Donburi Restaurants(6)

Ditch the cardboard-thin, flimsy pork cutlets from everywhere else — tonkatsu won't taste the same after trying the ones at Michelin-approved Marugo in Akihabara.

Lunch: $7.22-14.45

Dinner: $7.22-14.45

Charming street view of a cozy Japanese restaurant exterior

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TOKYO

Surugaya Kahei

Foodies with an expeditionary spirit will want to tick this seafood restaurant’s strange signature dishes off their list.

Lunch: $7.22-36.12

Dinner: $36.12-72.23

Traditional Japanese dish with eggs and tea

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KYOTO

Gombei

Originally a soba restaurant, Michelin-listed Gombei serves comforting flavors of noodles and donburi inside a traditional townhouse in the charming Gion District.

Lunch: $7.22-36.12

Traditional Japanese meal with tonkatsu and rice set on a wooden table.

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TOKYO

Gyukatsu Motomura Tachikawa Granduo

Skip the usual lines at the viral Gyukatsu Motomura and enjoy stone-grilled, tender beef cutlets prepared to your liking at the Tachikawa branch, one of the few locations that accepts reservations.

Lunch: $7.22-14.45

Dinner: $7.22-14.45

Gourmet bento with wagyu beef and seafood delicacies

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OSAKA

Wagyu Idaten

Go big or go home — samurai-themed Wagyu Idaten in Namba lures meat lovers in with a dining experience centered around premium A5-grade beef in massive bento boxes and rice bowls.

Lunch: $14.45-21.67

Dinner: $14.45-21.67

Delicious bowl of creamy curry in a red dish

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TOKYO

Tamahide

A restaurant with over 280 years of history, where you can try the original and best “oyakodon,” chicken and egg rice bowl.

Lunch: $7.22-36.12

Dinner: $72.23-108.35

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