The best restaurants and cafés in Tokyo, including restaurant reviews and new openings
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These vegan restaurants in Tokyo are offering takeout
From burgers to izakaya classics and baked goods, these vegan restaurants are now offering their meatless menu for takeaway
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Ultimate guide to sushi
Know the different types of sushi so that you can order like a local
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How to support your local restaurants during the coronavirus outbreak
Buy merch, order takeout and post a review to help your favourite Tokyo restaurants, cafés and bars
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The best ways to get your groceries delivered in Tokyo
Looking for grocery delivery? Stay home and let the supermarket come to you
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The 10 things you must eat in Tokyo
As one of the world's greatest food cities, the choices in Tokyo can be overwhelming. So start these 10 iconic Tokyo-born dishes
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Jikasei Mensho
Jikasei Mensho also offers a vegan dandan noodle dish that is almost impossible to tell from the meaty original...
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Ponchi-ken
The humble cutlet has undergone plenty of evolution since those days, culminating in the 2015 awarding of the first Michelin mark to a tonkatsu-only restaurant
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Nezu Kamachiku
Kamachiku is quite possibly the most beautiful udon restaurant in Tokyo...
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Izakaya Masaka
Hidden within Shibuya Parco’s Chaos Kitchen, this izakaya-style restaurant serves only vegan dishes...
The most authentic bowls of Japanese noodles that either halal or don't contain pork
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Best bakeries in Tokyo
The city’s upper crust: these excellent bread shops and patisseries are definitely worth your dough
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Best kaiseki restaurants in Tokyo
The traditional multi-course kaiseki dinner is considered the epitome of Japanese cuisine, and these dedicated restaurants are the best in Tokyo
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Best restaurants in Shinjuku
From ramen and udon to tempura and kaiseki, here's where to go in Shinjuku for some of your best meals in Tokyo
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Best street food and snacks in Harajuku
Eat your way through Tokyo's kawaii capital: rainbow cotton candy, animal ice cream cones, dessert crêpes and more
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Best cafés for latte art in Tokyo
Follow our guide to Instagram the most beautiful latte art in the capital
Food and drink events
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Baskin Robbins Doraemon-themed ice cream and dessert
It’s Doraemon’s 50th birthday this year: the famous blue robot-cat not only got its first official souvenir shop, even Baskin Robbins is joining in the milestone celebration...
Things to do
Sichuan Festival
This festival last year saw around 100,000 people gather at Shinjuku Chuo Park to feast on all things Sichuan...
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Maruko & Cojicoji Cafe
Both long-running manga series by Momoko Sakura, Chibi Maruko-chan and Coji Coji are getting their own pop-up café...
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Best food and drink festivals in Tokyo
We round up the city's best gourmet festivals – from umeshu and coffee to oden, vegan eats and lots of sake
Hot new openings
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Taizan
Can’t decide between Japanese or Chinese? You can have both at this new Ebisu restaurant, serving up meals made with traditional Japanese ingredients mixed with Cantonese culinary techniques...
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Bloody Angle Dougen Tong
All the cool kids come to hang out at this record and café bar just off the busy streets of Shibuya...
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Izakaya Masaka
Hidden among the cool restaurants of Shibuya Parco’s Chaos Kitchen, this shitamachi (downtown) izakaya-style restaurant serves only vegan dishes...
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Jikasei Mensho
With a total of ten ramen restaurants in Tokyo and a Michelin-starred outpost in San Francisco, ramen master Tomoharu Shono opened his newest location in the basement of Shibuya Parco...
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Ultimate guide to yakitori
Here's a photo menu to help you identify and order the different chicken parts in a classic yakitori meal
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Ultimate guide to wagashi
Wagashi are the dainty Japanese sweets made for teatime. But can you tell your daifuku from your monaka and dorayaki?
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Best restaurants at Toyosu Market
Just like its predecessor in Tsukiji, Toyosu Market is home to some of the top sushi restaurants in Tokyo
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Best character cafés and restaurants in Tokyo
Dine with your favourite characters at these themed eateries, from Snoopy and Pokemon to Peter Rabbit and Moomin
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The most beautiful Starbucks in Japan
In Japan, Starbucks has created unique and stunning coffee shops that marry art, architecture, local history and café culture
