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Jun 24, 2014 - 1 min read

Yurakucho's Hidden Izakaya Street

Tasting Japanese dishes in Sanchoku Inshokugai

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Inside Yurakucho Sanchoku Inshokugai. Only consisting of restaurants, this street has a very traditional and pleasant atmosphere.

We were invited for a food tasting session for a TV show. Now the TV crew is installing the mics.

Last step before the beginning of the tasting session. Let's introduce ourselves in front of the camera - lights, camera, action!

Here we go! The first dish is a kakiage. This one has the shape of an apple but is actually made of fried baby shrimps with a pepper on the top.

A very well decorated plate of sashimi: thin slices of raw fish, they are delicious with soy sauce.

Some kame no te - literrally meaning "turtle's hand" - they are only seafood but oddly look like the feet of our cute little shelled friends.

You need to open the shell in order to eat the mollusk hidden inside

Gyumaru serves meat coming from Hokkaido, Uomaru- Shizuoka seafood, Choinomi Gyoza- gyoza and ramen

The kind TV crew observed us swallowed a dozen Japanese dishes

You can see how packed and tiny the street look, only bringing more charm to Yurakucho Sanchoku Inshokugai

The tasting team along with Michael (in the center), the friendly presenter of this section of the TV show

Eating in an izakaya is a must-try experience for foreigners coming to Japan. With a huge choice of Japanese dishes and drinks, these places are always lively and filled with a very typical but friendly atmosphere.

The Yurakucho Sanchoku Inshokugai is no exception: there you can find half a dozen izakaya packed in a tiny but traditional street located under the JR bridge near Ginza station. Each restaurant is specialized in regional dishes - the hardest thing when coming there is to decide in which one to spend your time.

So what could you possibly answer when being invited by a TV show to taste as many dishes as possible in these izakaya? Itadakimasu of course!

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