What’s the Best Food in Japan?—Nikuman!

Make your own original design steamed buns in Kobe

Japanese Nikuman Steamed Buns. Image from Pakutaso.

What’s the first thing you do when you arrive in Japan? Go to a hot springs onsen to relax from the long trip? Climb Mt. Fuji? Eat sushi?

For me, even before I get from the airport to the hotel, I stop at the conbini to pick up a nikuman steamed bun for dinner. When I take that first…