A cheapo's guide to Japan

Cheapo Restaurants

Ginza Hageten

Ginza Hageten Sapporo is a branch tempura restaurant Hageten located on the fifth floor of Stellar Place within the JR Tower above JR Sapporo …

Tempura
Craft Beer Shokudo Volta

Volta is a craft beer restaurant with 16 beers on tap and an extensive food menu. Beers come in three sizes---small (236 ml), medium (330 ml) and …

Craft Beer
Cafe Dumbo

A coffee shop with delicious cakes, Dumbo is ideal for a stop-off during your Samurai District explorations. Deceptively small-looking, it …

Cafe
Ukyo Soba

A traditional soba restaurant offering seasonal Kaga cuisine with views of Kanazawa Castle. Ukyo has been serving up special Kaga dishes as well …

Soba
Ville de Croquette

Selling a variety of delicious croquettes, this small shop offers a gold-flake-dusted savoury alternative to the ever-popular ice cream Kanazawa …
Hayuwa

A traditional tea shop housed in a long-running geisha beauty salon, here you can sip on matcha and admire the streets of the Higashi Chaya …

Cafe
Seimensho

Smart and simple, this udon restaurant focuses on quality, and that means everything from the noodles to the vegetables to the tea served with …

Udon
Menya Taiga

A narrow ramen joint with a queue that’s often longer than the counter inside, Menya Taiga is makes some of the best miso ramen out there. …

Ramen
Kakusenkei Kawadoko

A small river-side cafe serving tea and sweets in the Kakusenkai Gorge. This cafe operates from April to October and offers simple tatami seating …

Cafe
Kakigoya Rocco

Kakigoya Rocco is a tiny standing bar positioned at the end of Iroha Yokocho that serves amazingly cheap and succulently fresh, locally grown …

Seafood
Nishiki Warai

An okonomiyaki restaurant with a cult following close to the famous Nishiki Market. This shop is called the Nishiki Honten store, if it's too …

Okonomiyaki