• With around 80,000 restaurants in the city, Tokyo has international cuisine as well as traditional noodle and sushi shops.

• Fast Facts

  1. Country: Japan
  2. Governor: Shintaro Ishihara
  3. Language spoken: Japanese
  4. Population: 12,790,000 (October 2007)Tokyo Metropolitan Government: Tokyo's Population
  5. Currency: Japanese Yen
  6. Country code: +81Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
  7. City code: +3Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
  8. Time zone: JST (GMT/UTC + 09:00)Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
  9. Airport code: NRT
  10. Located in the southern Kanto region

• Fine Dining

  Located in the Park Hyatt Tokyo, Kozue is hailed by Travel + Leisure as a "stunning" example of reinvented kaiseki (a traditional multi-course Japanese meal).Travel + Leisure: Tasting Tokyo Zagat recommends getting a window seat for the views of the city while eating the "creative" dishes.Zagat: Kozue

• Affordable Dining

  Ume no Hana is a restaurant chain in Tokyo that specializes in tofu dishes. The food is served in the kaiseki style, and prepared in different ways. Fodor's hails the chain for "raising" tofu "to the elegance of haute cuisine."Fodor's: Ume no Hana Review

• Dining Etiquette

  • Do not point, lick or play with chopsticks
  • Do not stick chopsticks in food
  • Do not take food from someone else's chopsticks
  • Do not pour your own drink
  • Do not pour sauces on rice
  • Do not blow your nose at the table
  • Do not eat in the streets

• Mahalo Suggests

  When planning your trip, also try Tokyo Vacation, Tokyo Hotels and Tokyo Tours.

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Tokyo Hotels | Tokyo Tours | Tokyo Vacation | Tokyo | Osaka Vacation | Kyoto Vacation | Japan

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