I visited Hawaii after years absence. I was surprised at some changes of Waikiki. Especially, I saw much “JAPAN” at Waikiki this time.
There’re many Japanese, and I met many people who speak Japanese.
And there’s a food court that is named “Waikiki Yokocho” and I saw the advertisement in the airport shuttle bus from the airport. Waikiki Yokocho is, as its name, a Japanese-centric food court.
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Waikiki Yokocho is on the underground of Waikiki Shopping Plaza that is located along Kalakaua avenue. So, I walked through in front of the building at several times at this trip. But I never felt like eating Japanese food because my staying in Hawaii was short. I wanted to eat steak, poke, pancake, acai bowl ! So, I just walked in the food court when I visited the building for getting BIRKENSTOCK. We can go straight to Waikiki Yokocho from the escalator outside.
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Waikiki Yokocho is, contrary to its name, stylish food court. “Yokocho” reminds me of old and narrow alley.
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There’re 16 restaurants in Waikiki Yokocho. Ramen, seafood, curry, okonomiyaki, tendon and so on. You can enjoy most of major Japanese foods at there.
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Ninja welcome you at this curry shop, “NIN-NIN”.
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Yakiniku restaurant “SIZZLE”. Not only SHIZURU but also many restaurants serve lunch menu at affordable price.
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“NOMU” that is a bar at the center of Waikiki Yokocho. Of course, they have Japanese sake, but they have more whiskey and bourbon.
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“TANAKA”. I know Kushikatsu Tanaka is Osaka local foods restaurant and their specialty is kushikatsu in Japan.
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But somehow in Waikiki, they highly recommend beef cutlet on the menu.
Not Kushikatsu Tanaka. They are Beef-katsu Tanaka in Waikiki. Umm. That’s OK. But I wish they sell beef cutlet in Japan, too.
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Nana’s Green Tea serve a variety of matcha drinks.
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There are some seafood restaurants. At lunchtime, they serve sashimi bowl. 47.95 USD ! Wow ! Expensive ! And also I was surprised because all sashimi bowl have udon ! Americans eat so much !
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And another, Kaneko Hannosuke and Baiko-ken is there.
I didn’t have the chance to visit because of my short trip, but it’s good place for long stay.
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