While Michelin stars are commonly awarded to world-renowned fine dining restaurants and hotels, the recently released 2016 Michelin Guide contains several restaurants in Japan that feature B-Gourmet or B-class foods. One of the many B-class restaurants featured by Michelin for their 2016 guide is Aizuya—a restaurant that specializes in takoyaki in the Kansai region. Aizuya:…

Hearing “The World’s Best Sushi Restaurant”, maybe you imagine a five-star luxury restaurant with spacious interior. However, Sukiyabashi Jiro is different. This is a rather small Sushi Bar located in the basement of an office building near Ginza station, with a modest wooden counter and only 10 tables in the entire establishment. The restaurant’s top…