Food

All guides: 6

Itinerary

Eating and Shopping Inside Tokyo Station | Where to Find Tokyo Ramen Street, Tokyo Character Street and Gransta Tokyo, Inside or Outside the Ticket Gates, Opening Hours, Ekiben, Tax-Free and Luggage

A guide to the dining and shopping areas inside Tokyo Station and in the underground space right next to it, using only the information on the operating companies' official websites. It covers the location, floors and opening hours of First Avenue Tokyo Station (Tokyo Station Ichibangai, with Tokyo Ramen Street, Tokyo Character Street, Tokyo Okashi Land and more), Gransta Tokyo inside the ticket gates, Gransta Yaesu and Gransta Yaekita, and the Yaesu Underground Shopping Mall (Yaechika), as well as how to get inside the ticket gates and what it costs, where ekiben are sold, notes on payment methods, where to do tax-free procedures and how to leave your luggage.

Shopping

Gyudon Chains in Japan: How SUKIYA, Yoshinoya, and Matsuya Differ | Beef Bowl Prices and Sizes, Ordering by Meal Ticket Machine or Tablet, Late-Night Surcharge, Breakfast, Payment, Foreign-Language Menus, Allergies

SUKIYA, Yoshinoya, and Matsuya are gyudon (beef bowl) chains with restaurants all over Japan. This article compares the three chains' gyudon prices and sizes, how to order, the late-night surcharge added from 22:00, breakfast hours, accepted payment methods, foreign-language menus, and allergy information, based on each company's official website (checked on October 24, 2026) and photos of the restaurants.

Shopping

How to Buy Food and Drinks at Japanese Convenience Stores | Popular Items from Each Chain, Hot Snacks, Coffee and Smoothies, Heating, Eat-In Tax, Alcohol (7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Lawson)

Based on each chain's official information, this article explains the items that Japan's three major convenience store chains (7-Eleven, FamilyMart, and Lawson) introduce to travelers, hot snacks such as Nanachiki, Fami-Chiki, and KARAAGE-KUN, and how to buy coffee and smoothies. It also covers heating bento boxes, the tax when you eat in the store's eat-in area, age checks when buying alcohol, and allergen labels.

Prices & comparisons

Do You Tip in Japan? | Restaurants, Taxis, Hotels, Ryokan and Guides, plus Service Charges, Otoshi and Consumption Tax

In Japan there is no custom of tipping at restaurants, taxis, hotels and similar places, and paying the amount you are charged is enough (according to the Japan National Tourism Organization [JNTO]). Based on official information from JNTO, the National Tax Agency and the Ministry of Finance, this guide covers how to think about each situation, such as ryokan and guides, the service charges, table charges and consumption tax that may be added to your bill, and how to give kokorozuke when you want to show your thanks.

Shopping

How to Use a Family Restaurant in Japan | Ordering, Drink Bar and Payment at Gusto (ガスト) and Saizeriya

Japan's family restaurants ("famiresu") are chain restaurants with affordable meals. Using Gusto (ガスト) and Saizeriya as examples, this guide explains ordering on a tablet or your smartphone, the drink bar, the late-night surcharge, how to pay and how to check allergen information, based on each company's official information and photos taken in the restaurants.

Shopping

What You Can Do at Japanese Convenience Stores | ATM Cash Withdrawals, Payment Methods, Sending Luggage

At Japan's convenience stores (7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Lawson), you can use ATMs that let you withdraw Japanese yen with cards issued abroad, and pay with transit IC cards or credit cards. Based on official information, this guide explains ATM withdrawal limits, payment methods, sending luggage, and currency exchange machines.