Cheap Eats
Great food in Tokyo doesn't have to cost much. Lunch sets under ¥1,000, standing sushi, late-night ramen and the konbini meals locals actually buy.
Sunamachi Ginza: A Shitamachi Shopping Street Food Walk
Oden, pork buns, yakitori and miso on a 670 m old-school shopping street in east Tokyo. Our bus-and-graze route through...
Sunamachi Ginza: Tokyo's Street-Food Shotengai Walk
Clam croquettes, oden from the pot and old-school inari: an afternoon grazing down east Tokyo's most local shopping street.
Sunamachi Ginza: A Shitamachi Food Walk in East Tokyo
Oden skewers, salt udon and yakitori from family shops: a slow, cash-only snack walk down one of Tokyo's most local...
Togoshi Ginza Food Walk: Oden Croquettes and a Sento
Graze your way down one of Tokyo's longest shopping streets: yakitori, soup dumplings, oden croquettes, a garden break and a...
Togoshi Ginza Food Walk: Croquettes, Fish Cakes and a Sento
Snack your way down Tokyo's 1.3 km Togoshi Ginza shopping street, from oden croquettes to soup dumplings, then soak in...
Hidakaya in Ikebukuro: ¥420 Ramen, Cheap and Fast
Cheap, fast and tasty: a ¥420 bowl of chuka soba at Hidakaya is the no-fuss dinner every Ikebukuro night needs.
Asakusa Backstreet Food Walk: Melon Pan to Okonomiyaki
Skip the Nakamise crush. A half-day eating walk through Asakusa's side streets: giant melon pan, stew on Hoppy Street, Kappabashi...
Ikebukuro for Foreign Residents: Where to Eat and Play
Late-night tonkotsu ramen, the real Chinese food of the North Exit, a sky deck from ¥700, a free earthquake training...
Shibuya on a Budget: 5 Cheap Eats Locals Keep Going Back To
Shibuya looks expensive, but people who work here eat well for under ¥1,000. Bullet-train sushi, a reborn station soba, chicken...
Lunch in Shinjuku Under ¥1,000: Where Locals Actually Eat
Stand-up soba, a basement café that never sold out, and the chains that keep office workers fed. Lunch in Shinjuku...
Konbini & Chains: How to Eat Cheap and Fast in Tokyo
Convenience-store hot snacks, gyudon chains and ticket machines — how locals eat well for little money, any time of day.
Your First Meal in Tokyo: 7 Things Nobody Tells You
The shouted welcome, the hot towel, the snack you didn't order and why you never tip. Seven unwritten rules for...
