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  • Tokyo is home to the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.

  • The city is also packed with cheap bites and hole-in-the-wall eateries where you can get some of the best snacks in Japan.

  • We are gonna fit as much epic food into one day as possible, so let's eat!

  • A lot of people like to come to Tokyo for the sushi.

  • But another great little snack to have when you're here is tamagoyaki, which is basically a super fluffy Japanese omelette sweetened a little bit by adding sugar to the egg mixture.

  • Pretty good for a breakfast on the go.

  • This is melon pan, basically a Japanese ice cream sandwich using vanilla ice cream and sweet bread.

  • It's called melon pan because, apparently, it looks a little bit like a rock melon.

  • Doesn't taste like melon, but on a hot day like today, it's pretty damn good.

  • For something a bit more substantial, you've got takoyaki, which is my favorite.

  • It's basically, uh, flour batter with octopus in the middle, covered in a brown sauce, kind of like Worcestershire sauce, and then bonito flakes on top.

  • It's hot and delicious.

  • When you're in Japan, these are a must-try.

  • Gyoza are Japanese pork dumplings that are usually served as a side dish, but they're pretty good on their own, too.

  • The pan-fried ones? The best.

  • "Zaku zaku" means "crunchy" in Japanese, and this is a croquant chou zaku zaku, which basically means it's crispy pastry filled with creamy Hokkaido custard.

  • And if that doesn't get you excited, I don't know what's going to.

  • Harajuku has some seriously funky foods, including this, an epically massive rainbow cotton candy.

  • Mmm, tastes like rainbow.

  • Deep-fried pork is good.

  • Deep-fried pork in a sandwich is even better.

  • This is katsu sando, which takes a traditional Japanese pork cutlet and puts it between two perfectly-cut pieces of white bread.

  • It ain't healthy, but it's pretty damn delicious.

  • You can't come to Tokyo without dining at an izakaya.

  • Half restaurant, half bar, they specialize in serving smaller portions of food like sashimi, fried chicken, or yakitori.

  • They go perfectly with a good drink.

  • Kanpai.

  • In most places, convenience stores aren't the greatest, but in Japan, it's a completely different story, where they're filled with delicious snacks.

  • Two of my go-tos are onigiri, which is a rice ball wrapped in seaweed filled with seafood, usually, like, salmon or tuna.

  • Really good for a snack on the go.

  • Another great one is kare pan, which is a savory donut filled with delicious Japanese curry.

  • And there's no better way to wash it all down than with a Suntory BOSS.

  • For a relaxing time, make it Suntory time.

  • So, there you have it, all of our favorite eats in Tokyo.

  • If you're planning a trip, definitely take a few days to eat your way through the city because there's still loads more to try.

Tokyo is home to the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.

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