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Best 6 Yakitori Restaurants in Tokyo – Fancy to Casual –

What would you expect during travel in Japan? Many travelers love to taste Japanese food. Yakitori may be the most popular Japanese food among foreigners. Yakitori is skewered chicken, which can be easily eaten even if you are not familiar to chopsticks! There are lots of kinds of yakitori, depending on the flavor, part of chicken, and how to cook. Best 6 Yakitori Restaurants in Tokyo will introduce varieties of yakitori and difference between regular chicken and jidori, chicken peculiar to a certain region, as well as some suggestions about yakitori shops in Tokyo according to your budget. Yakitori, One of the Best Japanese Food in Tokyo Yakitori is one […]

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Tokyo Street Food Market: Top 10 must-visit destinations

Tokyo is a big high-tech city, but just in the neighborhood of high-rise building areas, there are local food markets which allow you to feel daily life of Japanese. Tokyo Street Food Market introduces local food market like Shotengai (traditional shopping streets), fish market, and farmers market. Those markets serve fresh food such as vegetables, fish, meat, and mouth-watering street food. Why don’t you explore the market while enjoying communication with local people ? Types of Tokyo Street Food Markets Tokyo Street Food Markets are roughly categorized into three types. Shotengai is a traditional local food market which is familiar to local people, since it has supported their daily life […]

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Monja Street in Tsukishima, Meet Tokyo’s Soul Food

Tsukishima is the center of Monaja yaki in Tokyo. Nishinaka Dori, called Monja street is lined with around 80 Monjayaki restaurants. Although Monja may not look appetizing food, Monja is delicious and addictive once one bite you take. Monja Street in Tsukishima introduces Monja’s routs and how to eat Monja yaki, and also covers recommended restaurants, why not try it out ? Tsukishima Monja Street in Tsukishima, Tokyo Tuskishima, reclaimed land along Sumida river in Tokyo Bay is local and nostalgic area, rather than sight-seeing place. Tsukishima Monja street is 500m long lined with around 80 Monja restaurants. Visitors may often see long queues for popular Monja restaurants during lunch […]

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Tokyo Street Food: 12 must-try affordable street foods

Xperience Japan(@xperiencejapan)がシェアした投稿 – 2020年10月月14日午前6時17分PDT You may think that all the restaurants in Tokyo are exclusively high ranked restaurants in the Michelin Guide. But this is not true. Why don’t you stroll down on the busy side street or summer festivals in Tokyo? You can find wide variety of affordable but delicious street foods. Tokyo Street Food introduces the street foods by three categories of Snacks, Sweets and Popular foods at Summer Festival. Our recommended street food areas will help you find the right place such as market and shopping street to enjoy Must try street food. 【 Essential Tokyo Street Foods 】Snacks Street snacks can be seen at […]

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Experience tranquility in Yamamoto tei, Shibamata

Within a few minutes from Shibamata Taihakuten temple is Yamamoto-tei, a former merchant’s residence where features Japanese – Western style, creating a harmony of a Japanese drawing room, western architecture and Japanese garden. Yamamoto-tei Japanese traditional house & garden has been ranked 4th by American magazine Sukiya Living:The Journal of Japanese Gardening in 2019. History of Yamamoto-tei The building was originally the home of Einosuke Yamamoto, founder of Yamamoto camera component manufacturer. After the Great Kanto Earthquake 4 generations of Yamamoto family lived here, then in 1991 the building was opened to the public. The wooden two-story structure has 400m2 on the first floor and 50m2 on the second floor with a […]

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Nostalgic Town, Shibamata & Temple of Wood Carving

Located at eastern Tokyo, Shibamata is nostalgic area accessible from Tokyo Sky Tree. After Tokyo Sky Tree why don’t you stop at JR Shibamata station and visit historic Taishakuten temple well known its carving gallery? Shibamata is also loved by the locals as the town where famous movie actor, Tora-san lived. Tora-san & his sister Sakura In front of JR Shibamata station there is a pair of bronze statues of “Tora-san” and his younger pretty sister “Sakura”. Tora-san was a main character in series of the most popular 48 movies “Otoko wa Tsuraiyo” or “It’s tough to be a man” released from 1969 and 1995. He was a vagabond and […]

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Festivals at Sensoji temple, Asakusa

Sanja Festival is well known as Sensoji temple’s festival. But Sanja Festival is not only. Don’t miss Needle Memorial Service, Flower festival and Hozuki Market. Needle Memorial Service, Awashima Hall Every year on February 8th, the Needle memorial service is held at Awashima hall. Many women visit to bring broken or used needles and place them on Tofu. They pray to the needles to give gratitude and to improve their sewing skills. They believe the needles worked hard to sew many things or to help patients at hospitals and for that reason, should rest on something soft. Flower Festival, Kanbutsue April 8th is thought to be the birthday of the […]

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Tokyo’s first Cherry blossom at Yasukuni Shrine

A cherry tree with straw belt wrapped may look old and normal. But this is a special Someiyoshino species!!When this Somei yoshino cherry tree standing by Nogakudo hall of Yasukuni shrine starts to bloom, Japan Meteorological Agency officially announces the start of the cherry blossom season in Tokyo. Then all Japanese prepare for cherry blossom picnic in Tokyo. They spread the sheet under cherry trees, enjoy eating, and drinking while viewing cherry blossoms. Yasukuni Shrine Founded in 1869 on the order of Emperor Meiji Yasukuni shine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to souls of about 2.5 million Japanese who died in war for their country. Go through the Shinmon gate […]

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Kiyosumi Garden

History of the garden Originally Kiyosumi garden was the residence of the wealthy merchant in Edo period. During Meiji period the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki bought the the grounds of Kiyosumi Garden, planning to create a garden for his employees’ recreation and to invite the distinguished guests. The garden was completed in 1880 as circuit style garden where includes a large pond drawing water from Sumida river, man made hills and valuable stones collected from nationwide by Mitsubishi’s steamships. On the occasions of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 and WWⅡ this garden saved many lives as an area of refuge. Kiyosumi garden was opened to the public in […]

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A Man holding a test tube in Ueno park

Who is he? Hint is a test tube he holds while standing in Ueno park. The front side of 1000 yen also shows his portrait. He is a Bacteriologist well known among all Japanese people. The statue of Hideyo Noguchi, bacteriologist stands in front of the National museum of Nature and Science at Ueno Park. Story of Hideyo Noguchi Hideyo Noguchi was born in Fukushima prefecture as the eldest son of a very poor farm family. When he was one and half years old he accidentally fell into a fireplace and suffered burn injury on his left hand. Although the fingers were mostly gone, he was able to receive surgery […]