The 10 cost effective, delicious and popular chain restaurants in Japan (Yoshinoya, Sushi); Recommendation

10 cost effective and delicious restaurants in Japan are shown here. You can have a meal for less than 1,000 yen. These restaurants are also popular with Japanese, so you can experience Japanese typical life style here. It might be interesting!
Chain restaurants which you can find all over Japan are shown here.

1. Yoshinoya (吉野家)

Yoshinoya is the most famous beef bowl restaurants in Japan and very popular among Japanese. Not only simple beef bowl, but also pork bowl, pork with salt and green onions bowl and sukiyaki etc. are on the menu. They are also delicious. Especially, I like cheese calvi beef bowl.

2. Kura Sushi (くら寿司)

Kura Sushi is delicious and popular conveyor belt sushi restaurant, and famous for additive‐free and fresh sushi. You can eat many kinds of sushi. Each dish costs no more than 100 yen. Furthermore, you can enjoy game as written here. Especially, I like Salmon sushi.

3. Ten-ya (てんや)

Ten-ya is Japanese tempura rice bowl restaurant. Tempura is deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter and tempura rice bowl restaurant is popular in Japan. You can have it reasonably here. Especially, I like tempura of shrimp.

4. Gyoza no Ohsho (餃子の王将)

Gyoza no Ohsho is very popular Chinese restaurant. It's very delicious. "Gyoza" means dumpling or pot stickers. "No" means "of" in Japanese. "Ohsho" is king piece of Japanese chess. Especially, I like Gyoza and fried rice.

5. Isomaru Suisan (磯丸水産)

Isomaru Suisan is a Japanese‐style baran izakaya with fresh seafoods. It's reasonable and delicious.

You can avail there daytime, too. Especially, I like Salmon bowl.

6. Tenkaippin (天下一品)

There are so many ramen restaurants in Japan. Tenkaippin is one of the most famous chain ramen restaurants. It is characterized by thick taste. Ramen is delicious, so I recommend to try it when you visit Japan at least once.

7. Fugetsu (風月)



Fugetsu is famous Okonomiyaki restaurant. Okonomiyaki is a kind of Japanese-style pancakes. I like Okonomiyaki, so I recommend you to try it when you visit Japan. Among the menu, "Butatama" (okonomiyaki with pork) is standard. "Modanyaki" is the okonomiyaki with "yakisoba" (Fried noodles).

8. Katsuya (かつや)

Katsuya is Tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet) and Katsudon (Tonkatsu bowl with egg and onion) restaurant. Katsudon is very popular food and I want to recommend it, too. You can have it reasonably here.







9. Marugameseimen (丸亀製麺)

Marugameseimen is udon (wheat noodle) restaurant. You can select various topping, such as Tempura, raw egg or Mentaiko (walleye pollack roe) etc. I like udon with Tempura especially.

10. Hidakaya (日高屋)

Hidakaya is also popular Chinese restaurant. You can have Gyoza, fried rice or fried chicken etc. This restaurant is also reasonable and delicious.

I recommend to try Japanese style restaurant when you visit Japan. You can experience it at low cost, so it's easy to go around many restaurants. 

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