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Solo travel in Japan: Hidden beer garden in Tokyo is a haven for single visitors

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2026
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This rooftop in Kabukicho is a hidden oasis where all diners will feel welcome. 

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• (beer gardens • cheap eats • food • izakaya • Japanese restaurants • Kabukicho • Restaurant • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • solo dining • solo travel • Tokyo)

The 3 best secret places to eat a cheap One Coin lunch in Shinjuku

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2026

Cheap eats are getting harder to find in Tokyo, but these tips from a local will guide you to some hidden gems.

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• (cheap eats • cheap food • famiy restaurants • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • one coin lunch • restaurants • SNJO • soba • Tokyo)

Eating cheap sushi in a narrow building in Tokyo is an adventure for bold diners

• SoraNews24
  May 4, 2026

We play culinary roulette at a cheap restaurant in Kabukicho.

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• (cheap eats • food • izakaya • Japanese restaurants • Kabukicho • Restaurant • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo)

Can you eat lunch in Tokyo for less than 500 yen?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2026

We go in search of the elusive cheap meal to find out what you can eat for US$3.20 in Tokyo. 

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• (cheap eats • cheap food • famiy restaurants • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • one coin lunch • restaurants • Saizeriya • SNJO • soba • Tokyo)

Best all-you-can-eat okonomiyaki in Japan? Restaurant chain serves up a feast for under $14

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2024

There are good reasons why this is the largest okonomiyaki chain in Japan.

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• (COK • Dohtonbori • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • okonomiyaki • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

Tsukemen ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2024

Dipping noodles are all the rage with visitors to Japan.

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• (COK • food • foreign tourists • Ginza • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tsujita • tsukemen)

Japanese chanko ramen restaurant contains a moving relic from the World Trade Center

• Oona McGee
  Oct 2, 2024

Menchanko-tei combines noodles with traditional sumo food for a meal that’s become popular in Japan and the United States.

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• (chanko nabe • COK • food • Fukuoka • Ground Zero • hotpot • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Masanuki Sunakoma • Menchanko-tei • nabe • New York • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Sumo • taste test • World Trade Center)

Japanese curry restaurant at Shinjuku Station is like stepping into a time machine

• Oona McGee
  Jul 7, 2024

Experience Tokyo dining the way it used to be, at an eatery loved by locals.

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• (COK • cool • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • retro • review • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations)

Akihabara ramen restaurant becomes a hit with foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2024

Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.

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• (Akihabara • COK • food • Japanese • Japanese food • Japanese language • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu ramen • tourists)

Tokyo restaurant finds heartwarming way to lure people away from ramen and back to set meals

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2024

A Japanese restaurant with a whole lot of food…and a whole lot of heart.

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• (COK • fish • Ikebukuro • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • review • seafood • set meal • SNJO • taste test • teishoku)

Ninja Soba Goemon: A Japanese restaurant that’s like a ninja hideout

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2024

Because shadow warriors need to eat noodles too. 

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• (cool • eating • food • Goemon • goemonburo • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Ninja • Ninja Soba Goemon • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soba • soba restaurant • taste test)

Tokyo big eats just got even bigger with massive meat curries at new restaurant chain

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Nikumeshi Okamoto rises from the ashes of its predecessor with a new take on Japanese curry.

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• (beef • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Mr. Sato • Nikumeshi Okamoto • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test)

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.

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• (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)

Katsu Curry Ramen: An unusual Japanese dish that combines three great meals in one

• Oona McGee
  Oct 18, 2023

This local restaurant makes customers’ dreams come true.

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• (COK • curry • food • Gunma restaurants • Japanese food • Japanese meals • Japanese restaurants • katsu • katsu curry • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • tonkatsu)

Japanese restaurant challenges diners to conquer “Mt Everest rice”

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

Can we defeat this mountainous serving of food?

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• (big eats • Chomolungma • COK • Everest • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Mt. Everest • restaurants • rice • Seiji Nakazawa • set meal • SNJO • teishoku • Tokyo • weird)

Antarctic Curry: Japanese restaurant revives meal eaten by Antarctic explorers

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2023

10,000 hours of work went into reviving this dish, and the results were definitely worth it. 

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• (Antarctica • COK • cool • crazy • curry • food • Hanayama Udon • history cool • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • udon)

Stunning Japanese restaurant is like eating in a samurai residence

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a very Japanese experience, this is a place you’ll need to put on the itinerary.

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• (COK • cool • eating • food • Icchou • icho • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tochigi)

How to properly eat a traditional Japanese tonkatsu meal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 18, 2023

A lesson in etiquette to help guide you through the way of the tonkatsu.

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• (best • best tonkatsu • delicious • etiquette • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • manners • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo eats • tonkatsu • traditional food)

Escape the Kyoto crowds at these lesser-known spots in Arashiyama

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2023

Find your zen at these special hideaways.

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• (Arashiyama • art • art gallery • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • nature • off the beaten path • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • textiles • Togetsukyo • tourism • tourist sites • tours • travel • Yasunari Kawabata • Yusai Okuda)

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