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New Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar in Ginza is the chain’s most beautiful restaurant in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2024 - Tweet
Gorgeous features make this more like an Edo theme park than a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.
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- (Bikurapon Plus • Bikurapon! • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • Edo • Ginza • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store • Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Ginza • Kurazushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • seafood • sushi • tempura • tourist site • tourists • traditional Japan)
Ginza hotel serves up one of the best breakfasts in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2024
A luxurious buffet befitting this sophisticated part of town.
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- (accommodation • breakfast • Ginza • hotel breakfast • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Japanese food • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tokyo hotels • travel)
Fried sandwiches arrive in Tokyo, become hot topic on social media
- Oona McGee
Jan 14, 2024
Prices start at just 100 yen (US$0.69) for Japan’s most sought-after sandwich.
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- (COK • cool • food • fried sandwiches • Ginza • Japanese sandwiches • new • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Tokyo’s luckiest lottery ticket shop draws huuuuuuuge crowds on Japanese lucky day
- Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2023
This multi-block queue has to be seen to be believed, as people spend hours lining up due to traditional beliefs.
- Japan
- (Ginza • Jumbo lottery • lottery • lottery tickets • luck • rokuyo • SNJO • taian • Tokyo)
New Ginza sushi bar offers 21-piece omakase course for just US$60
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2023
This glamorous 10-seater counter restaurant serves up one of the best sushi deals in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • fish • Ginza • Itamae • Itamae Sushi • Japanese restaurants • omakase • raw fish • restaurants • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants)
Secret lunch spot in Tokyo’s Muji Hotel is a hidden gem that few people know about
- Oona McGee
Nov 7, 2023
Get a taste of Muji that you can’t get anywhere else.
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- (COK • food • Ginza • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)
Epic melon pancakes found at hidden cafe in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Nov 6, 2023
Proof that some of Tokyo’s best secrets are hiding underground.
- Japan
- (cafe • cafes • COK • drinks • food • Ginza • Japanese melon • kissaten • Masanuki Sunakoma • melon • pancakes • restaurants • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Muji flagship store in Tokyo’s Ginza reopens after renovation and puts the focus on food【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Oct 4, 2023
Coffee, fresh-baked bread, and a whole lot of curries and cakes.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • curry • food • Ginza • instant curry • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Teenage thief sentenced to multiple years in prison for Tokyo watch shop smash-and-grab
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2023
Defendant’s excuse fails to keep him out of prison.
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.
- Japan
- (beef • beef sushi • cheap eats • COK • food • Ginza • Japanese food • lunch • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • review • SNJO • sushi • taste tes • Tokyo • Wagyu)
Shocking daylight smash-and-grab robbery occurs at shop in Tokyo’s fanciest neighborhood【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2023
Knife-wielding criminals hold employees hostage during robbery.
Got rice? The tastiest rice ever compels bread-fan Mr. Sato to eat more rice than ever before
- Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2023
Cooked in a traditional earthenware pot, there’s something about this Maboroshi no Koshihikari rice that almost spirited him away.
- Japan
- (COK • dining • Ginza • gourmet • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • Salon Ginza Sabou • SNJO • Tokyo)
The first restaurant in Japan to serve anmitsu sweets is still in business and still amazing
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2023
Almost a century after they invented the dessert, this Ginza restaurant is stilling serving it.
10 sakura-viewing events to enjoy the Tokyo area’s cherry blossoms in 2023
- Shannon
Mar 22, 2023
You can go day or night — and many of them are free!
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • Ginza • hanami • sakura • sakura season 2023 • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo • Yokohama • Yomiuri Land)
Art Aquarium Ginza offers a captivating new way to enjoy the cherry blossoms–with goldfish!
- Krista Rogers
Mar 8, 2023
The extremely Instagrammable museum ushers in sakura season with gorgeous displays of real fish, illuminations, and cherry blossom decorations galore.
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- (art • Art Aquarium Museum • beautiful • cherry blossom • COK • Ginza • goldfish • hanami • Instagram • limited • photo spot • sakura • Tokyo)
Pompompurin hotel rooms coming to Tokyo, Hokkaido to make your stay Sanrio sweet【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2023
After topping Hello Kitty in the Sanrio character popularity poll, Pompompurin wants to welcome travelers to Tokyo and Sapporo.
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Nakagin Capsule Tower’s last residents: group meals, floods, weird noises, and more
- Shannon
Dec 6, 2022
The so-called “Daughters of the Lunar Space Ark” have seen it all.
- Japan
- (architecture • community • Ginza • goodbye • japanese architecture • Kisho Kurokawa • Nakagin Capsule Tower • Sayonara • Shinbashi)
Do bomboloni Italian filled donuts have what it takes to be Japan’s next biggest sweets craze?
- Krista Rogers
Aug 17, 2022
Today, Mr. Sato really lives up to his name, which has the same pronunciation, but different characters, as the Japanese word for “sugar”.
- Japan
- (bombolone • bomboloni • bread • food boom • Ginza • Italian • pastry • Princi • Starbucks Reserve Store • Tokyo)
Newest branch of Japan’s oldest burger chain serves up some crazy huge sandwiches in Ginza
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2022
Dom Dom Burger goes big as it comes to Tokyo’s fanciest neighborhood.
- Japan
- (big food • COK • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • Dom Dom Hamburger • food • Ginza • hamburgers • restaurants • sandwiches • SNJO)
In an era of “next-level” foods, these fruit daifuku really do take it to the next level【Taste test】
- Dale Roll
May 13, 2022
So many places claim to serve “evolved” food these days, but there are some dishes that actually deserve that description!
- Japan
- (daifuku • dessert • fancy • Ginza • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • mochi • shinka-kei • Tokyo)
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Ichiran releases an at-home counter kit that turns your desk into a ramen restaurant
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Yesterday’s cooking oil powers 410,000 pink winter sakura lights along Tokyo’s Meguro River
Tokyo police arrest the Ame-zing Spider-Man
Ichiran Japan is giving away free 2027 desk calendars, and here’s how to get them
Life-size Gundam head going on display in Osaka, hopefully will find permanent home
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New Era celebrates three decades of Pokémon with new 30th anniversary cap line [Photos]
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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