The best restaurants and cafés in Tokyo, including restaurant reviews and new openings
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Japanese ice cream flavours you need to try
Swap your vanilla ice cream with these unique Japanese flavours: matcha, sesame, sake and more
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Best street food and snacks at Tsukiji Market
There’s still plenty to eat at the bustling Tsukiji: tamagoyaki omelette sandwiches, tuna sashimi, grilled scallops and more
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Best restaurants in Tokyo for solo diners
Forget casual ramen joints and fast food chains. Here’s where to treat yourself to a good meal when you’re dining solo
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The best pizza in Tokyo
Here are the top 20 pizzerias in the city, all serving up thin, crispy, authentic Naples-style pizza
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Best ramen in Tokyo
From old-school noodles and tonkotsu classics to soupless tsukemen and spicy favourites – you'll be bowled over by these ramen
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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...
Ice, ice baby. Here are Tokyo's best kakigori shaved ice desserts to beat the heat
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Every Tokyo restaurant in David Chang’s 'Ugly Delicious' season one
From pizza at Savoy and Seirinkan to Den’s fried chicken – see the celebrity chef's Tokyo top picks from his hit Netflix show
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Best cafés for latte art in Tokyo
Follow our guide to Instagram the most beautiful latte art in the capital
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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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Kabutocho in Nihonbashi is reinventing itself with hip new restaurants and bars
The old financial district near Nihonbashi Station is Tokyo’s newest hotspot, boasting craft beer, dessert and modern dining
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Five restaurants to visit at the new Miyashita Park in Shibuya
There's lots to eat at this shopping mall near Shibuya Station: ramen, Japanese beef, a yokocho food alley and more
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Five cool restaurants to check out at Eat Play Works in Hiroo, Shibuya
The multi-purpose venue’s upmarket international dining hall, The Restaurant, boasts 16 new foodie hotspots
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Japan’s first ramen restaurant, closed in 1976, is reopening in Shin-Yokohama
The OG ramen is back – 44 years later
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
