restaurants (Page 12)
Recommendations from a staff member reveal what they really like to eat behind the scenes.
We visit the new Tomodachi ga Yatteru Cafe in Harajuku, where staff are paid to pose as your friends.
If you’re headed through Tokyo Station, you won’t regret starting your day the Hatsufuji way.
Restaurant that specialises in one type of pasta also offers a surprising (and genius) side dish.
And if you don’t put them in the bowl, should you expect the staff to clean them up for you?
10 ways to enjoy sushi, sweets, and sake at one of Japan’s favorite revolving sushi restaurant chains.
The Kojima family’s pork cutlet bowl recipe is both startlingly innovative and really, really old.
Five ways to eat and drink at one of Japan’s favorite cheap restaurants with the smallest yen bill.
Almost a century after they invented the dessert, this Ginza restaurant is stilling serving it.
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2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
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Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week- Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
Cool capsule toys recreate how Japan navigated trains in pre-smartphone days【Photos】
Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
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New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
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
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
Kyoto study finds nearly 500 translation errors for foreign tourists, new guidelines released
2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Japan’s first-ever Yakult cafe serves a rare probiotic ice cream in the shadow of a famous castle
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McDonald’s Happy Meals in Japan now come with Shinkansen robots
Pizza Hut’s new coriander pizza contains more cilantro than ever before!
Underground Tokyo restaurant used in Kenshi Yonezu’s Flamingo video is a real hidden gem
Poképark Pokémon theme park area announced for Japan’s real-world Kanto region
Real-world Final Fantasy wedding plan reservations start in Japan, and it looks amazing【Photos】
Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
After 33 years, Hello Kitty’s voice actress, the legendary Hayashibara Megumi, is being replaced
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