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Japan’s most popular curry rice restaurant chain, Coco Ichibanya, might be for sale
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2026 - Tweet
Economic and cultural factors are making it hard to make money selling one of Japan’s favorite meals.
- Japan
- (coco ichibanya • Cocoichi • COK • curry • curry rice • food • House Foods • restaurants)
Japan’s popular curry chain Cocoichi has an elusive delivery-only noodle menu
- Elliot Hale
Jul 20, 2026
We investigated a suspicious noodle store on Uber Eats only to have our curry udon dreams come true.
- Japan
- (CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry udon • delivery app • food • food delivery • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Menya CoCo Ichi • SNJO • Uber Eats • Yuuichiro Wasai)
Crazy-big “Bam!” Hunk of Meat Curry returns to Japan’s favorite curry rice chain, price still rising
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2025
This curry rice has so much meat it gets its own sound effect.
- Japan
- (big food • coco ichi • coco ichibanya • Cocoichi • cocoichibanya • COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Hunk of Meat • meat • Nikukai • SNJO)
Japan’s most popular curry rice restaurant chain losing customers as it raises prices
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2025
Ordinarily Japan can’t get enough Cocoichi, but some are saying enough is enough with the price hikes.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • Cocoichi • cocoichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants)
Should you add tartar sauce to Japanese curry rice? CoCo Ichi makes diners an unusual offer
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2024
A taste test this strange can only be handled by Mr. Sato.
- Japan
- (coco ichibanya • COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • tartar sauce • taste test • weird)
CoCo Ichibanya now selling Taiwanese Lo Bah Spice Curry for a limited time【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Mar 14, 2024
The bah is set pretty lo for this curry.
- Japan
- (coco ichibanya • curry • fast food • five-spice powder • food • lo bah png • star anise • Taiwanese food)
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)
Insane Lump of Meat Curry, a.k.a. “Bam! Hearty Tender Meat Curry,” returns to Japan’s CoCo Ichi
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2023
Mr. Sato sits down for a literal new level in massively meaty curry rice.
- Japan
- (big food • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurnts • SNJO)
Curry house CoCo Ichibanya has 1,247 branches in Japan, but only one has this special topping
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2023
Tokyo’s biggest student town has a special CoCo Ichi menu item all its own.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • SNJO • Waseda)
We try five menu recommendations from a clerk at CoCo Ichibanya and almost fall in love
- Dale Roll
May 28, 2023
It wasn’t the recommendations that blew us away so much as the clerk himself!
- Japan
- (Clerk's Own-Pocket Recommendation • coco curry • coco ichibanya • curry • P.K. Sanjun • recommendations)
A taste of Japanese curry usually only sold overseas, at Tokyo’s Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World
- Oona McGee
May 21, 2023
The only place in Japan where customers can order the Mac and Cheese Omelette Rice Curry.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World • curry rice • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
CoCo Ichi hamburger steak curry for vegetarians? Taste-testing the meatless option in Taiwan
- SoraNews24
Feb 16, 2023
Japan’s favorite curry chain serves up plant-based comfort food.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • foof • plant-based meat • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)
Curry chain CoCo Ichi opens branch in Japan serving Japanese curry rice created outside Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2022
Curry House CoCo Ichibanya World offers dishes and roux “reverse imported” from the chain’s overseas branches.
- Japan
- (CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • food • restaurants)
Japanese curry chain in Thailand has a surprisingly Japanese dish not found in Japan
- Master Blaster
Sep 27, 2022
Sometimes the most Japanese stuff isn’t even in Japan.
- Japan, SE Asia
- (Bangkok • coco ichibanya • curry • fast food • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • Thailand • travel • Wagyu)
Vegan curry rice – Taste-testing the new soy meat hamburger steak from Japan’s CoCo Ichibanya
- Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2022
New topping can be had with vegan or meat-based roux.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • curry rice • food • restaurants • SNJO • soy meat • soybean • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)
We underestimated the special curry spoon from Japan’s favorite curry chain【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2022
CoCo Ichibanya makes some great curry, and it turns out they make a great spoon too.
Restaurant worker putting pubes on curry heralds return of baito-terror
- Master Blaster
Jun 18, 2021
More than likely, they’re just getting warmed up too.
- Japan
- (baito-terror • bakastagram • bakatok • bakatter • coco ichibanya • COVID-19 • Domino's • employment • part time work • social media)
CoCo Ichibanya lucky bag here to keep you happy and full of curry
- Katie Pask
Dec 31, 2020
Bring in the Year of the Ox with some delicious beef curry, courtesy of CoCo Ichibanya!
- Japan
- (coco curry • coco ichi • CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • curry • food • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2020 • restaurants • SNJO)
Japan’s favorite curry rice restaurant teams up with convenience store for Super Spicy Curry Buns
- Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2020
CoCo Ichibanya and Family Mart give us a curry meal we an hold in the palm of our hand.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • CoCo Ichiban • coco ichibanya • COK • convenience stores • curry • Family mart • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)
Japan’s most popular curry chain now has vegan soup curry, and it’s delicious【Taste test】
- SoraNews24
Dec 27, 2019
The curry chain that’s all about giving you exactly the kind of curry you want expands its no-animal-product lineup.
- Japan
- (coco ichi • coco ichibanya • curry • food • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)
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