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Katsu curry at CoCo Ichibanya in Nagoya, Japan

CoCo Ichibanya in Nagoya: Curry at the Source

CoCo壱番屋 started right here in Aichi. We found the yellow sign on a cold night in Nagoya and went in. Katsu curry, large Kirin, no regrets.

A Night at Tokyo Dome

Forty-six thousand people, beer served from a backpack, and a player on the scoreboard called Trey Cabbage.

Sushiro: How to Eat 30 Plates of Sushi for Under £20

Kaiten sushi for the masses — and how we ended up with a plate tower that needed photographing before we could leave.

Japan at Christmas

Christmas is not a public holiday in Japan. It is also, somehow, one of the best places in the world to be in December.

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Johnny

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Massive crowd pressed against the rail at Tokyo Racecourse

Travel — Tokyo

A Day at Tokyo Racecourse

Forty thousand people, a gyudon at 11am, and a horse called Vodka. You don't need to understand horse racing to have a great time here.

Okonomiyaki: Japan's Best Argument for Eating at the Griddle

Kyoto in Autumn: Temples, Foliage, and Why We're Already Planning to Go Back

Nishiki Market: Kyoto's Kitchen

Gacha Machines: Japan's Best Pointless Hobby

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Johnny

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Food

Wagyu menchi katsu at Ohyama izakaya, Tokyo

Food — Tokyo

Ohyama: My Favourite Izakaya in Tokyo

Wagyu menchi katsu, tare-glazed yakitori, cold Sapporo, and sake in a masu box. We go every single trip.

Pizzeria Spontini: Milan's Most Famous Pizza Slice, in Tokyo

A Milanese institution since 1953. Thick base, loaded toppings, and somehow one of the best things we ate in Japan.

We Went to Japan and Ate Chinese Food. No Regrets.

Saikoh Shinkan does Cantonese dim sum — roast pork, char siu, mapo tofu — and it's one of the best arguments for what Japanese precision does to other cuisines.

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Mikey

Japan

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Health & Fitness

Health & Fitness

Running Through Japanese Parks: Why It's the Best Way to See a City

Every morning we laced up and just ran. No route planned, no destination. This is how we found some of our favourite spots of the whole trip.

How We Stay in Shape While Eating Our Way Through Japan

I don't exercise on holiday, I eat whatever I want, and I come back fine. Here's why Japan lets you get away with it.

Why Walking Japanese Gardens Is the Most Underrated Form of Recovery

After a full day on your feet eating and sightseeing, a slow lap of a Japanese garden hits different. Our favourite gardens from the trip.

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Johnny

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Two brothers.
One obsession with Japan.

We're Johnny and Mikey — brothers from Stoke-on-Trent who went to Japan in 2019 and haven't quite recovered. What started as a single week in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto turned into a full-blown obsession: the food, the cities, the culture, and the fact that you can eat world-class ramen at 2am in a train station.

This is where we write it all down — the city breaks, the ramen worth queuing for, the parks we ran through at dawn, and the places that never make it into a guidebook. We've been back multiple times since, and it only keeps getting better.