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Food & Drink | EVERYMAN EATS Aug 24, 2012

The chow-down tour of Kanto's local dishes

by Steve Trautlein

This month's Everyman Eats column brings you popular culinary affordable oddities from Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures — served with a dash of local culture. Tokyo Any food-inspired map of Kanto will have a big fat star over Tokyo's Tsukishima district, an enclave of eateries devoted ...

Food & Drink | EVERYMAN EATS Jul 27, 2012

How cheap cuisine can save your town

by Steve Trautlein

Shigeru Tamura looks remarkably trim for someone whose hobby is eating fried noodles. Over a lunch at a yakisoba restaurant on the backstreets of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, the 49-year-old author and law professor admits he dines out as often as twice a day. Then ...