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Time Out Tokyo — Restaurants

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Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatJapanese ice cream flavours you need to try Swap your vanilla soft-serve with these unique Japanese ice cream flavours: matcha, sesame, sake and more

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest street food and snacks at Tsukiji Market Tamagoyaki sandwiches, taiyaki, grilled scallops and more

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest 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

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatThe best pizza in Tokyo Here are the top 19 pizzerias in the city, all serving up thin, crispy, authentic Naples-style pizza

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest ramen in Tokyo The best bowls of ramen in Tokyo, from old-school noodles and tonkotsu greats to soupless tsukemen and spicy favourites

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatJikasei 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

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatNezu Kamachiku Kamachiku is quite possibly the most beautiful udon restaurant in Tokyo. It’s a special place, set in a lovingly restored century-old redbrick storehouse…

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest kakigori in Tokyo Here are Tokyo's best kakigori shaved ice desserts to beat the heat

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatEvery 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

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest cafés for latte art in Tokyo These artistic coffee shops from Asakusa to Ginza offer 3D milk foam sculptures, colourful custom latte art and more

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest bakeries in Tokyo From curry doughnuts to yuzu tarts, these excellent bread shops and patisseries are definitely worth your dough

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest 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

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest restaurants in Shinjuku From ramen and udon to tempura and barbecue, these restaurants offer some of the best meals in Shinjuku

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatA Mexican pop-up restaurant has landed at Bees Bar by Narisawa Catch Residencia Mexicana en Tokio from Edo Kobayashi Hospitality through the end of October

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatNegroni Week is returning to Tokyo this September Bars and restaurants across the city will serve up Negronis while raising funds for charity

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatStarbucks just opened a new waterfront café in this retro heritage building in Yokohama Enjoy fresh brews and ocean views inside one of Japan’s oldest quarantine facilities in Yokohama’s Marine Park

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBloody Angle Dougen Tong All the cool kids come to hang out at this record and café bar just off the busy streets of Shibuya. In daylight, the space functions as a café from 11am…

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatIzakaya Masaka Hidden among the cool restaurants of Shibuya Parco’s Chaos Kitchen, this shitamachi (downtown) izakaya-style restaurant serves only vegan dishes. The main dish

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatUltimate guide to yakitori Here's a photo menu to help you identify and order the different chicken parts in a classic yakitori meal

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatUltimate guide to wagashi Wagashi are the dainty Japanese sweets made for teatime. But can you tell your daifuku from your monaka and dorayaki?

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest restaurants at Toyosu Market Just like its predecessor in Tsukiji, Toyosu Market is home to some of the top sushi restaurants in Tokyo

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatBest character cafés and restaurants in Tokyo Dine with your favourite characters at these themed eateries, from Snoopy and Pokémon to Hello Kitty and Harry Potter

Time Out Tokyo — RestaurantsEatThe most beautiful Starbucks in Japan In Japan, Starbucks has created unique and stunning coffee shops that marry art, architecture, local history and café culture

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Day by Day Japan plans a first trip to Japan the way a friend who lives here would: one day at a time, with the trains and the prices written down.

Each route is a real day or weekend: where to go first, how long the walk or the train takes, what the ticket costs and where to eat on the way. Prices come from the operator's or the place's own published fares and carry the date they were checked; where we have not checked a price, the route says so instead of guessing. If it rains, the route has a plan B.

Around the routes sits the week in Japan. Every few hours the site reads the Japanese city and food press and the English-language desks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, and puts the places they name on one map. Headlines stay in the language they were written in, every story links to its source, and we quote no more than a line.

The routes and notes are written by one editor under a pen name, Sora Nakamura, drafted with AI assistance from checked material and read before they go out. Day by Day Japan is independent: no advertisers, no affiliate links, no bookings.