Foodie

Koreans have lived around Okubo since the postwar years, and a wave of newcomers from South Korea arrived from the 1980s. Tourists started flocking to Korea Town in the mid-2000s, when the drama Winter Sonata set off Japan’s first Korean Wave, and again in the 2010s with K-pop. Today, Shin-Okubo is a vibrant neighborhood packed with all sorts of businesses selling Korean products. While visiting Shin-Okubo, make sure you try some of the best Korean street foods by visiting the following spots. Dongdaemun Yeopgi Tteokbokki One of the most popular Korean street foods is tteokbokki, a dish that consists of rice cakes in a sweet and spicy gochujang sauce. Possibly the top place for this food is Dongdaemun Yeopgi Tteokbokki, which offers different levels of spiciness, up to ultra-spicy. Address: Soritsu Building, 2F, 2-3-25 Hyakunincho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073 (map link)Open: 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day Kim’s Korean Seaweed & Sesame Oil Shop Technically a souvenir store, Kim’s Korean Seaweed & Sesame Oil Shop sells all sorts of products made from Korean seaweed and sesame oil. If you’re looking for something to eat during your wanderings around the neighborhood, though, you should pay the store a visit for its…