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  • Where to Eat Near Waseda University and Takadanobaba: A Local’s Guide

    Where to Eat Near Waseda University and Takadanobaba: A Local’s Guide

    There is a stretch of Tokyo running from Waseda Station down to Takadanobaba that has, per square kilometre, some of the best-value eating in the entire city. It is not a secret locally. It is almost completely undocumented in English. The reason is simple economics. This is a student neighbourhood — Waseda University’s main campus…

  • Best Ramen in Tokyo: 14 Local Shops Worth Crossing the City For

    Best Ramen in Tokyo: 14 Local Shops Worth Crossing the City For

    Tokyo has somewhere north of three thousand ramen shops. The ones that appear in English-language guides are usually the same eight, and they are usually famous because they were famous first — a shop gets written up, the write-up gets cited, the citation gets cited, and eventually there is a forty-minute queue outside a bowl…

  • Where Locals Eat in Tokyo: 15 Restaurants Worth Crossing the City For

    Where Locals Eat in Tokyo: 15 Restaurants Worth Crossing the City For

    Quick Picks If you only have one meal left — Hope Ken, open since 1935 and open 24 hours. Best value in the city — Meshi Dokoro Biren, where almost everything is under ¥600. Best for a first-timer — Yobocho, two minutes from Takadanobaba station. Best solo counter — Marucho for dipping noodles in Mejiro.…