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The Resort's Food Is Fresh And Fantastic
Travelers to Naqua's Epinard Nasu onsen resort in the mountains of northern Tochigi are spoiled for choice when it comes to assuaging their appetites. The hotel complex boasts four restaurants, each with its own distinctive cuisine but all ded...

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Cupcakes à la Harajuku
 
Magnolia Bakery is known as a flagship brand to those who've embraced the vogue for cupcakes, which is still growing nowadays. From real life soaps about cupcake stores to competitive bakery shows, cupcakes and their friends are everywhere.
 
In 1996 the firs...

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Okinawa's First And Possibly Best Taco Restaurant
There is good reason to crave tacos and taco rice when in Okinawa. The latter, which consists of taco flavored ground beef spread on a bed of rice and topped with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and cheese, was conceived on this isla...

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Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki in Shibuya
To anyone familiar with the Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki circuit, from Micchan to Okonomimura, you'll know nothing beats this famous food, particularly not the Kansai alternative (okay, I admit that may be up for debate). However, step outside ...

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Marukan Department Store Restaurant  
If you find yourself in Hanamaki, Iwate, you don't want to miss out on a great dining experience. To say that Marukan is an institution in Hanamaki is an understatement. Not only do they have the restaurant and department store, they had at some ...

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Hidden Cellar For The Ultimate Sake Experience
Do not judge a book by its cover; I was deceived by the ordinary looking Shimada Shoten when I first saw it at the corner of the street. It looks just like any other ordinary sake shop in Japan, but below the surface is a “hidden” cellar...

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In a Hot Spring Town Surrounded By Fukushima Nature Nihonmatsu is a small city thriving among the beautiful mountains and rice fields of Fukushima Prefecture. It's a short distance from the bigger cities of Fukushima City and Koriyama City, but a completely different atmosphere from ...

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Taste a Hokkaido Specialty On a Trip to Niseko Before we came to live in Niseko we had been told by lots of people that soup curry was amazing and that we needed to try it. When Tsubara Tsubara finally opened for the winter we practically ran there the first chance we got and it didn...

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Akiyoshi is a yakitori restaurant chain with restaurants all over Japan. With its 55 year history, the business is well known for its commitment in serving good and tasty food to its customers. Definitely worth paying a visit if you are in Japan and you like yakitori. The photos feat...

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Food Reflecting The Geographic Diversity of The Region
When you’re talking about the food of Matsuyama, it can be difficult to separate it from the delicious food of Ehime as a whole. Nevertheless, there are some dishes that are particularly associated with Matsuyama.
One of these he...

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