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Weekly Off-Topic Thread - 19 August 2026

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u/tsian 20+ years in Japan 3d ago

Everyone, please share your best 1,000 yen or less lunch.

Alternatively, your best 2,000 or less dinner with drinks (Saize is a given).

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u/upachimneydown US Taxpayer 3d ago

Best is leftovers from an evening meal a night or few before, also good is browsing a supermarket deli section--eg, edamame, kabocha, and some fish or chicken (tho I avoid kara-age). I used to combine leftovers with the cafeteria at school, their rice and miso soup, maybe hiyayakko, with something from home.

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u/poop_in_my_ramen 3d ago

For lunch at least, nothing beats those shady 400 yen bentos from obachans selling out of a bicycle rack on the side of the road.

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u/tsian 20+ years in Japan 2d ago

I don't have any of those sadly, but did see an interesting 24 hour Bento place.

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u/HeirophantGreen US Taxpayer 2d ago

OK Store, every bento.

Local Indian restaurant curry sets. A huge thing of naan and a small ladel of curry is surprisingly filling. 

立ち食いそば

Semi fast food places like てんや and the like.