One of the best parts about living in Shanghai is how easy it is to eat our way around the continent. Tokyo is one of our favorite places to be a glutton, so we stopped by for a way-too-short long weekend. Before we get to a sample of our favorite bites, we recommend utilizing the Ramen Database if you’re a fan of the best noodle dish in the world. It’s all in Japanese, but their iPhone app (ラーメンDB) has a great map function and a star rating at each ramen joint, so it’s pretty easy to find out what’s good and where it is, if you’ve got a smartphone.
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![Our first ramen stop (as suggested by Ramen Database) was Rokurinsha on Ramen Street in JR Tokyo Station.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_5774-1024x768.jpg)
![Best. bar. snack. ever. Chicken Karaage: deep-fried chunks of chicken so juicy yet ungreasy that they could make Paula Deen's head explode.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5783-225x300.jpg)
![Rokurinsha is the gold medal winner of tsukemen style (noodles served warm on the side of the soup) with a tonkatso (pork) & mackerel broth.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_5776-225x300.jpg)
![These are takoyaki (fried octopus balls) that we devoured pre-dinner on a street corner in Shinjuku. Topped with aonori (green laver), green onions, bonito flakes and shichimi to-garashi (Japanese seven spice).](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5850-225x300.jpg)
![Have I ever told you about my unabiding love of pork? The first time I met tonkatsu, Japan's battered, deep-fried, fatty pork cutlet, it was pretty much a scene from a Nora Ephron movie.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5787-225x300.jpg)
![Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5831-1024x768.jpg)
![Octopus @ Tsukiji market](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5832-225x300.jpg)
![More catch @ Tsukiji market](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5792-225x300.jpg)
![Breakfast of champions at 8am at Tsukiji Market.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5839-768x1024.jpg)
![Our friend Wynn apprehensively trying horse sashimi (word to the wise: it was delicious).](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_5863-225x300.jpg)
![Yakiniku (marinated grilled beef) goes really really well with beer. Just saying.](http://untour.lightningbasehosted.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_5866-225x300.jpg)
If you’re in Shanghai and looking for a great taste of Tokyo, UnTour Shanghai highly recommends Sushi Oyama. Arigato!
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