【For tourists to Japan】Japanese cheap chain restaurants I often use

Today I introduce Japanese cheap chain restaurants I often use. Japan has many kinds of chain restaurants. When you want to eat food at a reasonable price in Japan, please try to visit.

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Typical meals in modern Japan

https://www.japanesedailylife.com/food/japanese-typical-diet

Today I talk about typical meals in modern Japan. Japanese people eat various dishes such as Japanese, western, Chinese, Korean, and Asian food, etc. I introduce daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Japan.※Japanese style meal is called “washoku(和食)”, and it is well-balanced and healthy. Basically, there are rice, soup, one main dish, and two small side dishes.This post introduces the Japanese style meal.①BreakfastPopular breakfast styles are the Japanese and the western.★Japanese style mea...

①Gyudon – Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya

Gyudon is a beef bowl. It is one of the Japanese fast foods. It is a quick, economical(around 500yen) and tasty meal. “Yoshinoya(吉野家), “Matsuya(松屋)” and “Sukiya(すき家)” are three major gyudon restaurants. I often visit there.

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Gyudon-beef bowl restaurants in Japan

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Hello!Do you know "gyudon(牛丼)"? Gyudon is a beef bowl. It is one of the Japanese fast foods. It is a quick, economical(around 500yen) and tasty meal. I recommend eating gyudon once when you visit Japan. Today I talk about a beef bowl(牛丼 gyudon)!What is gyudon? Gyudon is a rice bowl with the sliced beef and onions that is boiled sweetly with soy sauce.It has been eaten as a reasonable food in Japan for more than 100 years ago. Gyudon was born at "Yoshinoya(吉野家)". Yos...

I have eaten gyudon even though it is late night… It is a bad habit.(;_;) #japan #gyudon

I introduced “gyudon” in my blog.↓https://t.co/2Md576FMNc pic.twitter.com/OPm1cOcbKv

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) January 23, 2018

②Soup – Soup Stock Tokyo

I like Soup Stock Tokyo❤
This is tokyo borsch.#soupstocktokyo #soup #japan pic.twitter.com/In7O5v8mIA

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) January 9, 2018

Soup Stock Tokyo is a soup specialty restaurant mainly in Tokyo and a popular chain one for females. A set of soup and bread or rice is offered, and a set of one cup of soup is 740 yen. The menu changes every week and every store. You can choose one from many kinds of soup such as regular taste ones or limited ones.

③Noodle – Ringer Hut

When I want to eat vegetables, I go to SUBWAY or Ringer Hut !
yasai tappuri champon by ringerhut↓#japan #ringerhut #champon pic.twitter.com/FCSpmum76o

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) February 6, 2018

Ringer Hut is a Nagasaki Champon restaurant with over 600 stores throughout Japan.  Champon is a Nagasaki local dish based on Chinese food, and it is boiled with noodles and fried vegetables, meat, and seafood in chicken soup. At Ringer Hut, you can eat a lot of fresh vegetables with noodles, which is popular with many people.  You can also eat sara-udon, a specialty of Nagasaki. The price of champon and sara-udon is about 600~800 yen.

④Noodle – Marugame Seimen(丸亀製麺)

I like UDON! Today’s my lunch was mentai-kamatama Udon.#japan #udon #noodles #marukame pic.twitter.com/hkVrrqUK4L

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) December 4, 2018

Marugame Seimen is an udon restaurant. It is a chain restaurant with over 1000 stores not only in Japan but also in 13 countries around the world. This restaurant is famous for freshly boiled noodles made not at factories but at each store. You can eat the cheapest udon for about 300 yen per cup, and you can also add tempura with udon. It seems that many people visit particularly for lunch.

⑤Hamburger – McDonald’s and Japanese unique hamburger shops

McDonald’s

Of course, even in Japan, the most popular hamburger shop is McDonald’s. When I was a student, I often went there with friends. I recommend the menu only sold in Japan, such as Teriyaki Mac, Ebi Fillet ‘o, and Tsukimi burger.

I ate McDonald’s burger at lunch after so long. I recommend teriyaki burgers! ↓teriyaki chicken filet-o#McDonalds #teriyaki #japan pic.twitter.com/WWDRLPPTsW

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) March 5, 2019

Freshness Burger

Freshness Burger is a stylish hamburger chain shop. Currently, there are about 170 stores nationwide. They are made after receiving an order, and they are particular about ingredients such as raw vegetables, patties, buns, and fried potatoes. The price of a hamburger is around 400-900 yen. It is more expensive than McDonald’s.

“Freshness Burger” is a Japanese hamburger chain restaurant. I ate “Avocado prosciutto burger”. That is the hamburger put prosciutto, an avocado and sour cream on a beef patty. Many Japanese people like avocados and prosciutto, like me!#Japan #hamburger #freshnessburger pic.twitter.com/kMoXAbn7ZD

— rice.japaneseol (@rice_Japaneseol) April 11, 2019

Lotteria, Mos Burger, and First Kitchen are also popular hamburger restaurants in Japan.

⑥Teishoku – Otoya(大戸屋)

Otoya is a reasonable chain teishoku restaurant. It is a chain restaurant with about 450 stores not only in Japan but also overseas. Teishoku is Japanese set menu. There are the main dish, rice, miso soup, and side dishes in teishoku. You can eat teishoku for about 800~1000 yen, and taste of Japanese home cooking at Otoya.

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teishoku (Japanese-style meal)

https://www.japanesedailylife.com/food/teishoku-japanese-style-meal

I sometimes see some people who have visited Japan say on Twitter, "while visiting Japan, I lost weight!"When I go on a trip, I often get weight because of overeating. (Of course, when the water and food don't agree with me, I lose weight.)Why did he lose weight in Japan?  I searched for the reason on the Internet.・Japanese restaurants serve small dishes.・You walk a lot more than usual as you use public transportation while traveling in Japan.・Japanese food is not oily and l...

Japan has many more other chain restaurants such as sushi or ramen. I want to introduce other restaurants next time!

rice (Japanese OL)

Japanese OL. (OL means “office lady”. Women who work in offices.)
I was born in a rural part of the Kanto area in the latter half of the 1980s. I  live and work in Tokyo now. I live with my husband. I study English by writing this blog!