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Move aside, taiyaki! Mucchan Manju in Asakusa is the newest food trend we need to jump upon

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2023
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There’s a new sweet fish in town.

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• (Asakusa • cakes • COK • hole in the wall • Japanese restaurants • manju • Mr. Sato • Mucchan Manju • Mutchan Manju • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist traps • travel)

We miss out on all-you-can-eat beef tongue, but we treat ourselves to it anyway

• Shannon
  Jun 20, 2023

The month-long deal ended up lasting just five days.

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• (all-you-can-eat • beef tongue • gyutan • Japanese restaurants • Sato • tabehoudai • taste test • Washoku Sato)

Kyoto restaurant chain specialises in…tomato okonomiyaki?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2023

Now this is a unique dish that our ravenous reporter Mr Sato just had to try!

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• (delicious • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • Mr. Sato • okonomiyaki • restaurats • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo eats)

Eel vendor in Asakusa becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2023

We find out if this is a foreign tourist trap or a truly great place to eat eel in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • Asakusa Unana • COK • eel • hole in the wall • Japanese restaurants • onigiri • reddit • restaurants • review • rice balls • SNJO • standing restaurants • taste test • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist traps • travel)

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

New sushi restaurant hidden inside Tokyo Station is a secret gem

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2023

This standing bar serves up omakase-quality sushi at conveyor belt prices.

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• (COK • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • review • SNJO • standing restaurants • sushi • sushi restaurants • taste test • Tokyo Station)

Japanese train becomes a restaurant at this sleepy countryside station

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2022

A very unique place to eat. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Ekiben • food • gourmet • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • restaurants • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel • weird)

Eating Japanese katsudon once served in police interrogation rooms

• SoraNews24
  Nov 18, 2022

A surprising taste of history in Tokyo.

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• (COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • katsu • katsudon • police • pork cutlet • restaurats • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tonkatsu)

Golden Japanese toilet appears at “multi-millionaire” izakaya in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2022

Everything in this restaurant is covered in gold.

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• (COK • culture • food • gold • golden • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Japanese toilets • restaurants • SNJO • Toilets • Tokyo • unusual • weird)

Big Cock Roll wows the taste buds at Japanese restaurant in Saitama

• SoraNews24
  Sep 18, 2022

Fukurokuju sells “Man’s Romance” on the menu.

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• Japan
• (california roll • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • Saitama • SNJO • sushi • sushi roll • travel • weird • wtf)

Kyoto in summer: A special trip to Kifune shrine recharges the soul

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2022

Itinerary includes a sightseeing train, shrine visit, and a meal to remember!

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• Japan
• (COK • Hiei • history • Japanese restaurants • JR Central • Kifune Shrine • Kyoto • restaurants • sightseeing • SNJO • tourism • trains • travel)

Mega Nigiri Sushi in Okinawa is top quality AND super cheap, a unicorn in the sushi world

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2022

Looking for top-quality sushi at an incredibly low price in the capital of Okinawa? This hidden gem will tick all your boxes. 

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • cheap food • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Naha • Okinawa • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • taste test)

Another Akihabara icon disappears as famous rice bowl restaurant closes its doors

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2021

Sad demise of this Tokyo branch breaks our hearts.

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• (Akihabara • beef bowl • business • closure • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • news • Niku Meshi • Okamuraya • SNJO • Tokyo)

Wagyu Burger opens in Tokyo, serving up highest-grade beef at reasonable prices

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2021

A5 Wagyu is just the start of what makes this is a burger to remember.

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• (beef • fast food • food • Japanese beef • Japanese restaurants • junk food • meat • Nihonbashi • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Wagyu)

Nitori opens its first-ever restaurant in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 15, 2021

Japanese homewares giant follows in the footsteps of Ikea…but there are no Swedish meatballs here. 

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• Japan
• (ASMR videos • food • furniture • homewares • interior • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • new openings • Nitori • restaurants • SNJO • steak)

Japanese restaurant combines solo shabu shabu dining with the fun of a sushi train

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2021

Proof that eating out on your own in Japan can be better than dining with company. 

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• Japan
• (beef • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • meat • Shabu-shabu • SNJO • solo dining • solo travel • taste test)

Kyoto yakitori restaurant earns Michelin rating with one of the best value-for-money deals in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 14, 2019

Kyoto Yakitori Kazu offers fine dining on a budget.

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• Japan
• (Bib Gourmand • chicken • COK • food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • Michelin Guide • restaurants • travel • yakitori)

Learn how to make sushi with a professional Japanese sushi chef in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2019

Because there’s no better souvenir than taking a skill home with you.

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• (COK • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • SNO • sushi • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Japanese “yakuza deer” continue to harass restaurant owner at Miyajima 【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2019

Series of photos shows what happens when cute deer try to act all gangsta.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • deer • funny • Hiroshima • Japanese restaurants • Miyajima • restaurants • travel)

Sushi Dai and other famous restaurants from Tsukiji fish market open at new Toyosu location

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2018

We pay a visit to the new market to find out if the restaurants from Tsukiji are still as good as they used to be.

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• Japan
• (fish • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • sushi • Sushi Dai • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • Tsukiji-shijo)

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