Japans 5 Fast Food Chain Restaurants Explained for Americans 🇯🇵 (Full Guide)
Japan has some of the most unique fast food chains in the world, and they’re nothing like what most Americans expect.
In this complete Japan fast food guide, we visit and explain five of Japan’s biggest restaurant chains: Yoshinoya, CoCo Ichibanya, Ichiran, Sushiro, and Katsuya. We show you how ordering works, what to expect when you walk in, how to pay, what food to try, how much it costs, and whether these famous Japanese chains are actually worth visiting.
Whether you’re planning your first trip to Japan, returning for another visit, or simply curious about Japanese food culture, this guide will help you confidently navigate some of the country’s most popular restaurants. We also discuss major competitors, local favorites, and give an honorable mention to the incredibly popular family restaurant chain Saizeriya.
In this video:
🍛 CoCo Ichibanya (Japan’s biggest CURRY chain)
🍜 Ichiran Ramen (The famous RAMEN chain)
🍣 Sushiro Conveyor Belt Sushi (The biggest Sushi chain)
🐷 Katsuya Tonkatsu & Katsudon (The famous Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl chain)
🥩 Yoshinoya Gyudon Beef Bowls (Beef Rice Bowls – Japans #1 fast food)
🍝 Saizeriya Family Restaurant (honorable mention)
Have you tried any of these chains? Which one would be your first stop in Japan?
Timestamps:
00:00 – Japans Restaurant Landscape
00:50 – Yoshinoya (Beef Rice Bowls/Gyudon)
03:53 – Sushiro (Conveyor Belt Sushi)
08:53 – Coco Ichibanya (Japans Curry)
12:48 – Katsuya (Pork Cutlet Rice Bowls/Katsudon)
15:45 – Ichiran Ramen (Noodle Soup)
20:06 – Honorable Mentions & Conclusion
20:59 – Nerd Quiz
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We hope this video can help some of you visiting Japan! 🙂
Which one is/would be your go-to restaurant in Japan?
what about the family restaurant chains?
Did he say coco looks like prison slop? False. 😂
I have tried 6 different conveyor belt sushi places and Sushi-ro is definitely the best one of all.
Newer Sushi-ros have a digital conveyor belt and only the food you order comes through the belt.
just a travel tip carry a couple zip sandwich bags for small trash items. thanks for sharing
Wow ❤
Are you usually left with sticks or can you commonly get a knife, a fork or a spoon? (way too old and stupid to ever eat anything other than barbequed things on a stick, with a stick)
Me and Ze Scherman love our noodles the same way, overcooked is the way to go! (Al Dente prob. translates into: "tastes like flour and chefs love it because it sounds nice". 😛
Excellent video
Just came back from family vacation in Japan. My littlest liked yoshinoya gyudon bowel the best but my 2 older ones like Sukiya more. Sushiro was honestly a bit of let down, as it was no better than conveyor belt sushi in the US. It's not bad, but we expected the japanese one to taste somewhat better.
I lived in Japan for 3 years and my favorite restaurants were the Viking ones. All you can eat Hibachi with a choice of foods that puts any buffet in the US to shame. Out of the ones you covered, Sushiro was definitely my favorite, but I love a good beef bowl and cutlet curry.
13:53 カツ丼にとんかつソースをかけちゃうダメだよ。(≧ω≦)
まあ、どんな食べ方をしてもいいんだけど、かつ丼のだしがソースの濃い味に掻き消されちゃう。
だしのかかっていない「ソースかつ丼」という食べ物もあるんだけどね。
日本人からクイズです。うどん、そば、うなぎ、牛丼、寿司、カツ丼 これらに共通して使われてるのは何でしょうか？
I think Japan could use more human interaction not less.
Cocoichi is goated.
すき家・ゆで太郎・山岡家・てんや・なか卯
日本人は一蘭なんて行きませんよ。
素晴らしいまとめですね！
個人的には日高屋やサイゼリヤもおすすめですよ！
I'm someone who likes a nice slow burn with my spiciness, and level 5 is pretty daring at Coco! I'd say that's above medium heat. I did level 4 once, and it was a bit of a chore for me to finish. If you haven't been there before, don't go in thinking 5 is medium.
I wouldn’t call it fast food. It’s just chain restaurants.