Note: Stay tuned for a separate post on our Tokyo recommendations! Pictures included. With seven full days in Tokyo, we ate everything from oden at Otafuku, tori-paitan ramen at Kagari, tonkatsu at Tonki, shoyu ramen at Tsuta, yakiniku at Sumibiyakiniku Nakahara, In-N-Out style burgers at Henry’s Burger, sushi at Sushi Yuu, sukiyaki at Shabu Zen Shibuya, tempura soba at Kanda Matsya and Tamawarai, yuzu ramen at Afuri, gourmet ramen at Suzuran, pizza at Seirinkan, and all the convenience store musubis I could get my hands on. That is particularly true when it comes to food thanks to the shokunin obsession with perfection. On top of that, I love how Japanese culture is all about doing one thing and doing it well.
Trust me, there is more to Japanese food than ramen and sushi. One of my favorite things about eating in Japan is the variety.
In any case, you can eat exceptionally well in Tokyo without reservations and at any price point. I had only made a handful of reservations in Tokyo partly because I didn’t plan much in advance (very unlike me) and partly because a lot of the restaurants on my list were more casual and didn’t take reservations.
We also met a couple from New York (hi, Elyse and Sam!) who just so happen to be cousins of Ben’s fraternity brother, Labo, proving once again, that it’s a small world after all! maeharas take japan While in Tokyo, we were lucky to overlap with our fellow travelers including my brother, Curtis, my cousin, Andrew, his girlfriend, Justine, my coworker, Jodie, Ben’s friend from Melbourne, Shunya, and his girlfriend, Beth. The beautiful, classically Japanese kaiseki meal was the perfect way to kick off our food tour (h/t Sergio)! I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date! Fortunately, Tofuya Ukai accepted our frantic apologies and let us arrive late. Exhausted, we ended up sleeping past our 1 pm lunch reservation the next day. If our recent flight path looked odd, it’s because we were supposed to end this RTW trip in South America however, fond memories of our honeymoon in Japan encouraged us to extend the trip, taking us back to Asia.Īfter Cape Town, we flew to Tokyo, finally arriving to our Airbnb in Shibuya some 30+ hours later.
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