The birthplace of one of Japan’s favorite lunches is still in business in Tokyo after more than 200 years.
rice bowls
Or maybe we should call them “beef cans?” Either way, these things will be literal life-savers.
Can’t decide between tempura and pork cutlet? This restaurant lets you have both in ridiculously large quantities.
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Two kinds of beef, and a surprising amount of veggies, are keeping Tokyo’s otaku and businesspeople full.
A while back, we paid a visit to Fukugawa Tsuribune, a restaurant in Tokyo’s Kunitachi City famous for its fried foods and tempura. We engaged in a delicious battle with its gigantic tempura sea eel rice bowl, coming away victorious but full to bursting.
But believe it or not, that actually wasn’t the most colossal offering on Fukugawa Tsuribune’s menu, which is home to an even more terrifying titan of a meal.
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