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*RamenRamen 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 instantramen noodles in every supermarket or convenience store.
You can enjoy 3 main soup tastes of ramen; 1) Shoyu amen (soy source), 2) Misoramen and 3) Tonkotsu ramen. Tonkotsu ramen is a unique taste which contains
special white soup made from pork bones and vegetables.
Although every type of ramen soup is really nice, it contains relatively highamount of salt.
*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 findvarious 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 are very sophisticated and have Japanese traditional
atmospheres, and you can enjoy some seasonal Japanese foods, although may
need usually high costs. On the other hand, you can eat your favorite kind ofsushi toppings with relatively reasonable costs in restaurants with conveyor‐beltsushi. Conveyor style restaurants have always very high‐tech system, and willserve 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 firsteaten in approximately 350 years ago.
This is deep‐fried seafood or vegetables which coasted with batters made fromflour and egg. Shrimp is a typical food of tempura. You can eat tempura withdipping source called Tentsuyu. However, you can also enjoy tempura on risewith suitable source, which is called Tendon dish. There are some traditional
tempura restaurants where you can directly face the situation that tempura isnow 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, firmnessand elasticity of the noodles. You can choice to eat hot or cold udon respectively,
and can enjoy udon with always very reasonable cost in everywhere. However, it
may be hard to eat 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 ismade from soba with wheat. Soba is a healthy food because of relatively low
calories. Soba is taste 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.

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*SakeSake is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished toremove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting sugarthat is naturally present in fruit, typically grapes. Sake has been always developedwith Japanese culture. You can find various kind of sake made in different regionsof whole Japan, and notice that every sake has individually unique flavor andtaste.
Interestingly, the more material rise polish, the more sake become sharp and dry,as if it will approach ultimate water. Recently, modern type of sake is becoming
popular among young Japanese. Unlike traditional type of sake, modern type isusually very fruity and much flavor because of brewing with yeast culture forwine.
You can visit sake breweries to learn about sake or to taste and enjoy some kindof 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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*IzakayaIzakaya 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 localcuisines. Since some dishes are usually shared, you can enjoy many kind ofcuisines 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 abamboo stick and grilled over a charcoal fire.
You can eat various part of chicken such as the breasts, thighs, skin, liver andother innards. Yakitori is seasoned with a sweet and savory sauce or with salt.
You can see a situation 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.
These are primarily intended as a complement to the taste of green tea, servedat traditional tea ceremonies. Sophisticated simple appearance is admired as wellas the taste. These are commonly made of rice and wheat flours, azuki beans,sugar, and eggs. You can enjoy the delicate taste with the artistic beauty ofWagashi.
*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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