If there is ONE place my friends who have visited Japan did not want to go when visiting Japan, it’s McDonald’s. Although I’m not a great fan of McDonald’s food, and too much of it tends to make me feel pretty bad, there are several reasons to go to McDonald’s in Japan. It occurred to…
When you go to Japan to order sushi, you can go to one of the “kaiten” sushi places where the sushi goes around on a conveyer belt, and usually costs about 100 yen or so per plate (usually with two pieces of sushi per plate). This is a very cheap way to get your fill,…
I previously recommended Curry House Coco Ichibanya as a great inexpensive restaurant to try on a trip to Japan. Well, if you live in the right place, you may be able to save the price of an airline ticket to Japan soon. The continental United States’ Coco Ichibanya has opened in Torrance, California. The address…
I am sure that one of the last things most travelers to Japan would want to do is eat at McDonalds… however, the Big America Series might make it worth it. This series is a special limited time only set of burgers inspired by different places in the United States. The Big America 2 series…
A recent poll on career website Cobs Online has rated the most popular items on the McDonald’s menu in Japan. While I am partial to the double cheeseburger which is not a seasonal item in Japan, here are the top 5 as voted on Cobs. 5. Filet-o-Fish with 5.1% of the votes. 4. McShake with…
Aomori Prefecture is well known in Japan for its delicious apples, farming and beautiful countryside, and of course the Japanese Women’s Olympic Curling Team. This unique and somewhat out of the way prefecture is coming up now as it welcomes its first Starbucks Coffee shop in Goshogawara City. Hundreds of people were lined up from…
In a recent interview, the owner of Coco Ichibanya Curry was asked about the success of his shop in light of the closing of all Wendy’s franchises in Japan. First I’ll introduce Coco Ichibanya to those of you who are unfamiliar, or who live in Japan but have never ventured inside. Some of them look…
People all over the world know about McDonalds, and I wrote about Mos Burger in Japan here. Another fast food option I’d like to introduce to everyone is called Lotteria. This one is a straight up burger shop that has a menu similar to McDonalds, unlike Mos Burger which goes out of its way to…
There are some things you might want to know when you are perusing the shops in a food court or on a busy street and your eye happens upon Japan’s answer to McDonald’s. The food is tasty, and it’s not a McDonald’s clone, although some of the fare is similar. It’s a little more expensive…