Finding delicious food in Shinjuku is not a difficult task. There seemed to be thousands of restaurants lining the streets. Don’t forget to look up, as most buildings have restaurants on multiple levels. With the variety and amount of restaurants in one place, how do you even decide? 

Honestly, we tried not to think to hard about it. When we first arrived, I was in the mood for ramen, so we popped in the first restaurant we saw, Keika Ramen. I had a miso broth ramen that was delicious.  Jill got a bib because she had a white shirt on! 

For dinner, we were craving pizza. Looking at Google Maps, there was a pizza restaurant nearby named Kuroneko which translates to “Black Cat.” The pizza’s were tiny but man they were delicious! 

Kuroneko’s pizza were very satisfying, they also had fun cat decorations around the restaurant including the bathroom. Here is a photo of their menu, we got a good laugh from it.

For breakfast, if our hotel doesn’t have breakfast, we usually try and find a local bakery. The  Bakeries in Japan are amazing. They have a good mix of savory and sweet pastries. The only negative thing is most don’t open until 9 or 10 am. Luckily we found a cute bakery down the street called Little Bakery at 3-chrome with tasty treats, they opened at 8:00 am. 

There was an Ikea near the hotel, so for second breakfast, we couldn’t resist a plate of their famous Swedish Meatballs. By the way, they taste the same everywhere you are.

Finally, before heading to the train station, we found an Izakaya serving up great local Japanese set meals. These are our favorite meals here because you get a main course, with rice, soup, and veggies. All this for under ¥1000 a person!