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2*Ramen
Ramen is the most famous national dish in Japan. Ramen has its roots in Chinese noodle
dishes first made in 150 years ago (Edo—Meiji era), and has evolved in its own unique
way to be familiar with Japanese sense. You can easily find various ramen restaurants
everywhere in Japan. You can also find much kind of instant ramen noodles in every
supermarket or convenience store.
You can enjoy 3 main soup tastes of ramen; 1) Shoyu amen (soy source), 2) Miso ramen
and 3) Tonkotsu ramen. Tonkotsu ramen is a unique taste which contains special whitesoup made from pork bones and vegetables.
Although every type of ramen soup is really nice, it contains relatively high amount ofsalt.
*General range of costs: 500—1500 Yen per person.

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*SushiSushi is a globally well‐known Japanese traditional dish. You can easily find various sushi
restaurants in Japan. There are primary 2 types of sushi restaurants; 1) traditional sushi
restaurants, and 2) restaurants with conveyor‐belt sushi. Traditional sushi restaurants arevery sophisticated and have Japanese traditional atmospheres, and you can enjoy someseasonal Japanese foods, although may need usually high costs. On the other hand, you
can eat your favorite kind of sushi toppings with relatively reasonable costs inrestaurants with conveyor‐belt sushi. Conveyor style restaurants have always very high‐tech system, and will serve you a fresh plate of sushi with few waiting time. You must be
You can enjoy both type of sushi respectively.
*General range of costs:
Traditional style: 10000—30000 Yen per person.
Conveyor‐belt style: 1000—5000 Yen per person.

4*Tempura
Tempura is a typical Japanese food which has a long history. Tempra was first eaten inapproximately 350 years ago.
This is deep‐fried seafood or vegetables which coasted with batters made from flour andegg. Shrimp is a typical food of tempura. You can eat tempura with dipping source called
Tentsuyu. However, you can also enjoy tempura on rise with suitable source, which iscalled Tendon dish. There are some traditional tempura restaurants where you candirectly face the situation that tempura is now being deep fried by a chief just in front of
your seat.
*General range of costs: 3000—10000 Yen per person.

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*UdonUdon is a noodle dish made from wheat. Udon is taste for its chewiness, firmness andelasticity of the noodles. You can choice to eat hot or cold udon respectively, and canenjoy udon with always very reasonable cost in everywhere. However, it may be hard toeat udon if you can’t use chopsticks well.
*General range of costs: 300—1000 Yen per person.

6*SobaSimilarly to udon, soba is also popular traditional Japanese noodle dish, which is madefrom soba with wheat. Soba is a healthy food because of relatively low calories. Soba istaste for its awallowing. To enjoy the natural scent of buckwheat flour and the sensation
when swallowing soba, mori soba, and zaru soba are popular options when eating soba.
You can enjoy soba with always very reasonable cost in everywhere, as well as udon.
However, it may be hard to eat udon if you can’t use chopsticks well.
*General range of costs: 300—1000 Yen per person.

7*Sake
Sake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to removethe bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally
present in fruit, typically grapes. Sake has been always developed with Japanese culture.
You can find various kind of sake made in different regions of whole Japan, and noticethat every sake has individually unique flavor and taste.
Interestingly, the more material rise polish, the more sake become sharp and dry, as if itwill approach ultimate water. Recently, modern type of sake is becoming popular among
young Japanese. Unlike traditional type of sake, modern type is usually very fruity andmuch flavor because of brewing with yeast culture for wine.
You can visit sake breweries to learn about sake or to taste and enjoy some kind of sake,although you may need a reservation.
*General range of costs: 500—1000 Yen per 1 cup of sake in restaurants.

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*Izakaya
Izakaya is a kind of Japanese traditional restaurant. There are some unique dishes by
each individual izakaya restaurant. For example, “edamame”, a very healthy Japanese
food, is a popular dish in izakaya. However, you may find very creative dishes in izakaya.
Frankly speaking, izakaya is a public pub with many kind of local cuisines. Since somedishes are usually shared, you can enjoy many kind of cuisines in izakaya.
Please enjoy izakaya, beginning with edamame and beeer!
*General range of costs: 3000—7000 Yen per person.

9*Yakitori
Yakitori is made from several bites‐sized pieces of chicken, skewered on a bamboo stickand grilled over a charcoal fire.
You can eat various part of chicken such as the breasts, thighs, skin, liver and otherinnards. Yakitori is seasoned with a sweet and savory sauce or with salt. You can see asituation that yakitori is going to be grilled just in front of your seat.
*General range of costs: 3000—7000 Yen per person.

10*Wagashi
Wagashi is Japanese traditional sweets, typically served with Japanese green tea. Theseare primarily intended as a complement to the taste of green tea, served at traditionaltea ceremonies. Sophisticated simple appearance is admired as well as the taste. These
are commonly made of rice and wheat flours, azuki beans, sugar, and eggs. You canenjoy the delicate taste with the artistic beauty of Wagashi.
*General range of costs: 1000—3000 Yen per 1 set.
You can find various kind of Wagashi in large department stores.

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