The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo

Erin Emocling

Cat cafés, gacha-gachas, live houses, ramen shops, and secondhand stores: these are a few of Erin's favorites in Tokyo. Her mission: to find the cheapo-est versions of these things. After all, the second best things in life (when you're in Japan) are the cheap ones! Aside from writing for Tokyo Cheapo, Erin was also the chief editor of Parallel Planets.

Raion Ramen – West Tokyo’s King of Noodles

Whoever invented ramen is a mad genius. Seriously, have you met anyone who dislikes the stuff (except maybe vegetarians and the gluten-intolerant*)? To me, it's the new chicken soup for the soul. So when our cheapo editor asked me how I'd feel …

Ramen
Mori Art Museum: Culture and Shopping on the Cheap

Sometimes even the stingiest cheapo needs to buy something for someone else - and a 100-yen shop potplant or discount meat bought at midnight just doesn't cut it. With this in mind, we sent sophisticated spendthrift Erin to see how far she could …

Art Museums And Exhibitions Shopping

Erin Emocling

Raion Ramen – West Tokyo’s King of Noodles

Mori Art Museum: Culture and Shopping on the Cheap

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