Japanese restaurants
Restaurant offers free noodle refills, with a quick lesson in Japanese so you can order like a local.
Nikumeshi Okamoto rises from the ashes of its predecessor with a new take on Japanese curry.
This glamorous 10-seater counter restaurant serves up one of the best sushi deals in Tokyo.
10,000 hours of work went into reviving this dish, and the results were definitely worth it.
If you’re looking for a very Japanese experience, this is a place you’ll need to put on the itinerary.
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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Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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