If I missed any of these already on the list, I apologize, but three others I’d add:

1) Don’t know how kaitenzushi (conveyor belt sushi) didn’t appear on the list. That’s my absolute favorite way to eat in Japan. It’s incredibly fun, and relatively inexpensive.

2) Robatayaki is also amazing, but unfortunately somewhat hard to find. That’s where they fire up a huge open grill, people sit around it and they serve everyone with a long, wooden spatula-like device. They serve fish, meat, veggies, even beer on the spatula. It rocks. Worth a search on YouTube to get a visual.

3) Chanko-nabe in the Ryogoku district. We went to sumo last time we were in Tokyo, and there are restaurants in the surrounding area that specialize in the Chanko stew sumo wrestlers eat.

Osaka is an especially great foodie city in Japan. The Dotunburi district in particular has probably 200 amazing places to eat within about a ten minute walk under a covered veranda. Gotta try the takoyaki, but avoid the restaurant with the mechanical crab outside.

Whats a good expensive/inexpensive kobe beef place to eat at? Also, kid friendly would be awesome!

For Biftek and Kuybey we did. The rest we didn’t!

My husband and I thought it was VERY entertaining! We skipped the meal there and ate at Teppan Baby (sit at the flat top to watch the cooks do their thing) before hand and were not disappointed – great meal!

Was it at least entertaining? I hear that’s the best part!