Eating Out in Tokyo

Eating out can be a bit intimidating in Tokyo. If you can’t read Kanji then you may think that you are out of luck and will need to find a friend who can speak and read Japanese. That’s rarely the case as most restaurants offer menus with photos of the dishes served. So all you have to do is find something that looks appetizing and point!

If a picture menu is not available there are often plastic replicas of the food served in the front window and if all else fails you can take your waiter or waitress outside and point!

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