The main dishes are already cheap to begin with–but the unlimited free side dishes could even be a meal by themselves! Our Japanese-language reporter/resident musician Seiji Nakazawa has always loved a live music venue in the Koenji district of Tokyo called Muryoku Muzenji. Sadly, it plans to close its doors next month after 26 years […]

We love Japan’s favorite donut chain as much as the next foodie, but you’ve got to eat a lot to get your money’s worth. Looking back, the last time we didn’t want to eat a donut was…uh, actually, we’re not sure. We seem to vaguely remember that there may have been somewhere in our past […]

And most of all, is it worth the effort? A lot has been written about Japan’s all-you-can-eat restaurants, but the nation has plenty of “all-you-can-pack” deals too. Known as “tsumehodai” (“all-you-can-pack”), these deals are generally found at greengrocers, tea merchants and sweet retailers, and now top doughnut chain Mister Donut is offering its own deal, […]

This special sweets buffet is easily accessible from Tokyo and is truly baking the world a better place. We’ve been on a bit of a sweets kick since the start of the new year, having recently paid a long overdue visit to the all-you-can-eat dessert buffet Sweets Paradise. That trip went so well that we’ve […]