Restaurant Listing
Here is a list of all 44 places we ate at, as far as I can remember or reconstruct (one missing from the Dotonbori food tour, a few are missing from the Shibuya food tour, and a one-time meal at a hotel restaurant was omitted). They are organized by city (10 of them), and then by date visited within that city, and include links to their websites and location maps.
Hakone
- 2025-06-27: COFFEE CAMP 🗾. Modern coffee shop with some pastries and sandwiches.
- 2025-06-27: Tensui Saryo (天翠茶寮) 🗾. Ryokan with keiseki restaurant.
- 2025-06-28: Togendai View Restaurant (桃源台ビューレストラン) 🗾. Simple, cafetaria-style restaurant.
Hiroshima
- 2025-06-24: Sarashina (さらしな) 🗾. Authentic Hiroshima-style Okomomiyaki restaurant.
Kanazawa
- 2025-06-15: Ichinokura (市の蔵) 🗾. Seafood, sashimi, sushi in Omicho market.
- 2025-06-15: Kanazawa Curry Laboratory (金沢カレー研究工房 近江町市場) 🗾. Curry dishes.
- 2025-06-16: Akiyoshi Korinbo Ten (やきとりの名門秋吉 香林坊店) 🗾. Izakaya with yakitori.
- 2025-06-16: Tenichi Kanazawa store (天一 金沢店) 🗾. High-end tempura restaurant, 8th floor Daiwa Korinbo store.
- 2025-06-17: Kubota (くぼ田) 🗾. Kappo style izakaya.
Kyoto
- 2025-06-18: Hanayori Kiyoe (錦市場 花よりキヨエ) 🗾. Croquettes in Nakamichi Market.
- 2025-06-18: Okonomiyaki Manmaru No Tsuki (鉄板匠 まんまるの月 錦店) 🗾. Okonomiyaki and other things restaurant.
- 2025-06-18: Tiger Gyoza Kaikan Shijo Karasuma (タイガー餃子会舘 四条烏丸店) 🗾. Gyoza restaurant with some other options.
- 2025-06-19: Katsukura Shijo Higashinotoin (名代とんかつ かつくら 四条東洞院店) 🗾. Katsu dishes.
- 2025-06-19: Nayamachi Donuts, I'll give them to you (Nayamachi Donuts 君に、あげる) 🗾. "Healthy" donuts.
- 2025-06-19: Tako to Highball (タコハイ京都錦市場店) 🗾. Takoyaki restaurant.
- 2025-06-20: Kyoryori Kaji (京料理 かじ) 🗾. High-end keiseki restaurant.
- 2025-06-20: Salon de thé Mercredi 🗾. Tea, pastries, and icecream.
- 2025-06-20: 701 TARESOBA KYOTO (ラーメン屋) 🗾. Cold soba in special sauce.
- 2025-06-21: Nigiri Chojiro - Kitayama Shichiku (にぎり長次郎 北山紫竹店) 🗾. Sushi restaurant.
- 2025-06-21: Kakure Sakaba Tomoshibi (隠れ酒場 ともしび) 🗾. Hidden izakaya, great atmosphere, English menu.
Miyajima
- 2025-06-23: Yakigaki No Hayashi (焼がきのはやし) 🗾. Oyster restaurant.
Osaka
- 2025-06-24: Ramen Makotoya Shinsaibashi (ラーメンまこと屋 心斎橋店) 🗾. Ramen restaurant.
- 2025-06-25: Chuka Bar Dragon Punch Dotombori (大阪もん酒場 ドラゴンパンチ。) 🗾. Izakaya with locals.
- 2025-06-25: Creperie Alcyon (クレープリー·アルション) 🗾. Crêperie.
- 2025-06-25: Dotonbori Yataimura Matsuri (道頓堀 屋台村 祭) 🗾. Street food stalls.
- 2025-06-25: Oden no den Maki Sennichimae Ten (おでんのでん マキ 千日前店) 🗾. Small oden establishment off Dotonbori.
- 2025-06-25: Tachinomidokoro Komachi (立ち呑み処 小町) 🗾. Hidden izakaya and stand-up bar near Dotonburi.
- 2025-06-26: DOTONBORI KUROFUNE Higashishinsaibashi (道頓堀黒船 東心斎橋) 🗾. Unadon restaurant.
- 2025-06-26: KURA SUSHI Dotonbori Global Flagship Store (くら寿司 グローバル旗艦店 道頓堀) 🗾. Conveyor belt sushi.
Shirakawa-gō
- 2025-06-17: Soba dojo Restaurant (そば道場) 🗾. Soba shop in open air museum.
Tokyo
- 2025-06-11: Uokichi Sakaba Shinbashi Ten (魚吉酒場 新橋店) 🗾. Loud izakaya, full of locals, good and varied food.
- 2025-06-12: Maguro Mart (マグロマート) 🗾. Everything tuna restaurant.
- 2025-06-12: Okurindo (炭火焼濃厚中華そば 奥倫道) 🗾. Amazing seafood broth ramen.
- 2025-06-13: Hotel Gajoen Tokyo (ホテル雅叙園東京) 🗾. Luxurious buffet lunch with Japanese fare.
- 2025-06-13: Kinnoie Yakiniku Restaurant Shinjuku Main Branch (炭火焼肉 金の家 新宿本店) 🗾. Wagyu beef yakiniku restaurant.
- 2025-06-14: Mo-Mo-Paradise Shibuya Center Street Store (MO-MO-PARADISE 渋谷センター街店) 🗾. High-end chain for shabu shabu and sukiyaki.
- 2025-06-14: Tsukiji Sushi Sei Honten (築地寿司清 築地本店) 🗾. Very fresh sushi omakase near Tsukiji market.
- 2025-06-29: Sangokuichi Shinjuku Nishiguchi (三国一 西口店) 🗾. Udon restaurant.
- 2025-06-29: Sushizanmai (すしざんまい 渋谷東急本店前店) 🗾. Sushi restaurant.
- 2025-06-30: Kabuto (カブト) 🗾. Unagi dishes in Omoido Yochoko.
- 2025-06-30: Yakiniku Tsutsui (焼肉 つつ井) 🗾. Grill-it-yourself Wagyu beef restaurant in Omoido Yochoko.
Uji
- 2025-06-22: Masuda Chaho (ますだ茶舗) 🗾. Uji tea café.
Wazuka
- 2025-06-22: Wazuka-cha Cafe (和束茶カフェ) 🗾. Tea co-op and tasting.
- 2025-06-22: Wazukaya soba noodle shop (茶蕎麦專門店 和東家) 🗾. All-women-owned noodle restaurant that serves a cha-soba lunch.