Hilight Shokudo Jujo
I visited the Jujo branch of Highlight Shokudo, which has been in business for more than 60 years in Kyoto Cit …
King-ken Otemachi Head Shop
Of all the restaurants serving Hiroshima’s local B-grade gourmet Shirunashi Tantanmen (soupless dandan n …
Kissa Hisui
There is a quite famous local coffee shop called “Kissa Hisui” along Kitaoji Street in Kyoto. Foun …
Uchino Tamago Chokubaijo JR Hakata
Uchino Chicken Farm is located in a lush green satoyama landscape in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Uchi …
Shirunashi Tantanmen Kisaku
One of Hiroshima’s local delicacies is “soupless tantanmen,” but it was not that long ago, i …
Ganso Henkutsuya Sohonten Shintenchi
The original Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki was born in 1950, shortly after the end of World War II… I wrot …
Udon Sanku
When you are too busy to prepare breakfast at home, a cheap and tasty restaurant on the way to work or school …
Ganso Ramen Nagahamake Nakasu Kawabata
There are several 24-hour ramen shops in Hakata, which are very useful when you arrive in Hakata late at night …
AKAI
Destination Restaurants is a gourmet guide that introduces to the world only 10 restaurants each year that hav …
Kyosaimi Nomura Karasuma Head Shop
If you are looking for a casual Japanese morning meal in Kyoto, there is a perfect place for you. Opened in Ju …
Hatchan Ramen Yakuin Head Shop
After a night of drinking in Hakata, I suppose that the ramen to finish off the night would be tonkotsu ramen. …
Yoshokuya Yuuki
I went to Yoshokuya (Western-style restaurant) Yuuki, a restaurant in Shinkaichi where the great actress Yuko …
Gyoza no Yamazaki
“Gyoza no Yamazaki” is a popular restaurant in Umeda that serves “Tetsunabe gyoza” that is now att …
Hakata Ikkosha Sohonten
Hakata Ikkosha is one of the most popular of the many Hakata tonkotsu ramen restaurants, and its soup, cooked …
Gohan-ya Isshin Daikanyama
When I wrote a blog post about Gohan-ya Isshin Kyoto, I learned that there is another Gohan-ya Isshin in Daika …
Taiyoken Fukushima
Taiyoken Fukushima is a Chinese restaurant that is a regular on the popularity ranking of fried chicken. It is …
Anzen Ramen Itoshima
Anzen Ramen (“Anzen” means “Safety” in Japanese”)…Osaka is no different (l …
Maguro Mart
At the north exit of Nakano Station, three stations west of Shinjuku Station, there is a very popular restaura …
Roushouki Motomachi
If you come to Kobe Chinatown, one of the must-try gourmet foods you must try is the pork buns from Roushouki. …
Ichiran Nanokawa Branch
As of November 2023, Ichiran is a major chain of tonkotsu ramen restaurants with a total of 86 stores througho …
Handmade Hamburger steak Tokura Lukua Osaka
On April 5, 2022, Tokura, a handmade hamburger steak restaurant with three locations in Kyoto City that has be …
Ogimachi Udon Asuro
Although relatively new, opening in March 2019, Ogimachi Udon Asuro has already won a Michelin Bib Gourmand an …
Chinchinken Ueno
The area around Ameyoko shopping street, located under the elevated railway tracks between JR Ueno Station and …
Sumo Chaya Otsuka
On a November night when I arrived in Hakata, it was colder than I had expected, and on my way to the hotel I …