Old-fashioned eats: Japan's soul food

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 23:55 — Anonymous by Robbie SwinnertonWe know it's
obvious, but Tokyo is home to the best Japanese restaurants on the planet.
Countless thousands of them, in fact. So many, it's hard to know where to
start. From the outside everything seems so sleek and modern, you feel you
could be anywhere. Behind its modern façade, though, Tokyo still has many
restaurants where tradition rules, both inside and out -- in the kitchen, on
the table and in that unmistakable ethos that you can only find in Japan.
Here are five all-time classics to try if you want to sample Japan's true
soul food. If you only ever have one chicken sukiyaki dish, make it
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