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Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best Turkish rice restaurant in Nagasaki!

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 1, 2025
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It’s not Turkish, and even the rice plays a minor role, but it’s a meal beloved by locals that always sees a clean plate at the end of the meal.

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• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Nagasaki • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • tourism • travel • Turkish rice)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best sakura site in Yamanashi Prefecture!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2025

Local tip-off takes us to a hanami cherry blossom viewing site that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • flower viewing • hanami • Hey Japanese taxi driver • hidden gems • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • peach blossoms • sakura • SNJO • spring • taxi • taxis • tourist sites • travel • Yamanashi • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best horror in Tokyo!

• Master Blaster
  Oct 19, 2024

We treat ourselves to all-we-can-drink tears and sweat.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Haunted attraction • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Horror • Obaken • P.K. Sanjun • scary • SNJO • Sony • taxis • Urban Legend Taxi • weird)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to your favorite restaurant in Tsuruga City!

• Shannon
  Apr 15, 2024

We commemorate the new Hokuriku Shinkansen route with a truly local meal.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Fukui • fukui prefecture • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokuriku Shinkansen • Japanese taxi driver • katsudon • pork cutlet • restaurants • sauce katsu • sauce katsudon • shinkansen • SNJO • tourism • travel • Tsuruga)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best restaurant in Sendai!”

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2024

Spur-of-the-moment adventure leads to a surprising meal and a driver that becomes a new friend.

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • gyutan • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japanese food • restaurants • Sendai • SNJO • taxi • travel)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to a good non-Hiroshima-y restaurant in Hiroshima

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2023

Skipping Hiroshima’s most famous food brought us to a place that both is and isn’t representative of the city.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hiroshima • musubi • Noodles • okonomiyaki • onigiri • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taxi • travel • udon)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Yaeyama soba noodles on Ishigaki Island!”

• Shannon
  Jul 26, 2023

Our Japanese-language reporter learned that the fourth time’s the charm.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ishigaki • Ishigakijima • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawan food • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • Yaeyama • Yaeyama soba)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to the best restaurant in Fukuoka’s Hakata neighborhood!

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2023

The Hanmen Set is our new must-eat in Kyushu’s biggest foodie town.

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• Japan
• (COK • fish • food • Fukuoka • hakata • Hey Japanese taxi driver • katsu • katsudon • salmon • sashimi • SNJO • sushi)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2023

We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Thanks for taking us to one of the best rice omelet restaurants in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2023

The Pakkan Omuraisu isn’t just a meal, it’s a performance too!

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• Japan
• (Aichi Prefecture • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Okazaki • omuraisu • omurice • restaurants • rice omelet • taxis • travel)

Hokkaido has an otherworldly giant hot spring that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where it is

• Dale Roll
  Jan 21, 2023

Have you ever heard of this amazing sightseeing spot in Noboribetsu?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hokkaido • hot springs • Japan travel • Noboribetsu • onsen • Oyunuma • Seiji Nakazawa • sightseeing • SNJO • travel)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best seafood restaurant in Noboribetsu!”

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2022

We’ve gotta say, there’s no way we would’ve thought this remote-looking location would turn out to be such a hidden gem.

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• Japan
• (COK • donburi • fish • fishing town • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokkaido • Japanese food • Kojohama • Noboribetsu • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • seafood • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)

Hey, Croatian taxi driver! Take us to the restaurant with the best štrukli in Zagreb

• Dale Roll
  Dec 21, 2022

The result was…unexpected. 

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• Japan
• (Croatia • Europe • European food • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ikuna Kamezawa • taste test • travel)

Hey, Thai tuk-tuk driver! Take us to the best Thai restaurant in this part of Bangkok!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2022

Our “Hey! Japanese Texi Driver” series makes its overseas debut.

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• SE Asia
• (Bangkok • COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • restaurants • SNJO • Thailand • travel • tuk tuk)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Okinawan restaurant in Naha!”

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2022

A new adventure takes us to a local spot we never would’ve found ourselves. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)

Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to a great restaurant in Utsunomiya

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2022

It’s a gyoza town, but what happens when you ask for a restaurant that’s got other great good too?

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• Japan
• (COK • food • gyoza • Hey Japanese taxi driver • restaurants • SNJO • Tochigi • travel • utsunomiya)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sapporo ramen place!” – Things don’t go as planned

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2022

That doesn’t mean they go badly, though.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Genghis Khan • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hokkaido • ramen • restaurants • Sapporo • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taxis • travel)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best restaurant in Kobe!”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2022

It took more steps than we’d expected, but we finally got an answer.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Kobe • Kobe Chinatown • restaurants • SNJO • taxis • travel)

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