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Best
Food
When it comes to Tokyo superlatives, the city's eating scene takes the cake. At
the top of the dining hierarchy is sushi - best eaten in Tokyo's posh Ginza neigh-
bourhood or fresh from Tsukiji Central Fish Market - and
kaiseki
, Japan's tradi-
tional haute cuisine. Tokyo also has some wonderful traditional restaurants that
have been turning out excellent renditions of classic dishes for decades.
Tokyo Dining Scene
Tokyo is a food lover's paradise and wherever you are in the city, you're rarely
more than 500m from a good, if not great, meal. Fine-dining is most heavily con-
centrated in and around Ginza and Roppongi; Roppongi, where expats tend to
congregate, also has the most diverse spread of international cuisines. Stylish Ha-
rajuku has stylish restaurants, naturally, and is particularly good for lunch.
Shibuya, with its nightlife, has lots of low-price dinner options aimed at the young
crowd who party here. Ebisu is stocked with hip, casual restaurants that draw
fashionable 20 and 30-somethings. Ueno and Asakusa are a good bet for classic
Japanese cuisine in a traditional setting. Shinjuku, as a major transit hub, has
something for just about everyone.
Izakaya
Izakaya
translates as drinking house - the Japanese equivalent of a pub. Here
food is ordered for the table a few dishes at a time and washed down with plenty of
beer or sake.
Izakaya
come in all stripes, from stripped down working-class joints
to
oshare
(fashionable) date spots. Either way, it's a classic local experience.
