I recommend Ootoya(???) as a good restaurant to try some good Japanese food. Not too expensive, and there is a good selection.

Here are a few more chai restaurants:

Ippudo (???): for Kyushu ramen Ringer hut: for Nagasaki food (like Chanpon) Komoro Soba: for buckwheat noodles

Bhe best local food is available in small, single owner shops. Do check Lonely Planet Guide, or web pages that cover the place you visit, to find some of them.

This is a funny Japanese restaurant I found.

The restaurant is funny but dishes are soooo delicious. My favorite dishes are a set meal of hamberg, yakisoba, shouyu ramen There is this restaurant in the place called " seirou " in Niigata in Japan

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How do I get to Seirou? I travel to Minami Uoonuma and Tohkamachi regularly. I have been to Nagaoka and Niigata-shi as well.

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