Food in Japan
In this video we show a summary of some of the foods we have eaten whilst in Japan, with links to most of the locations.
1. Yoshinoya – a Japanese multinational fast food chain, and the second-largest chain of gyūdon (beef bowl) restaurants.
Cheap, filling and tasty.
Yoshinoya Asakusa Chuo Branch https://goo.gl/maps/iK963o7pKNcLVt5C9?coh=178572&entry=tt
2. Hidakaya Asakusa Station Restaurant https://goo.gl/maps/gFYNtovoTzNuCgUK6
Stir fry vegetable meal and fried chicken meal, both served with miso soup & pickled vegetables
3. Kakiage Soba Noodles – near Ueno station (warm soba noodles with kakiage tempura vegetables)
4. Mizuguchi Asakusa. Since the opening in 1950, has been offering home-style dishes and set-meals with a great reputation. A good, traditional, casual, Japanese dining experience, with friendly family service.
Mizuguchi – https://goo.gl/maps/X45YomHYUREkT7u1A?coh=178572&entry=tt
5. Saboten Tonkatsu Shop Asakusa – https://goo.gl/maps/JJ7Mg2Kmejs5ztHX8?coh=178572&entry=tt
Tonkatsu is a Japanese dish that consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet. We bought a bento box.
6. Osaka Ohsho Okachimachi Ekimae branch – just off the end of Ameyayokocho, Ueno
https://goo.gl/maps/5hc3Mg2teLCWy2MHA?coh=178572&entry=tt
We had stir fry meat & vegetables, which we assumed was pork. Very tasty.
7. Kawaguchiko Station Café https://goo.gl/maps/QfuzGNR1dnxwGrLLA?coh=178572&entry=tt
Kawaguchiko Station is the starting point for sightseeing in Fuji Five Lakes and Fujikawaguchiko. Fujikyuko Line Train, highway buses and local buses all stop here.
8. Haostay – traditional Japanese breakfast in Kawaguchico
– https://goo.gl/maps/UMCzwPsuJNoGC7bi7?coh=178572&entry=tt
9. Houtou-men at Tenjōsan Lake Kawaguchi (Restaurant Lakeside). Houtou is a hearty hot pot local dish of Yamanashi Prefecture.
– https://goo.gl/maps/9yNx1uRrXmk3YM6S9?coh=178572&entry=tt
10. Soba Noodles – became something of a staple, often from Lawsons, Family Mart or 7/11 stores to heat up back in our hotel at night.
11. Ramen Street Under Tokyo Station
https://goo.gl/maps/EVPvocvYRvKiN8WB7?coh=178572&entry=tt
12. Korean – there are many Korean restaurants in Tokyo
13. Grilled squid snack at Tsukiji Outer Market
– https://goo.gl/maps/2KwBeVYW7C6mrf7W9?coh=178572&entry=tt
14. Izukogen Kenny’s House Café in Sunshine City
-https://goo.gl/maps/LpxiuWLZawkgDAHP9?coh=178572&entry=tt
15. Ringer Hut Shimbashi https://goo.gl/maps/Jw652emMgbEqXNJK7?coh=178572&entry=tt
Ringer Hut is a Japanese chain of fast-food restaurants, specializing in Nagasaki dishes Champon and Sara udon.
16. New Star Brewery Izakaya in Asakusa Yokocho – Sara Shumai & Sanzoku Grilled Chicken https://goo.gl/maps/vvgtSgqXaPscCeSa6?coh=178572&entry=tt
17. Snacks/ street food
Dorayaki is a Japanese dessert consisting of sweet adzuki bean paste sandwiched between soft honey pancakes.
Taiyaki is a Japanese fish-shaped cake, commonly sold as street food. The most common filling is red bean paste that is made from sweetened adzuki beans.
Daigaku Imo is a dish of candied sweet potatoes, made of deep-fried Japanese purple-skinned sweet potatoes, that are cut into wedges and glazed with caramelized sugar syrup.
Matcha – is finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves, used as tea and in many other things like ice cream ,desserts etc.
Mochi and a multitude other rice based sweets.
Fruit Sandwiches – A Japanese fruit sandwich, more commonly known as fruit sando, is a dessert that is made up of two soft slices of milk bread filled with whipped cream and fresh fruit in the center.
18. Depachika – The underground levels of Japanese department stores often contain food markets known as depachika, a name that comes from depāto (department store) and chika (basement). These have an amazing selection of stalls selling everything from Japanese tea, sweets, fresh meat and fish, high-end fruit, cheese, wine, bentō meals, ready-made salads and vegetable dishes, bakery-fresh bread and cakes, and general food and deli items. Not necessarily cheap but fantastic.
We often shopped at both
– Mitsukoshi Ginza https://goo.gl/maps/je7VCFTdN95t2t2u6?coh=178572&entry=tt and
– Daimaru in Tokyo Station complex https://goo.gl/maps/4dw1RH5UDNpkEVMm8?coh=178572&entry=tt
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