Japanese street food
Real takoyaki is almost impossible to find in Tokyo, but this place has it, our hardliner says
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Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2025 - Tweet
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese street food • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • restaurants • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • Tokyo)
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Elliot Hale
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- Japan
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Osaka Lover Takoyaki Danish Bread is this week’s weird Japanese must-try food
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Oona McGee
Jul 9, 2025
- Japan
- (COK • Danish • food • Grand Marble • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Marble Danish • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • sweets • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)
Sausage stepping in for increasingly expensive octopus at takoyaki stands around Japan
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Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2025
- Japan
- (COK • fast food • food • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Nanpuu • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)
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Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life
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Casey Baseel
May 27, 2023
He’s one of the few people in Japan who made it to adulthood without trying one of the country’s most popular festival foods.
- Japan
- (COK • festivals • food • Japanese festivals • Japanese street food • Matsuri • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • yakisoba)
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