BARCELONA JOURNAL

I believe variety of food is one of the most significant features of Japan. You may fire back and say "my country is the best." Yes, probably you are right. I never say Japanese food is most diversified. But I would say we are unique if the question is about prices. If you go to a top sushi-bar, it may cost you more than JPY 50,000 (USD 500). But if you go to a sushi-go-around restaurants, you can enjoy Sushi around JPY 3,000 (USD 30). Actually, we don't go such a snob restaurants so often. We usually go to cheaper but relaxing spots, like the followings; (1) TACHIGUI SOBA （立ち食いそば） This is a standing-up-eating soba stop. There are many "TACHIGUI SOBA" spots in Tokyo and you can find it at each JR station. They serve soba noodle from JPY 200 (USD 2). (2) CURRY SHOP （カレー屋） Yes, you are right. Curry is Indian cuisine. But Japanese love curry. If you ask Japanese kids, more than half of them may answer "Curry!!." You can fi...

It is always a big issue that what food we should try during a trip. In Japan, it might be SUSHI, TEMPURA, RAMEN, KOBE BEEF, TEPPAN YAKI, etc.. And then, even after deciding what to eat, where to eat becomes a new cause of your concern. No one wants wasting precious trip time to have an expensive but so-so dish. In Japan, if you want to try SUSHI without Japanese escorts, I strongly recommend going a sushi-go-round restaurant. Of course you can visit ”SUKIYABASHI JIRO" or "KYUBEI", Michelin star sushi bars, to enjoy their superb taste. But you might be embarrassed by unique etiquettes such as how to order and what to eat there. Moreover even today, in sushi restaurants where raw food materials are purchased in the market and cooked, the food materials change day by day, or season by season and thus they do not indicate menus or price tags in particular and the courses such as 'market value' or 'whatever' are seen.　Actually, a few Japanese eat sushi ...