Tag: chinese food
The Culinary Delights of Kobe Chinatown Nankinmachi
If you’re heading to Kobe, be sure to check out Kobe Chinatown Nankinmachi. This historic shopping and dining district contains around 100 shops and restaurants and spans a 270m by 110m area, making it one of the three largest Chinatowns in Japan,...
Yokohama Chinatown: A Complete Guide
Towns and cities the world over proudly play host to their own Chinatown, with those in London and San Francisco being among the most famous. Yokohama Chinatown, however, outstrips almost all of them in terms of its style, aesthetics, and quality of...
Neon and Noodles at Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
Nagasaki Chinatown is a shopping and dining district in downtown Nagasaki, rich in history and bursting with delicious local fare. For the 200-odd years that Japan’s borders were closed to foreigners during the Sakoku (closed country) policy,...
Sara Udon: Nagasaki’s OTHER Famous Regional Dish
When it comes to regional dishes of Nagasaki, Champon wins the popularity contest hands down. It seems to have made the biggest impact nationally, in any case; you can find noodle cup and convenience store versions all over Japan. Coming in a...
Nagasaki Champon: The City’s Most Famous Regional Dish
Also known as Chanpon (with an ‘n’), this is a local Nagasaki dish which was heavily influenced by Chinese cuisine. It originated in the early 1900s at one of Nagasaki’s Chinese restaurants where the local Chinese students would come to eat. Chock-full...
