Kitchen DIVE • lunch deals • potatoes • SNJO • special deals • taste test • Tokyo • Ueno)

Japanese bento shop becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

An ordinary bento store by Japanese standards is gaining popularity with international tourists.

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• (bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheap lunch • cheapo news • COK • food • lunch box • obento • reddit • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)

Eat Kuroge Wagyu beef at this Japanese restaurant in Ginza for less than 10 bucks!

• Oona McGee
  Jun 8, 2023

Premium quality at super cheap prices.

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• (beef • beef sushi • cheap eats • COK • food • Ginza • Japanese food • lunch • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • taste tes • Tokyo • Wagyu)

Where to find Tokyo’s secret candy apple specialty store

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2023

Toffee apples are the star of the show in this hidden location.

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• Japan
• (apples • bars • candy apples • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • cool • food review • restaurant reviews • restaurants • review • secret • shinjuku • SNJO • toffee apples • Tokyo • unusual • weird)

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