About food in Japan

Have you ever tried? Robot restaurant, Shinjuku, Tokyo

What we are going to introduce today is unlike an ordinary restaurant.

The name includes surely a word “restaurant” and it provides (boxed) meal in its main hall. But probably it will be better to consider it as a “show place” rather than a place where you enjoy meal and drink.

Anyway as we found that it’s a fun place and provides amazing entertainment for adults, we would like to introduce the venue as an option to enjoy a moment in Tokyo.

 

Robot restaurant is situated in the middle of Kabukicho (歌舞伎町). The area is five minutes walk from Shinjuku station. It is known as “red-light” district among locals. Usually females and kids are unlikely to drop in the area. However Robot Restaurant is the 16th most popular tourist spot among international travelers visiting Japan, according to Tripadvisor.

So why not to go there?!

It’s an exception, where female can be welcomed, in Kabukicho.

The show provided 4 times a day and the number of seats are limited for each show. So we strongly recommend that you make a booking in advance through its website.

http://www.shinjuku-robot.com/
It has English version and reservation screen!! No worry to book.

 

 At the entrance, some female robot can be found. From the entrance, it is filled with colorful and shiny decoration.

 

 

 

 

On the wall at the entrance, we can also find a lot of pictures capturing celebrities, artists or journalists visiting Robot Restaurant. 

 

 

We arrived much earlier than the main show start, because we head that we can enjoy very much even at the waiting lounge before the main show.

 That is true!!

 

The waiting lounge itself is so gorgeous and is worth to visiting it. As we arrived earlier, we could take the most comfortable armchairs. 

At the waiting lounge, some light snacks and alcohol drink are offered. But you can stay even without ordering any item.

 

 

 

I ordered tequila to enjoy the wonderful moment.

Live music is also provided for a while. They look like also robot but maybe human who play nice peaceful music.

There we were also welcomed by a cute and small ROBOT called pleo.

 

 

 

After we fully enjoyed the waiting lounge. We were invited to downstairs where we can find the main show.

  

 

Even before its starting, I felt exciting at the dark floor with some colourful decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we could put a few images of the show but they are not all.

 

 

 

For the rest, we won’t disclose as we want you to enjoy them by your own eyes.

The main show includes many different simple stories with amazing entertainment not only by robot but also by Japanese female dancers. For some people, the show could be felt like watching cheap comedy show on TV. But still it was fun and we had good time. And that exceeds our expectation much!!

If you want to enjoy with laughing and excitement for a couple of hours, while leaving your daily life and something annoying you, we recommend that you spend Yen 6000 and 2 hours at Robot Restaurant. But that is as long as you are a matured adult, because of the show by too sexy female dancers and taken place at the largest red-district in Japan.

After that, simply enjoy the show!!

 

Restaurant name: Robot Restaurant

Address: 1-7-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Official website: http://www.shinjuku-robot.com 

Ramen Dojo (ラーメン道場), Chitose Sapporo Airport

 

Ramen Dojo(ラーメン道場) in New Chitose Airport(Sapporo) is an amazing street devoting to “Ramen”.

Ramen, which is one of the icons in Japanese food as many of you know, is also known as one of the local specialty of Hokkaido. So that the popular local specialty can be enjoyed by as many tourists as possible and until the end of their travel in Japan, Ramen Dojo is created in the largest airport in the region.

Ramen Dojo is on the 3rd floor of Domestic Terminal of New Chitose Airport. Several Ramen restaurants, including some with high reputation, stand along the street. The location is close to a connecting bridge to International Terminal. So even if your flight is for international destination, it won’t be difficult to go as long as you have enough time.

 

 By the way, “Dojo” represents “training hall”. So Ramen Dojo can be a place to learn about Ramen even for those who are not yet familiar with Ramen.

 

They have English menu with some photos as well.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

We visited  the one called “Yuki Akari” (the name meaning “Snow Light” in Japanese) in Ramen Dojo. It provides “orthodox” style Sapporo Ramen with chicken bouillon and stock soup taken from local Hidaka Kobu.

 

 

 

What I chose is No.1 popular menu, Butter Corn Miso Ramen. Those 3 ingredients are perfect match with Ramen noodle. Typical topping, pork char-siu, memma (bamboo shoot pickles) and leek are for the regular version.

 

 

The standard and good quality Ramen will surely provide a good opportunity to understand what is good for Ramen for the beginners.

If you have not tried Ramen in Japan, even if it is just before your departure from Japan, Ramen Dojo must be a good “Training Hall” to learn the popular local specialty. For those loving Ramen, it can be the last bowl in Japan!!

 

By the way, this is also the end of our Hokkaido series blog post!!

Thank you for your reading!!

 

Restaurant: Yuki Akari, Ramen Dojo (雪あかり、ラーメン道場)

Address: 3rd floor, Domestic Termina, New Chitose Airport, 987 Bibi Chitose-city, Hokkaido