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Yoshinoya gets into fancy fish, but is the cheap beef king reaching too far? [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
4 days ago - Tweet
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Japan’s biggest beef bowl chain is now serving up simmered kinmedai.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • fast food • fish • food • gyudon • kinmedai • restaurants • sea bream • SNJO • taste test • Yoshinoya)
Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
5 days ago
![Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/20_bcb735.jpg?w=640 "Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]")
Premium-priced hiyashi chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches.
- Japan
- (Coco's • Coco’s Japan • COK • cold ramen • food • hiyashi chuka • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)
“We want to be Japan’s best cheap restaurant” says new (but also not new) Akihabara noodle joint
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
Akihabara Ramen Center is dead. Long live Akihabara Seimen Center.
Mos Burger opens Mosh Burger ＆ Bar in Ginza, but is it fated to be a short-lived sensation?
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2026
The curse of the specialty burger store threatens to strike again in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • Ginza • Mos Burger • Mosh Burger & Bar • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo)
Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant
- Oona McGee
Jul 15, 2026
Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form.
- Japan
- (food • Japanese sandwiches • Japanese street food • Michelin • Michelin restaurant • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • Osaka • restaurants • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • weird food)
Onidon opens in Tokyo with unique fusion tempura rice balls you won’t find anywhere else
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2026
Onigiri tendon looks set to become Japan’s newest viral food sensation.
- Japan
- (food • Japanese food • new • Ochanomizu • Onidon • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • snacks • SNJO • tempura • tempura bowls • tendon • Tenya • Tokyo)
Man arrested in Tokyo after allegedly luring foreign tourists into shady Kabukicho establishments
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2026
Tokyo police issue warning to overseas visitors as dozens of people report scams by suspected touts in the city’s nightlife district.
- Japan
- (bar barkers • bars • crime • Kabukicho • kyakuhiki • news • police • restaurants • shinjuku • street touts • Tokyo • touts)
Studio Ghibli theme park’s new dessert is a drinkable version of Hayao Miyazaki’s pilot daydream
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2026
This Hideout is both a dessert we’d like to drink and a place we’d like to be.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • cafes • drinks • food • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Porco Rosso • restaurants • Studio Ghibli • sweets • theme parks)
Famous sweets store in Ameyoko fills a bag with sweets and a show, but is it still worth it?
- Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2026
This bargain bag comes with a unique performance, but things have changed over the years.
- Japan
- (Ameya Yokocho • Ameyoko • Ameyokocho • cheap deals • chocolates • confectionery • restaurants • Shimura Shoten • shops • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • Ueno)
Yoshinoya and Dragon Quest slaying scalpers with shift to made-to-order collaboration merch
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2026
Following suspiciously swift sell-out of Yoshinoya’s Dragon Quest Slime bowls, new policy means that everyone who wants one can buy one at the regular price.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • dragon quest walk • food • gyudon • interior • restaurants • scalpers • slime • SNO • Square Enix • tableware • video games • Yoshinoya)
Kirby Cafe gets even cuter with new summer menu and dishware you can take home[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2026
Nintendo’s big-appetite video game star is ready to get summer started.
- Japan
- (cafes • COK • cute • food • Kirby • Kirby Café • nintendo • restaurants • sweets • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)
The quest for Dragon Quest Yoshinoya figure sets: Worth taking for fans, tricky for scalpers[Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2026
Dragon Quest Slimes appear at Yoshinoya, and the restaurant is trying to make sure they go home with actual fans.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • dragon quest walk • figures • food • gyudon • restaurants • slime • SNO • Square Enix • toys • video games • Yoshinoya)
Mos Burger opens fancy burger shop and bar in Ginza, Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2026
Mosh is a posh Mos.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • Ginza • Mos Burger • Mosh Burger & Bar • restaurants • Tokyo)
Taco Spaghetti appears in Japan, and our taco fan rushes to try it[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2026
Tacos and spaghetti have earned love around the world, but will their meeting in Japan be a tragedy?
Japanese man’s gross conveyor belt sushi social media prank video gets him a 500,000-yen fine
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2026
Cost of sushi? 132 yen. Cost of being a moron? 500,000.
- Japan
- (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)
Will we eat the gyoza or our words at this all-you-can-eat dumpling challenge?
- Krista Rogers
Jun 25, 2026
One of our writers seeks to redeem himself at this all-you-can-eat gyoza deal for 2,000 yen (US$12.40).
- Japan
- (Ahiruneko • all-you-can-eat • COK • deals • food • gyoza • P.K. Sanjun • potstickers • Restaurant • restaurants • SNJO)
Dragon Quest’s next quest is a journey to Yoshinoya for awesome Slime toy meals[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2026
These are some Slimes we’d be happy to see while we’re eating.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • food • gyudon • restaurants • slime • Square Enix • video games • Yoshinoya)
All-you-can-eat cheese restaurant in Tokyo is a hidden gem not many people know about
- Oona McGee
Jun 19, 2026
Freshly made cheese buffet is a secret known only to those in the know.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • all-you-can-eat restaurant • buffet restaurants • cheese • food • good deal • hidden gem • LUMINE • mascarpone cheese • mozzarella • pizza • pizzeria • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • stracciatella • Tokyo)
Tokyo has a cafe that prohibits talking inside, and here’s why it’s awesome
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2026
If you need a break from the noise in your life, this Koenji cafe is waiting for you.
Sizzling on a hot plate?! American sushi rolls break all the rules at this Japanese restaurant
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2026
Soon-to-close sushi joint breaks the mould with crazy creations that make California rolls seem tame.
- Japan, USA
- (American sushi • california roll • California rolls • food • Japanese food • Kanagawa • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • Sushi 51 • Zama)
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