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Yamanami Teppanyaki Restaurant Shinjuku

Located on Level 7 of the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Yamanami is a high-class teppanyaki restaurant with a chef cooking your choice of beef, seafood and vegetables on the large hotplate right in front of you. I had dinner …

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Yakitori at Otowatei Restaurant Shinjuku

Otowatei is my favourite Yakitori restaurant in Tokyo. I visit here everytime I visit Tokyo (which is a few times a year). Located directly underneath the Hilton Hotel in Nishi Shinjuku, Otowatei is a small restaurant with a yakitori bar …

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Pizza at Duo Fourchettes Restaurant Shinjuku

Duo Fourchettes is no longer operating in Keio Plaza Hotel Duo Fourchettes is a very nice restaurant located with the Keio Plaza Hotel close to Shinjuku Train Station in Tokyo. Duo Fourchettes specialises in French and Italian cuisine. After being …

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Shin Okubo Korea Town Tokyo

Korea Town in Tokyo is located in Shin-Okubo which is just 1 train station away from Shinjuku. Korean immigrants to Japan started residing in Shin-Okubo Tokyo in the early 1980’s which started the Korea Town in Tokyo with many Korean …

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Korean Fried Chicken at Nandaimon Chicken Shin-Okubo

Nandaimon Chicken is a Korean restaurant in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo’s Korean Town, which specialises in Korean Fried Chicken. See our video ‘The Best Fried Chicken in Tokyo” I actually went to Korea Town Tokyo in Shin-Okubo for some Korean BBQ. As …

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Japan Airlines B777-300

Flight no: Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight JL772 Route: Sydney to Tokyo Narita International Airport Aircraft type: B777-300ER (773) Flight time: 8 hours 50 minutes Travel class: Business Class Seat type: Lay flat bed Seat Width: 25.5 inches Seat Pitch: 74 inches Check …

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Authentic scene inside Okonomi-mura in Hiroshima

One of the speciality foods you have to try in Hiroshima is Okonomiyaki which is a Japanese pancake / omelette. Okonoiyaki originally came from Osaka through the chefs in Hiroshima changed the way it is made. Hiroshima Okonomiyaki is made …

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