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Chirashi-Sushi is one of assorted Sushi. |
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| If you like to try an inexpensive Sushi, "KuruKuru
Sushi" or "Kaiten sushi" is where you should go. Sushis on a dish on the belt conveyer turn in front of you. You can pick up any dish that you want One plate costs 100 to 120 Yen. Colored plate cost 150 or 200 Yen. Some of plates cost 300, 400 Yen and Market price. You need to find the price table at the beginning. One funny story about the conveyer is: A foreigner started to eat sushi at the converyer sushi bar, After he ate sushi on a plate, he returned the empty plate on the belt. So there was no plate on his table. |
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| Sashimi is also very popular Japanese food. Sliced raw seafood, mainly fish and shellfish, is served. Using the soy sauce and Wasabi, HotJapanese horse radish. Tuna, Squid, Yellow tail, salmon, Sea bream, shrimp, scallop Shredded daikon, Japanese radish, is always served together. The leaf of the perilla is often put out with Sashimi |
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Tempura is the best Japanese food for every body. |
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This is an easiest try for Japanese food. |
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If you like oriental flavor, please try to eat curry rice. It came from India and was very hot and spicy foods but Japanese cooks make it mild for everyone. It tastes like beef stew with spicy flavor( Curry flavor). sauce and rice are served together on same plate. Ingredient: Choice of Beef, pork , chicken or sea food and vegetables and carrot, potato, etc. |
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Here is a topping sample. "Katsu curry" is also popular. Pork Cutlet, "Katsu", is served on the top of the rice. |
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Vegetable curry is one of variety of curry rices. Ingredient: Tomato, pumpkin, potato, etc. |
| Steak is expensive in Japan. "Kobe Ushi" and "Matsuzaka Ushi (Gyu)" are famous as the best beef It costs more than 5000 Yen /person in a good restaurant. We are informed that some dairy farmers get cows drink beers to make the meat soft and tasty. Believe or not? |
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| Here is special story for Matsuzaka beef. Only Japanese Black heifer Cattles which are raised in specific area in Mie prefecture can be called Matsuzaka Gyu. 570,000 Japanese Cattles are raised yearly in Japan but only 1,600 Cattles can be called as Matsuzaka Gyu. If the quality of meat isn't good enough, the beef can't be called Matsuzaka Gyu The retail price of real Matsuzaka beef at meat shop is more than 3,000 Yen / 100 gram. |
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One of interesting cooking is Hibachi style restaurant. It is told that Rocky Aoki developed and started this type of restaurant., We did see few Hibachi restaurants in Japan.in past But Many hotels have penthouse steak restaurants. The price of steak dinner for one person is more than 10,000 yen at such restaurant. The cook fixes your dinner on the hot iron table in front of you Beside of very good taste of steak, you can enjoy the good view of illuminated city.s. |
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Sukiyaki is also very good Japanese food. Very thin sliced beef like ham and various vegetables, Japanese mushroom and Tofu on the plate will be served on your table with portable Hibachi and pan. You just boil beef and vegetables with stock which is made with sugar and soy-sauce. When it is ready to eat, you are supposed to dip them in a beaten raw egg if you like. |
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It is very popular Japanese food.Very thin slice beef and vegetables. In front of you, the boiling water pot is prepared.A plate with very thin sliced beef and various vegetables more than ten items, beautifully arranged, will be served on your table. |
| The word of "Shabushabu" is expressing the action of wave chopstick with meat in the hot water pot. You need to a slice of beef and dip it in the hot pot. Then you shake it right and left in the pot to make it cook well. Since the beef is very thin and it want to take long to be Weldon.When the meat changes to pink is the best time to eat. There are two or three types of dip sauce are prepared on the table. One is sesame sauce, other is mixed sauce of soy sauce and vinegar and green onion and radish are came along with for an additional flavor. No rules for vegetables to put them into the pot and when you think they are cooked well, it is time to eat. | |
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Yakiniku means grilled meat. Meat, offal, shellfish, shrimp and vegetable
are grilled on a iron net or iron lattice plate Tables in Korean BBQ restaurants is designated to have table cooking stove. Gas or charcoal is used. The restaurant using charcoal is more expensive than others. Spicy dipping sauce is served and dip cooked ingredient before eating. Grated garlic and hot spicy soybean paste are used to your taste. |
| Pork Cutlet This is a sample of Tonkatsu There are several menus at Tonkatsu. Filet, pork medallion, pork loin, |
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Grilled eel marinaded with sweeten Soy sauce |
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This is one of traditional Japanese dish. It is a kind of noodle. Made from Soba powder. Put sliced green onion (scallions) into the dipping sauce. Dip Soba to dipping sauce. |
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Tempura and Zarusoba is good combination. The price gets higher but it taste better. Deep fried shrimp and vegetable make the dipping sauce tasty. |
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It is noodle with shoyu-based (soy-sauce based ) soup. |
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There are many sorts of Ramen. This is called as "Tanmen". Topping is different from regular Ramen. Stir-fried meat and vegetables with thicken salt soup is favor of "Tanmen". |
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This is called "Cha-shu-men". Topping by sliced of "Cha-shu", Chinese-style barbecued pork. The pork is basted with soy sauce during roasting. |
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Udon is a thick wheat noodle. There are various type of Udon with topping and soup. This is the noodle with shoyu-based (soy-sauce based ) soup and abura-age (fried tofu) on top. |
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This is called "Curry Udon". The soup is based curry and shoyu-based (soy sauce). It is very thick soup. It is easy to drop from chopsticks when you eat curry noodle. Clothes are often stained by the cause such as splash of the curry soup. |
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Onigiri is one of great invention of Japanese. It is called "Rice ball". There is core food in the center of Onigiri. You can buy them in convenience store. |
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The picture shows baked shake locates in the center of Onigiri. Normally it is wrapped by Nori, "Sea weed". |
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This is boiled soy beans. It is not served at fine restaurant. |
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| It is popular in summer. Pods are not eatable. Just press the pod with your fingers and get them jump out to your mouth. |
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| This is Barbecued Chicken flavored with salt or Soy sauce They are skewered by bamboo stick. Yakitori is also very popular as appetizer. Various type of Yakitori: White meat, Red meat, liver, Negima - Chicken and leeks is good starter for a Yakitori Beginner. |
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Gyoza is a Chinese dish originally but it becomes one of typical Japanese
food. They consist of vegetables and grounded meat and are wrapped by flattened Chinese pastry from wheat flour. |
| Normally they are fried after steamed. Mixed sauce of soy sauce and rice vinegar is having advantages to dip them If you like hot stuff, try to drop dollop of "Raa oil".Ra-YU, chili sauce It is made of sesame oil with red pepper. |
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There are four major beer brewers in Japan. Kirin, Asahi, Sapporo and Suntory Kirin's brand name >Lager, Ichiban Shibori Asahi's brand name >Super dry(It gets a favorable reputation.) Sapporo's brand name >Ebisu (I like it.) There are many size of bottle for beer. -Large 633 ml -Medium 500 ml -Small 333 ml At restaurants, Large or Medium bottle are served normally. |
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Japanese Draft Beer is also very good. Most popular season is summer. Even though, many restaurants serve draft beer all seasons. The size of glass varies at each restaurant. |
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Japanese traditional Alcohol is Sake. We taste it hot style or cold style. It is made from rice. Clear drink. Alcohol percentage is around 14, like wine We use special small cup called "Ochoko" for sipping hot sake. Cold sake is very popular now. |
| Shochu is distilled liquor. It is made with sweet potato, sesame, wheat |
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It is very popular in Japan now. The price of Shochu is inexpensive. Young people likes cocktail based Shochu. With lemon and soda, grapefruit and soda etc. Old people likes shochu with hot water., Umeboshi (Pickled plum) is dropped depending on individual taste. |
| Green tea, Japanese tea, Ocha in Japanese Water and green tea are free at restaurants. You can ask for another serving without any charge. A few Japanese restaurants serve very good Japanese tea. But some Chinese restaurant charges for Chinese tea in Japan. |
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Diet coke and other diet drinks aren't popular in Japan.
You can merely order diet coke at restaurant.
Of course, you can buy them at grocery shops, convenience stores and super
markets.
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There are two types of canned drinks. |
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Diet coke is not so popular in Japan. Because of taste? I don't know. It's very difficult to get diet coke at vending machine and even restaurants. |
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This is newly introduced to Japanese market in addition to Diet Coke. The Diet Coke is not so accepted by Japanese. This is first trial in the world by Coca-Cola. |
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Canned Coffee is very popular in Japan. There are so many venders to distribute a lot of canned coffee. |
Ice Coffee |
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In addition to canned coffee, Ice coffee is also popular. You can taste it at coffee shops. |
PET bottled drink |
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PET Bottled drinks are very popular in Japan. Main category is soft drink, Japanese tea, Woo-long tea and cola etc. Since you can drink it anywhere, it is very convenience to carry it during walking around in Japan. |
Locations/Other Information
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| Eigyouchu | Akinaichu |
| These signs mean "Open". But backside of these sign means "Close". Therefore it is hard to tell open or close from the sign without understanding of Japanese characters. |
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| Many Japanese restaurants use Noren, looks like a tapestry, as a sign of
its open.
Various types, short or long, white and red and various colors of
Noren are used. So Noren-ed shops aren't always restaurants. |
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Almost all restaurants have the show case of the sample dishes |
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| Sign for seating | Follow the sign to wait a server A server will take you to a table. |
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| waiting name list | Write your name and wait. Your name will be called by a server. He/she will guide you to a table. |
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| Ticket vending machine | Inset bill or coins then push the button which you want to have. The buttons may be written only in Japanese. If you can not name it, ask someone to assist you and just point out what you want at the show window. After purchasing tickets, just take a seat anywhere. |
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| No sign | Proceed to a table wherever you want | Vending machine for food ticket |
The server will take your order at your table.
At some inexpensive restaurants, you are supposed to find your seat and
sit by yourself.
| A server brings menu and free drink, a glass of water or a cup of Japanese
tea. At better restaurants, you have a hot wet towel which is called as Oshibori. I believe this is really good service we can be proud of it. Some airlines started to service Oshibori before meal in international flight. |
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| Generally Oshibori is served as hot but sometimes it's served as cold in summer. | Oshibori |
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You are expected to order main dishes and drinks at one time.And you need to tell him whether you want to have a drink before meal or after meal. If you order only beverage first, they think you enter the restaurant to have only drink and never come back to take your main dish order until you call them to make an additional order. Since no tip system doesn't exist in Japan, you don't need to wait your server for any request. One thing you had better to remember is; All your ordered dishes are completely served already if the serving person put the bill on your table backside up. |
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Coffee shops serve "Morning set" during morning. This is very good price and convenient for travelers. Price for a cup of coffee is around 300 - 400 Yen. Only in the morning time, you can have toast and something, normally boiled egg, with same price. |
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| This is a sample of Tonkatsu Teishoku. Tonkatsu, Rice, Miso soup and other stuffs. Price is around 1000 Yen. |
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This is a good place not only for shopping but also for dinning.
On the top floor, there are several types of restaurant.
Price is reasonable.
Avoid going there on the busiest time of weekend. Servers have no time
to take care of foreigners
because of full of guests.
