Okashinoie Noe: A 1975 Cake Shop & Café in Nerima, Tokyo
A long-running cake shop and cafe in Nerima's Shakujii, baking fresh cakes, baumkuchen, leaf pie and chocolates since 1975 — with hours, parking and how to visit.
Category Food
Local cuisine, regional dishes, and everyday food culture in Japan.
What to eat · 49 regional guides
Japanese food is intensely regional, and these 49 guides map what to actually eat where — from the dish a town is known for to the small shop the tour buses skip.
We cover regional specialties, michi-no-eki road-station finds, market breakfasts, and how to order when there is no English menu, arranged so you can plan meals around your route instead of the other way around.
Farmers Gotemba: A JA Farm Market (and New Fish Counter) at Mt. Fuji’s Foot
Farmers Gotemba, the JA Fuji-Izu farm market at the foot of Mt. Fuji: highland vegetables, Shizuoka wagyu, Koshihikari rice, local flowers and a new fresh-fish counter.
Toraya Kobo, Gotemba: Wagashi and Tea in a Forest at the Foot of Mt. Fuji
Toraya Kobo is the famous wagashi house's forest workshop-cafe in Gotemba, at the foot of Mt. Fuji - a thatched gate, a bamboo garden, and freshly made seasonal sweets with tea.
Orizuru Kinosaki Onsen: Sushi & ¥8,800 Course in a Historic Hot Spring Town
I ate the ¥8,800 set course at Orizuru, a sushi restaurant in Kinosaki Onsen open since Showa 17. This draft covers the course contents, hours, reservation note, and location.
Takinoya: An Old-School Soba Shop in Mitaka, Tokyo
Takinoya, an old-school tatami-room soba shop in Shinkawa, Mitaka (west Tokyo): a 1,100 yen duck soba, closed Wednesdays, cash or QR only, and a genuine local feel off the tourist track.
Tabi-no-Eki Kawaguchiko Base: A Roadside Food Stop by Mt Fuji
Tabi-no-Eki Kawaguchiko Base, a roadside food market on Lake Kawaguchiko north shore near Mt Fuji: a share-sized 1 kg Fujizakura-pork sauce katsudon, the Asama Market of local produce, wine and strawberries - plus an honest note on its tourist pricing.
Imahana: A Shōwa-Era Set-Meal Diner in West Tokyo
Imahana, a Showa-era set-meal diner in Kita-Karasuyama, west Tokyo: a wall of hand-brushed menus, ginger pork, chicken katsu and omurice, cash only.
Nankintei Kunitachi: 24-Hour Jumbo Gyoza & Big Plates Near Tokyo
Nankintei's Kunitachi branch is a 24-hour roadside machi-chuka near Tokyo - hand-wrapped 550 yen jumbo gyoza, big fried rice and stamina stir-fries.
Tatsumi Shokudo: A Showa Diner Near Mt Fuji
Tatsumi Shokudo in Susono, at the foot of Mt Fuji: a Showa-era diner serving hearty teishoku, stewed offal and beef-with-egg, with free rice. Hours, what to order, access.
Michi-no-Eki Hakuba: A Roadside Stop for Purple Rice
Michi-no-Eki Hakuba roadside station, Nagano: what a michi-no-eki is, Hakuba's purple rice as amazake and chiffon, the soba set, hours and how to get there.