Tanita Corp. is a maker of health care devices such as weight scales and body fat calculators. These days, Tanita’s main office cafeteria menu has been a topic in the…

This topic may sound slightly sad when we are just approaching family gathering season ^_^  “Single customer” targeted business has been focused in Japan, and it finally came to open…

There are a lot of foreign food restaurants in Japan, but usually they are quite expensive. What if you want to have ethnic food at a restaurant with nice ocean…

Miso, soy sauce, salt, pork, spicy, curry…there are various kinds of ramen soup in Japan, but the ramen house that serves ICE CREAM RAMEN is probably only Kikuya in Adachi…

Today’s story-teller is writer Kaoruko Himeno.   First, she says, “I used to eat alone most of the time when I was a student because I wanted to concentrate on…

Today’s story-teller is rakugo performer Danshiro Tatekawa. The story is about ‘a regular eating and drinking spot’. He says, “It is nice to have a regular drinking spot and get…

  According to Japan Anniversary Association, May 8 is the Voice Day. In Shibuya, Tokyo, a unique café themed “voice” opens today and will run till June 9, 2011. Named…

“Kanda Shokudo” is an old diner established fifty years ago in Akihabara, an electric town of Tokyo. The diner has served large portions since the time when the most of…

Alcatraz E.R. is the craziest izakaya (Japanese style bar/pub) restaurant in Shibuya. It is themed prison-hospital, and filled with “psychopathic” atmosphere. Images are from machilog videos in YouTube   In…

Tsuribune-jaya Zauo is a Japanese izakaya bar restaurant, where customers can catch fish in a fish-tank and eat the fresh fish.       In the restaurant, there is a…

The dining bar “graffiti artistic dining,” Japan’s first bar that features playable touch-screens opened in an international, night town, Roppongi, Tokyo three months ago. In the 195 square meters lounge,…