Japanese Convenience Store Breakfast: The Perfect 7-Eleven Morning Routine
The Japanese convenience store morning is one of travel's underrated pleasures β a self-assembled meal of extraordinary variety…
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Japanese Convenience Store Food, Ranked: What to Buy from 7-Eleven, Lawson & FamilyMart
Japanese convenience store food is not all equal. The same chain's egg salad sandwich and its tuna mayo…
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Japanese Sake Explained: Junmai, Daiginjo, Nigori & How to Order
Sake (ι / ζ₯ζ¬ι / nihonshu) β Japan's fermented rice beverage β is one of the most technically…
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Kagawa Udon: Why This Tiny Prefecture is Japan’s Udon Capital
Kagawa Prefecture (ι¦ε·η) β the smallest prefecture in Japan by area, on the island of Shikoku β has…
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Kanazawa: Japan’s ‘Little Kyoto’ β Kenroku-en, Higashi Chaya & Omicho Market
Kanazawa (ιζ²’) owes much of its current reputation to a historical accident: the city was never significantly bombed…
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Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen: How to Eat It Like a Fukuoka Local
Hakata ramen (εε€γ©γΌγ‘γ³) is Japan's fastest-consumed ramen. The statement is not speculative β the thin, straight noodles of…
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Hakodate: The Star Fort City β Morning Market, Ropeway & the Best Squid in Japan
On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa β signed aboard Commodore Perry's flagship in Shimoda harbor β…
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How to Read a Japanese Menu (Without Knowing Japanese)
One of the most common barriers to genuine eating in Japan for foreign visitors is the menu β…
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Japan’s 8 Regional Ramen Styles: What Makes Each One Different
Ramen (γ©γΌγ‘γ³) is Japan's most consumed restaurant meal and one of the most discussed foods in the country…
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Coffee Culture in Tokyo: The Third Wave, the Kissaten & the Can Coffee
Tokyo has three simultaneously active coffee cultures that exist in parallel, largely without interacting, serving different demographics with…
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