Two kinds of beef, and a surprising amount of veggies, are keeping Tokyo’s otaku and businesspeople full.
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When it’s time to go big or go home, you can go really big at some of our favorite restaurants in Japan!
And that’s even before the sticky liquid starts oozing out of it.
If you’re hungry, strapped for cash, and/or indecisive, this Akihabara restaurant is for you.
Complete with a touch panel ordering system, unusual menu items, and jet take-off sounds, this new restaurant is set to change the way we enjoy grilled meat forever!
This is just one of the items in a range of delicious accessories designed for meat lovers.
Limited-time offer of all-you-can-eat meat is so good and so cheap that it’ll make you forgive the corny pun behind it.
Can you guess what’s underneath the plastic bucket at the end of all that aluminium tubing?
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Korean barbecue, or yakiniku as it’s known here is Japan, is a popular among all diners, but particularly men seem drawn to the primal enjoyment of roasting gobs of raw meat over flames. Or maybe they just like meat. Either way, the customer base skews male.
However, this month a pop-up yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo’s Ebisu neighborhood seemed to be taking particular aim at the ladies. Let’s see if you can spot their unique approach.
Let’s play a little word association game. When I say “birthday,” what’s the next word that comes to mind?
For everyone who said “suit,” well, we’ve always suspected that at least a handful of people at any given moment are reading RocketNews24 while completely nude. Still, I’m guessing that far more of you thought of birthday parties and birthday cakes, which tend to go hand in hand. But what do you make the centerpiece of your birthday celebration edibles if sweets aren’t your thing?
Simple: you get a cake made of meat, like these carnivorous Japanese citizens.
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