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Kanagawa's Homegrown Ramen Chain
 
Nanashi brings Iekei-style ramen to its outlets across Kanagawa and Tokyo, including the heart of Shibuya, and delivers its own signature Iekei experience for ramen-lovers to enjoy. Iekei implies a tonkotsu shōyu base, popular across the Yokohama re...

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Stand Up In The Heart of Shibuya
If you are looking for a short lunch or dinner break while shopping or sightseeing around Shibuya, Uogashi Nihonichi standing sushi bar is definitely the place to visit.
A standing sushi bar is a small restaurant where all the customers stand around...

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Famous Noodles of Yamanashi Prefecture
Houtou is a famous local specialty in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a type of dish that is made with flat udon noodles and vegetables, and a miso-based soup that is very rich and thick like a stew. Many Japanese people rarely consider it to be an ...

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Delving Into The Success of This Cult Ramen Classic
Ramen Jiro (ラーメン二郎) is widely regarded as something of an institution amongst Japan's ramen veterans. Ever since the original Mito shop opened up in 1968 serving their signature variety of pork/soy sauce ramen, the name has gr...

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Lively Ramen Near the University Campus
By Joseph Bautista, May 2016
During my days as an exchange student in Waseda, there was a place that conquered my stomach every week. The first time I stepped in Budouka, after waiting a long thirty minutes in the line outside, I knew the wait ...

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Italian Style Meets Japanese flavor
When people think about Japanese traditional food, they certainly picture noodles, sushi, or anything related to fish. However, there is something else that Japanese chefs master like in no other country: Yakiniku.
Yakiniku literally means grilled ...

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A Living Museum of Kyoto Soba Cuisine
It is part of Japanese culinary folklore to try the noodles at the train station. The idea is that you turn up at a stand-up yatai on the platform, try the regional specialty, and then move on. Preferably in under 15 minutes.
Fukuoka is famous fo...

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Chowing Down On Dumplings and Cheap Beer in Kyoto When a friendly young man opens the door to an eatery and tells you that they are now having happy hour on beers at 330 yen a mug, you walk in.
 
The fact that this eatery is also a two-time winner in a countrywide gyoza competition i...

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One of The Top Sushi Restaurants in Japan
 Kameki Sushi (亀喜寿司) is touted as one of the top sushi restaurants in Japan, with Japan's elite often stopping by here when they venture north of Tokyo. It also features on the local government's 'Sushi Road' of establishments serving fre...

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Seasonal Italian Food With No Additives or Chemicals Surrounded by mountains in the city of Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, is an Italian restaurant called "Restaurant & Bar Salvage." This restaurant is completely self-sufficient, using ingredients that they grow in their own garden....

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