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What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Daiso Japan?
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2025 - Tweet
10 top ideas from locals who’ve been shopping at this 100-yen store all their lives.
- Japan
- (100 yen shop • 100 yen shops • 100 yen store • cheap eats • COK • Daiso • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • sweets)
Japanese restaurant chain serves up super thick soba noodles in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2025
One of the best places to try a very unusual type of buckwheat noodle.
- Japan
- (budget • cheap eats • COK • food • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • soba • Tokyo • weird food • Yoshi Soba)
Japanese breakfast ramen for US$3.50 in Shinjuku is the morning meal you didn’t know you needed
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2025
The best place to try the unique local custom of “asa-ra”.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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?
- 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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- 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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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!
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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!
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheap lunch • cheapo news • COK • food • lunch box • obento • reddit • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)
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