Recommendations from a staff member reveal what they really like to eat behind the scenes.
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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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