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Torihana

Oyakodon is a simple dish of chicken and egg cooked in a slightly sweet broth and served over rice. It is often served at soba restaurants, and this January, the popular soba resta...

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Sailor Uniforms and the Maypole Dance

Until not very long ago, almost all Japanese schoolgirls wore sailor fuku, or uniforms modeled after sailor suits. But did you know that these uniforms are thought to have originat...

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Itoshima Now! May 2019

Enjoying the variety of ceramics made and used here is a highlight of living in Kyushu. But have you ever seen how earthenware is made? Or wanted to try making something by yoursel...

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Bar Kitchen

Not far from Oyafuko-dori sits Bar Kitchen, with its amazing wall of nearly 3,000 bottles of liquor and a counter made from a 9.5-meter plank of ginkgo. Owner Tomoyuki Oka liked wh...

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Fukuchan Ramen Taguma Honten

Now in its 43rd year, Fukuchan is one of the city’s most famous ramen joints. Ask a local and many will say Fukuchan is their favorite. Despite its location in a residential neighb...

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Oishi Koriya Tenjin-minami

Owned and operated by a long-standing local ice-maker, Oishi Koriya offers extraordinary kakigori (shaved ice). The shop uses ice frozen slowly over 72 hours into extremely hard, p...

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Yakitori Inada

Located near Sumiyoshi Shrine, Inada prides itself on good yakitori and good service. Sit at the counter or grab a seat in a horigotatsu or private room. When he went solo in 2014,...

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Can hotels take a photocopy of my ID?

A few weeks ago I received a question from a reader. According to him when non-Japanese check into a hotel in Japan, hotel staff ask to copy their ID. “This is reasonable for a non...