Not too far from Harajuku’s Takeshita Street is Japanese restaurant Beetle, which offers one of the best lunch deals in the neighbourhood. You can choose from a variety of teishoku meals that come with rice, miso soup and pickles, featuring main dishes such as aji furai (deep-fried horse mackerel), menchi katsu (ground meat cutlet), yurinchi (fried chicken with scallion soy sauce), and more, all for under ¥1,000.
The a la carte menu doesn’t disappoint, either, with most dishes costing under ¥500. There’s classic izakaya-style dishes like mentaiko potato salad (¥470), deep-fried ham cutlet (¥330), sashimi (from ¥430), yakitori skewers (from ¥170) and oden (from ¥150). Drinks are just as cheap, with large bottles of Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin beer priced at ¥690.