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This is the one and only kakuni pork bowl restaurant in Tokyo, and it’s amazing

Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2023
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Located in a quiet part of a student neighborhood, this is where our kakuni dreams came true.

Japan
(COK • donburi • food • kakuni • pork • restaurants • rice bowls • SNJO • Takadanobaba)

Tokyo ramen restaurant bans customers from watching YouTube videos on their phones while eating

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2023

New rule goes into place at restaurant in city’s “ramen battlefield.”

Japan
(COK • etiquette • food • manners • ramen • restaurants • Smartphones • society • Takadanobaba)

In our search for crispy katsudon, we try a highly recommended place in a Tokyo university town

Dale Roll
Jan 27, 2023

But reviews had us concerned about whether it offered what we wanted or not.

Japan
(katsu • katsudon • pork cutlet • Rice Bowl • Seiji Nakazawa • Takadanobaba • Tokyo)

Mister Donut dazzles us with custom-made Pokémon furniture and edible Jigglypuffs【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2022

Delicious donuts, fashionable furniture, and just a little terrifying trauma.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • donuts • interior • Jigglypuff • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • video games)

We try a new natto coffee ice cream that took 17 months to perfect

Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2021

Tokyo cafe finds a way to use natto’s sticky texture to create a dessert like Turkish ice cream.

Japan
(cafes • coffee • COK • desserts • dondurma • fermented soybeans • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • Tokyo • Turkish ice cream)

Mr. Sato takes on this mega bowl of hiyashi chuka and possibly snubs his boss in the process

Krista Rogers
Jun 22, 2021

When the summer heat decreases your appetite, there’s nothing like a giant bowl of chilled noodles to bring it back.

Japan
(big portion • dining • food • hiyashi chuka • Mr. Sato • Noodles • Staminataro • Takadanobaba • Tokyo)

We eat the best crayfish of our life at a Tokyo specialty restaurant【Taste test】

Dale Roll
Sep 25, 2020

This Takadanobaba restaurant blew us away with its delicious Chinese-inspired dishes!

Japan
(chinese food • COK • crayfish • food • restaurants • shellfish • SNJO • Takadanobaba • Tokyo)

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Super-spicy Tokyo ramen served in a 572-degree Fahrenheit bowl? Yep, we’ll eat that!【Taste test】

SoraNews24
Sep 2, 2019

Our resident spice fiend puts his tongue to the test in Tokyo’s most competitive ramen neighborhood!

Japan
(COK • food • Go Hatori • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sekki Ramen • spicy • Takadanobaba)

Workaholic Japan forgives Tokyo noodle joint owner who closed early for the best reason of all

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2019

There was someone, or, actually, two people he had to see.

Japan
(babies • moving • Noodles • parents • restaurants • Takadanobaba • touching • udon)

Tokyo restaurant’s mega pasta is so huge they’ll pay you US$455 if you can eat it all by yourself

Casey Baseel
Feb 28, 2018

If you’re hungry and quick enough, this eating challenge in Tokyo’s liveliest student neighborhood can make a tidy profit.

Japan
(Ahiru Neko • big food • COK • crazy • food • pasta • restaurants • SNOJ • Takadanobaba)

Kentucky Fried Chicken has all-you-can-drink beer in Tokyo for less than 10 bucks

Casey Baseel
Sep 4, 2017

Cocktails, wine also part of unbeatable package.

Japan
(alcohol • all you can drink • beer • fast food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • restaurants • Takadanobaba • Tokyo)

Game-loving couple rents out Tokyo arcade for their wedding ceremony, battles it out on Tekken

Meg Murphy
Aug 28, 2017

Surely these are relationship goals for gamers everywhere.

Japan
(Arcades • game centers • marriage • romance • Takadanobaba • Tokyo • video games • weddings)

How much will 10,000 yen get you at second-hand clothing shop Tanpopo House?

Krista Rogers
Dec 8, 2015

Armed with 10,000 yen (roughly US$81), our reporter visited one of Japan’s cheapest used clothing shops. Check out the outfit he assembled!

Japan
(bargain • fashion • funny • Takadanobaba • Tanpopo House • Tokyo)

New ‘Shrine Cafe’ in Tokyo offers fortune-telling and counseling services with your tea

Krista Rogers
Oct 21, 2014

Hey everyone, how has 2014 treated you? Did you finally get that dream job you wanted? Or maybe you moved, or found a significant other?

With only a little over two months left in the year, you might find yourself already looking forward to what the new year has to offer. If you’re especially eager to get a ‘sneak-peak’ of what 2015 has in store for you, then this new Shrine Cafe located in Tokyo’s Takadanobaba neighborhood may just be the perfect place for you. It only opened its doors on the 14th of this month, but it already promises to fill a niche in Japan’s already abundant and eclectic cafe scene.

But wait–just what the heck is a shrine cafe??

Japan
(cafe • counseling • fortune-telling • jinja • shrine • Takadanobaba • tea • Tokyo)

Getting married? Love video games? Why not hold your wedding at this Tokyo video arcade!

Kay
Jun 2, 2014

Now, I’m sure that to most people, weddings are a big deal. And finding the right venue is surely one of the most important steps in planning a wedding. What, then, would be your ideal wedding location? You may say Disneyland, or if you’re a train fan, maybe a ceremony on the JR Yamanote Line is what you would call the wedding of your dreams.

Well, if anyone out there thinks a video game arcade is the perfect wedding venue for them, then there’s an arcade in central Tokyo that could actually make your dream come true!

Japan
(arcade • Mikado • Takadanobaba • video games • Wedding)

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