The Ultimate Guide To Tokyo
Tokyo Cheapo staff recommend some of the best budget sushi Tokyo eateries.
If you’re not familiar with Blue Bottle, it’s a high-falutin craft coffee joint in Tokyo that usually bears hours-long queues. No shade, but it’s not the only player in town brewing up some good coffee (with much shorter lines). But […]
It’s a great season to sip a drink at a Tokyo terrace bar/cafe while reading a book or chatting with friends. Here are the top chill choices.
Light and crispy or dripping with oil—tempura is the Jekyll and Hyde of Japanese food, but we know where to find the best in Tokyo.
Environment is everything for a successful Tokyo business lunch. Here are our top picks with good food, big tables, wifi and more.
Fresh and local fruit and veg — and cheaper than most supermarkets.
Although the Chinese are one of Japan’s largest minority groups and there are Chinese restaurants aplenty, most Chinese food in Japan has been adjusted to suit local palates. These dishes are called chūka ryouri (which literally means “Chinese cuisine”), but if you’re […]
Yudetaro is yet another one of the soba noodle chains that proliferate through Tokyo. I’m not saying that like it’s a bad thing either – soba noodles are the ultimate cheapo fallback when you’re in a hurry, you want something […]
Store closed: Brimmer Beer Box is no more. The beauty of Brimmer Beer Box is its simplicity. They serve quality beer in a box for a good price. They don’t sell pizzas, just locally brewed craft beer for 500yen a […]
This venue is now closed, check out the newer Commune Farmers Market which is just a few meters from this old site. Dining al fresco in Tokyo tends to strand you at one or the other end of the value […]
Summer evenings in Japan are a great time of year to enjoy a few beers and otsumami (snacks consumed with drinks) with friends in the open air. Aside from expensive restaurants with terraces, there are two popular options – rooftop […]
With the hard economic times of late there’s been a revolution in the pricing of this malt beverage in Tokyo. Although there are smaller and larger variants, the standard for serving beer in Japan is the ‘chuu jockey’ glass which […]
