Michelin gourmet guide book is also famous in Japan. They buy this series of books when they go traveling.

Now do you know this series added Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto cities of Japan ?

I often hear that Tokyo is regarded as one of the gourmet cities in the world and Tokyo has more 3 star restaurants than NY city. I don’t know if Tokyo is really recognized such, but it’s true that we can find any types of foods in Tokyo and most of them are delicious.

Michelin guidebook of Tokyo sold more than 270,000 copies in total and it became the top seller in Japan too.

Today, Michelin Osaka and Kyoto were published. Both of them sells really well and only today’ sales recorded 40,000 copies to be top daily sales in Japan.

This means the Japanese already recognized Michelin very well and they use this book not only for outbound travel but inside of Japan.

I love Japanese food, but it’s really vague when we say “Japanese food”. Japanese food has many kinds. If I live in Tokyo, maybe I select Sushi, Tempura, Tendon, Katsudon, Sukiyaki, Soba or Tokyo ramen. But in Osaka, Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, Udon, Yakiniku ( Teppanyaki), Tarachiri ( boiled catfish ), and many others. Also in Kyoto, there are so many traditional Japanese style foods. 

Like that, each city in Japan has each food style no matter how small the city is.  That’s why we enjoy travels by eating.

If I think like this, Japan is a real gourmet country.  I’ve never experienced this kind of food excitement when traveling overseas although my experience is limited.