Food Tours in Japan
Thirty-four experiences, all of them in Tokyo, from 11 to 277 EUR. What a guide buys here is rarely the food. It is the door, the menu, and the rules nobody writes down for you.
Japan is the one country on this site where the argument for a guided meal has nothing to do with finding good food. Good food in Tokyo is unavoidable. It is in the basement of a department store, in a railway station, in a shop with six seats and no English sign, and the median standard is higher than the top end of most European cities.
What is hard is everything around the food. Reading a menu with no pictures, working a ticket machine, knowing whether a place with a curtain across the door wants your custom, and understanding the small plate that arrives unordered and appears on the bill.
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Food Tours Experiences in Japan
Three Cuts of Bluefin, and the Shrine That Wards Off Waves
Bluefin tuna in three cuts, tamagoyaki, sashimi, fish cake, wagyu cutlet, conger eel, dashi and green tea, ending with a tasting. Wheelchair accessible.
Three Guests, Two Hours, and a Historian on Perfectionism
Two hours on why Japanese food is the way it is: Shinto, Buddhism and a cult of perfectionism, sampled through beef, eel, shellfish, sushi and sweets.
Twelve Takoyaki Each, on a Shared Griddle in Shinjuku
One hour at the takoyaki plate: two people to a griddle, twelve balls each, then the sauce, the mayonnaise and the bonito flakes that move on the heat.
Wagashi in Ginza, Monja in Tsukishima, Yakitori Under the Tracks
Ginza for a wagashi, Tsukishima's Monja Street to cook a Tokyo dish on the griddle, and Yakitori Alley under the arches. Two subway tickets included.
Wagyu Skewers, Tamagoyaki and a Knife Shop on the Way
Wagyu skewers, sweet rolled omelette, fried fish cake, seasonal fruit and a seafood bowl or sushi, picked for you across an overwhelming market.
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