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Grilled Kumano Beef

Kumano Beef 熊野牛

When you visit the famous Kumano Grand Shrines, the UNESCO World Heritage sacred sites and pilgrimage routes, don’t miss out the chance to taste the Kumano beef which is one of the famous high quality beef in Japan. Kumano beef is a high quality beef descended from Tajima Beef, a type of Japanese Black. Tajima beef cattles are raised in Hyogo Prefecture in West Japan. Back in the old days, all nobles and kings visiting the grand shrines came from Kyoto. They went on foot and took a long time, bringing all the food supply along the pilgrimage route. The rich natural resources and climate of Kumano create a favorable environment for raising healthy beef cattle, resulting in delicious beef. Kumano beef restaurants are mostly grilled restaurants. There are quite a lot of choices around Shingu JR Station which is near the Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine.

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Ise Udon & Oyster Lunch

Iwatoya 岩戶屋

Visiting Ise Grand Shrine Inner Shrine in the morning, you may want to have a proper lunch and enjoy the best local food. There is a famous udon restaurant called San Gu Tei in Oharai Machi, the old town street by the entrance of the Inner Shrine. The restaurant is inside or part of the big souvenir shop called Iwatoya.

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In Hokkaido

Snacks & Drink in Obihiro City Center

Tokachi no Nagaya 十勝乃長屋

Obihiro in Hokkaido Japan is an interesting city. The city is quiet during the day and come to live after 5pm. Lights are up and the music is on. Tokachi no Nagaya and Kita no Yatai are the alleyways filled food stands that open after 17:00 or 17:30. These two alleyways each has about 20 food stands with very few seats. They are more like Izakaya (pubs with snacks and food). People come here after work for a drink and snacks. Locating around 10 minutes walk from Ohibiro Station, the two alleyways are conveniently located in the city center. It is pretty interesting at night. There is a toilet in the middle of each alleyways which make it easy for the customers. Visiting during the winter, I am not too sure if these food stands have heat inside. okachi no Nagaya has more lighting at night, the restaurants look more modern and there is a management company. The address is: 10 Nishi 1 Jominami, Obihiro 080-0011, Hokkaido

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Jozankei Soba Tori. Hana. Yuki.

Vegetable soba 野菜蕎麥麵

Things become precious if they are limited in supply. The Tori. Hana. Yuki. soba restaurant in Jozankei, Hokkaido Japan is a family run business that only sell 50 bowls of soba noodles a day. All ingredients are carefully selected by the owner who care about the natural taste and fresh ingredients. The Yasaiten-soba (vegetable tempura noodles) is the most famous as it has been featured in a magazine. The chef’s recommendation, however, was pork soba when I went. It opens at 11am every day except every 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays. If the Monday happens to be a public holiday, it will close the next Tuesday. So you bet it is a challenge and probably only open till lunch time. Address of Tori. Hana. Yuki.: Minami-ku Jozankei Onsenhigashi 2-chome, Hokkaido Japan. Tel: 011-598-5755

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Soup Curry Lavi in Hokkaido

Want something warm, cheap and cheerful for lunch and dinner around Sapporo Station in Hokkaido? Instead of having ramen all the time, soup curry is a good alternative. Some said that curry began in Hokkaido Japan and started to spread all over the country. On the Internet, you may find the history of curry introduced to Japan by the British back in Meiji Period (1868-1912) when India was still a colony. Since then the Japanese has improvised curry to their own taste: sweeter I think. I still remember that the traditional “Japanese curry” was a kind of thick sweet curry with a bit of meat (mostly beef) to go with rice. In recent years, soup based curry with Indian taste has become a food trend. Soup curry usually comes with lots of fresh vegetables in Hokkaido. There is an option of adding chicken, beef and pork, and a choice of spiciness.

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Hanamaru Sushi from Nemuro

Sushi Hanamaru 四季花まる

Many tourists from Hong Kong and Taiwan tend to go to the same restaurants that are listed on the guide books. In Sapporo, the Kaiten-sushi Nemuro Hanamaru in Stella Place at JR station is one of the most popular kaiten-sushi restaurants. The queue for dinner has been extended from an average of 45 minutes when I first went 10 years ago to 1 hour to 1.5 hours recently. Most of the customers in line are tourists. There is a good reason for the long queue: convenient, good taste and inexpensive. Nemuro is a sea port where most of the fish are caught fresh from the sea. That’s also where Hanamaru sushi chain started. However, the long queue of tourists has made the restaurant less appealing. In search for another good sushi restaurant near the Sapporo JR station, I found a good alternative: same restaurant chain, good food, freshly made sushi (not from the conveyor belt), and in the same JR station.

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Pancakes made with 100% Japanese Flour

JS Pancake Cafe

The traditional taste of pan cakes with honey and butter is out. Variety of flavors and fancy look are in. Japan is well known for creativity and it’s the same for food. Restaurants and cafes have to offer cool interior design, good service, convenient location and great food with high quality ingredients and nice presentation. Price is another factor depending on the target market and location. For many years, I always go back to the same waffle restaurant in Stella Place at Sapporo Station every time I travelled to Hokkaido Japan. In October, my favorite pan cake restaurant was gone. Immediately, I found a new one that offers more variety of pancake choices in the same shopping mall. It’s bigger and more modern.

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The First Sushi Restaurant in Hokkaido

Azuma Sushi in Sapporo 北海道札幌東壽司

Established in 1875, Azumazushi was proud to be the first sushi restaurant introduced to Hokkaido. Azuma means ‘east’ in Japan, it’s a name chosen by the founder who came from Tokyo, east of Japan. Today, there are so many choices of sushi bars, Japanese restaurants and fish markets where you can enjoy fresh sushi in Hokkaido. Yet, visiting or re-visiting heritage restaurants is one of the things that frequent travellers do. In my last trip to Hokkaido in October, I had a lunch in this 130 year old restaurant brand and it turned out to be the last chance.

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Fresh Soba in Jozankei: Koyo-tei

Koyo-tei in Jozankei 定山溪紅葉亭

Hokkaido is famous for noodles. Almost everywhere has its unique and famous noodle types and soup base. Koyo-tei is one of the oldest restaurants established in 1927. Koyo-tei means “Autumn leaves pavilion” in Chinese character which sound right in the autumn season. The restaurant is located along the river where there are maple leaves around the neighborhood. What’s special about this restaurant is that the soba noodles are freshly hand-made by the owner every morning. All vegetables served are pesticide-free and the soba sauce ingredients varied depending on the season to ensure healthy and good taste.

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Cafe Gram Pancake

What’s great about Japan is that everything is fancy and there are always something new. “season specials”, “limited edition”, and almost all shops and restaurant would highlight “No. 1”, “No. 2”, “No. 3” popular items for easy reference. These are all marketing gimmicks but they work!

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