BEST 5 Food Ranking which Visitors to Japan Have Chosen!

Japan Wireless
5 min readAug 1, 2016

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The visitors to Japan tend to get interested in similar food and restaurants. The most popular food has been found to be not Sushi, Tempura or Yakiniku, according to the summary of the customer questionnaire that Japan Wireless, the rental WiFi service firm, conducted in July, 2016. The question is “What was the most delicious food during your stay in Japan?” Taking our customers’ experiences into consideration, we are sharing the best 5 foods and recommendable restaurants you can eat them in Tokyo and Kansai area. The restaurants should be highly evaluated since a number of people including tourists from overseas have visited these restaurants.

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No.1 Ramen (ラーメン) 30.5%

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Recommendable restaurant

Tokyo: Ichiran Shinjuku central east blanch (一蘭 新宿中央東口店)
Address: B1F 3–34–11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160–0022
Nearest station: Shinjuku Station
Search this word “Ichiran Shinjuku Central East”on Google Map
Business hour : 24 hours (everyday)

Osaka: Ichiran Dotonbori blanch (一蘭 道頓堀店)
Address: 1F 7–18 Souemoncho, Chuo-ku, Osaka city, Osaka 542–0084
Nearest station: Namba Station (subway)
Search this word “Ichiran Dotonbori”on Google Map
Business hour : 24 hours (everyday)

Ichiran was firstly established in Fukuoka prefecture and it has 59 chain stores now. Due to the birthplace, its main menu is Tonkotsu Ramen which is with pork bone broth.

No.2 Sushi (寿司) 16.9%

Copyright, くーさん, 寿司

Recommendable restaurant

Tokyo: Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場)
Nearest station: Tsukijishijo Station (Toei Oedo Line) or
Tsukiji Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
Search this word “Tsukiji Market”on Google Map
Business hour (almost all restaurants): 5:00–13:00 (Monday-Saturday)

There are so many sushi restaurants in Tsukiji area, and every restaurant provide you with the freshest fish. So just go to the Tsukiji Fish Market and pick up one of them on your feeling.

Osaka: CHOJIRO Uehonmachi YUFURA blanch (CHOJIRO 上本町 YUFURA店)
Address: 5F 6–5–13 Uehonmachi, Tenoji-ku, Osaka city, Osaka 543–0001
Nearest station: Osaka-uehonmachi Station (Subway)
Search this word “Chojiro Osaka”on Google Map
Business hour: 11:00–22:00 (everyday)

No.3 Beef (牛肉) 6.8%

Recommendable restaurant

Tokyo: Hakushu (白秋)
Address: 1F 17–10 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150–0031
Nearest station: Shibuya Station
Search this word “Hakusyu Teppanyaki Shibuya”on Google Map
Business hour: 17:00-23:30 (Monday-Saturday)

Hyogo: Ishidaya (石田屋 本店)
Address: 1–20–9 Kitanagasadori, Chuo-ku, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
Nearest station: Kobe-sannomiya Station
Search this word “Ishidaya Kitanagasadori 1–20–9”on Google Map
Business hour: 17:00–23:00 (Tuesday-Sunday)

No.4 Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) 5.9%

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Recommendable restaurant

Tokyo: Fugetsu Nigoten (風月 2号店)
Address: 1–19–4, Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104–0052
Nearest station: Tsukishima Station
Search this word “1–19–4, Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo”on Google Map
Business hour: 11:00–23:00 (Weekdays except Thursday)/10:30–23:00 (Weekends and holidays)

Osaka: Chibo Sennichimae Main Shop (千房 千日前本店)
Address: Michikaze Bldg. 1–2F,11–27 Namba Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542–0075
Nearest station: Namba Station
Search this word “千房 千日前本店”on Google Map
Business hour: 11:00–24:00 (Monday-Saturday)/11:00–23:00 (Sunday and holiday)

Chibo has also 53 chain shops around Japan. Check more details↓↓↓

No.5 Eel (うなぎ) 2.5%

Visitors from overseas sometimes look on its appearance before it’s cooked as a little strange thing, but they should change that stereotype once they smell at it and bite it.

Copyright, dreamcat115, ひつまぶし@とみた, Norio NAKAYAMA, 鰻重 大 うなぎ浜名@浦和

Recommendable restaurant

Tokyo: Hitsumabushi Bincho Ginza blanch (ひつまぶし備長 銀座店)
Address: 12F 2–2–14 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104–0061
Nearest station: Yurakucho Station
Search this word “備長 銀座”on Google Map
Business hour: lunch 11:00–15:00/ dinner 17:00–21:30(Monday-Thursday, Sunday and holiday), 17:00–22:00(Friday, Saturday and the day before holiday)

Osaka: Hitsumabushi Bincho GRAND FRONT OSAKA blanch (ひつまぶし備長 グランフロント大阪店)
Address: 7F-705 4–20 Ofukacho, Kita-ku, Osaka city. Osaka
Nearest station: Osaka Station(JR) and Umeda Station
Search this word “備長 大阪”on Google Map
Business hour: lunch 11:00–15:00/ dinner 17:00–21:30(Monday-Thursday, Sunday and holiday), 17:00–22:00(Friday, Saturday and the day before holiday)

Hitsumabushi Bincho has 9 chain restaurants in Nagoya, the birthplace, Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.

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The majority of visitor’s purpose for coming to Japan seems to be Japanese food. So we are continuing to share the food trend from our research to you. Don’t miss it!!

↓↓↓ Check more articles about Japanese Food!!↓↓↓

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