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Garlic powered Kumamoto-style ramen
Operating since 1957, Kokutei (黒亭) is one of the most famous and popular ramen shops in Kumamoto, proudly serving the local Kumamoto style – a variation on the classic tonkotsu ramen that Kyushu is famous for.
Kumamoto style adds in chicken to th...

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Ningyo-yaki - Japanese Sweets in Asakusa
Ningyo-yaki （人形焼） is very popular in Tokyo Asakusa where you can watch them being baked. This is one of my favorite Japanese sweets and a very good omiyage gift.
Ningyo is the Japanese word for doll, so the name of this sweet reads "baked...

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Taiga is the ramen shop in Asakusa you should visit when you are very hungry, tired, and need "chicken soup for your soul". The chicken soup that makes up the base for the ramen and tsukemen here is that good.
Choose from the ramen or tsukemen menu and decide how many noodles you wou...

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Handmade noodles and thick tonkotsu soup
Fuji Ramen in Asakusa serves tasty ramen in tsukemen with tonkotsu base soup and noodles made fresh at the shop.
This shop is special because it makes its own noodles. You can see the small workshop near the entrance. The noodles are straigh...

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A standing sushi bar where the red rice is a winner
Nobody expects food at an airport food court to hit any great heights. But any self-professed fan of sushi spying a standing sushi bar at Narita International Airport is likely to have their curiosity aroused. A standing sushi bar i...

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Himeji’s best Imagawa-yaki
At the heart of Himeji station stands a famous stall - Gozasoro, where you can get the country’s best imagawa-yakis (今川焼) for less than a hundred yen. Located just by the side of ticket gates, this red bean waffle cake is a perfect treat for the train ri...

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Look for the fireplaces and discover the sake!If you want to discover the taste of sake you must visit Saijo (Hiroshima Prefecture) !
This tour is like a journey through the past through some of the oldest and most prestigious sake breweries in the country.
KAMOTSURU, FUKUBIJIN, KAMO...

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Another sushi gem in Tsukiji
There was a queue outside of Sushi Dai Bekkan in Tsukiji. You get that a lot in Tsukiji and it's easy to poke fun at it but really, there is nothing wrong and everything good about people being prepared to wait for the good stuff.
And there was indeed goo...

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Hearty hoto noodles that aren't noodles
apan may be the only country in the world where eating a bowl of noodles feels the same as sitting in a hot spring...
You see, if you've been to the northern side of Lake Kawaguchi (yes, one of Mount Fuji's five famous lakes), you've more tha...

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Yummy by name and by nature in the Niigata countryside
It may seem unusual that in a part of Niigata often dubbed as yukiguni, or snow country, there's a gelato shop which has been a staple on the local foodie scene since 2010.
The store is frequented by visitors far and wide, and on...

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