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Want to eat ramen and sushi together? New restaurant in Tokyo makes culinary dreams come true
- Oona McGee
Apr 1, 2025 - Tweet
A two-in-one restaurant that’s yet to be discovered by foreign tourists.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • food • Japanese food • ramen • ramen restaurant • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • Tokyo • tourism • travel • weird)
Delicious tempura bowl chain we wish would come back to the Tokyo area is still alive in Kansai
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Mar 25, 2025
Please come back, Santen. We miss you.
- Japan
- (COK • food • restaurants • SNJO • tempura • tempura bowls • tendon)
Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2025
We head to the most unique branch of Gyoza no Manshu there is.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • gyoza • hot springs • hotels • Japanese inns • onsen • pot stickers • restaurants • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Beautiful old-school restaurant Konnyaku Bansho serves kaiseki meals with unique konnyaku theme
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Mar 24, 2025
Yamagata post town restaurant puts its spin on Japan’s gourmet multi-course meal.
You can take on sumo wrestlers and drink all the whiskey you want at Tokyo’s new sumo restaurant
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2025
Asakusa’s Sumo Club is open for business and has an authentic sumo ring inside.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • Asakusa • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Whiskey • whisky)
Shirasu ice cream at top Japanese tourist spot terrifies some, delights others
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2025
Can ice cream sweeten the deal of eating dozens of baby sardines as their eyes stare at you?
- Japan
- (Enoshima • fish • food • ice cream • local specialties • restaurants • shirasu • SNJO • specialty • specialty food • sweets • taste test • tourist sites • weird food • werid • whitebait)
Department store rooftop in Tokyo is a secret oasis above the city
- Oona McGee
Mar 22, 2025
One of the best hideouts in Tokyo is absolutely free…for those who know where to find it.
- Japan
- (COK • department store • department store rooftop • food • gardens • Ginza • Ginza Mitsukoshi • Mitsukoshi • restaurants • rooftop • shrines • SNJO • Tokyo • tourist sites)
“Get fat now!” commands Tokyo restaurant that gives you the means to do just that
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2025
Shibuya ramen restaurant’s new dish contains copious calories but no noodles.
- Japan
- (big food • char siu • chashu • COK • crazy • food • meat • pork • ramen • restaurants • Shibuya • SNJO • Yaro Ramen • Yarou Ramen)
Secret onsen hot spring is a hidden gem in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 16, 2025
A rare onsen that uses 100-percent natural hot spring water pumped directly from the source.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • day trip • food • hidden gems • hot springs • Japanese food • ofuro • onsen • restaurants • rotenburo • sento • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)
Kyoto’s most beautiful parfait cafes add sakura sweets for spring
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2025
Cherry blossom season arrives at Itohkyuemon.
- Japan
- (cafes • cherry blossoms • Itohkyuemon • Kyoto • matcha • restaurants • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets • tea)
Dinner in the Sky arrives in Tokyo, serves meals with a unique view above the city
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2025
Dangle your feet in the air as you enjoy a modern Japanese bento at this aerial restaurant.
- Japan
- (aerial restaurant • cool • Dinner in the Sky • news • restaurants • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel)
Monster Hunter Wilds leads to explosion in popularity of one dish at Tokyo restaurant
- Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2025
“Thank you so much, Monster Hunter!” says Nepalese restaurant in west Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Capcom • food • Monster Hunter • Monster Hunter Wilds • naan • restaurants • video games)
Secret staff cafeteria in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building serves up an exclusive ramen
- Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2025
Is the Tocho ramen worth the elevator ride up to the 32nd floor?
- Japan
- (cafeteria • cafeterias • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • curry • eating • food • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ramen • restaurants • secrets • shinjuku • shokudo • SNJO • staff cafeterias • Tocho • Tocho Ramen • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)
Major Japanese restaurant chain gives its OK to dip sushi toppings in miso soup【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2025
Pulling the fish off your sushi and swirling it around in your miso soup would get you some harsh looks in a lot of restaurants, but apparently not at this conveyor belt sushi chain.
- Japan
- (crazy • food • Kura Sushi • Kurazauhi • miso soup • restaurants • sushi • video • weird)
Cursed artifact cafe opens in Tokyo, is naturally also cute and serves parfaits【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2025
The first and second floor are very different at Cafe Juju.
- Japan
- (cafes • crazy • haunted house • Horror • Obaken • restaurants • scary • video • weird)
Dragon Quest slime donuts draw near in Tokyo!
- Casey Baseel
Mar 1, 2025
Our stomachs are commanding us to eat them.
- Japan
- (cute • donuts • Dragon Quest • food • Luida’s Bar • restaurants • slime • Square Enix • sweets • themed restaurants)
Best all-you-can-eat sushi in Tokyo? High-end restaurant wows with great value-for-money deal
- Oona McGee
Feb 25, 2025
Eat sushi to your heart’s content, with no time limit.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • COK • food • restaurants • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • Tachikawa • Tokyo • Tsukiji Tama Sushi)
Foreigner-friendly maid cafe adds translation panels to Akihabara location
- Casey Baseel
Feb 21, 2025
Technology hopes to help visitors from overseas more thoroughly enjoy a unique aspect of Akiba culture.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • At-Home Cafe • COK • maid cafes • maids • restaurants • technology • tourism • translation • travel)
Sakura parfait contains six layers of sweets to get us in the mood for cherry blossom season
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2025
Like eating a Japanese cherry blossom tree in full bloom.
- Japan
- (cafes • cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • food • parfait • parfaits • restaurants • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)
Enjoy breakfast with a stunning view of Mt. Fuji at this seaside cafe
- Elliot Hale
Feb 13, 2025
Cozy cafe serves up a delicious breakfast and fragrant coffee, with Japan’s iconic mountain and an ocean breeze on the side.
- Japan
- (beach • breakfast • breakfast set • cafes • coffee • COK • food and drink • Kanagawa • Masanuki Sunakoma • morning menu • Mt. Fuji • Nagisa Bashi Cafe • Ocean • restaurants • SNJO • Zushi)
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