Visit this tucked-away cafe in a popular sightseeing area to experience the atmosphere of a place where time has stood still.
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Mr. Sato knows a cheap way to chow down on Japan’s flaky fried food rice bowls, so he shared the trick with all of us!
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We stop by to taste the continuing tradition and take a sneak peek at the replacement for the world-famous Tsukiji market.
The oldest location of the beef-on-rice specialist is tucked away in a part of the country where hardly anyone is thinking about meat.
The special meal with 100-percent Japanese beef might be the last thing you eat while on a trip to Japan.
Constantly scowling penguin is incapable of service with a smile, but he looks adorably delicious anyway.
With a beer in our left hand a shelf full of manga within reach of our right, we’re not sure why we should ever leave.
The unusually-named restaurant battles against the robots of Kabukicho with spooky spirits and staff that look like creepy androids.
The Nintendo character with the endless appetite is offering a full range of adorable edibles and exclusive merch.
This Ikebukuro izakaya just gave us an 8,000-yen discount, and they’ll happily do the same for you.
An elegant rearrangement of an iconic piece of video game music history, plus where to hear the musician play live.
First-ever KitKat-cocktail pairings are part of a range of special offerings to celebrate the new alcoholic chocolates ahead of their nationwide release.
Although in the cars’ defense I never really knew what that logo was supposed to be either.
Does this washed cheese burger smell as bad as advertised, and if so, what does it taste like?
Shadowy ghost and poison-types get their moment in the sun, and of course there’s a new Pikachu item too!
“A little” shanking is requested, but that’s not the only weird thing about the baffling bits of Japanese flavor text.
Schlansky imparted his Japanese knowledge on the talk show host, but ended up committing some faux pas of his own.
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Intended penalty for bad manners backfires, prompts pub to make drastic change to its beer pricing policy.
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