Hamburgers in Tokyo
I am currently studying abroad in Tokyo, and discovered a craving for a burger. A nice big, substantial burger. Suggestions?
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7 Comments:
Have you tried searching "Tokyo" on AHT?
hmw0029 at 10:59AM on 10/06/09
@Na: I've never had burgers in Tokyo, but Monster Cafe makes a variety of burger...not always stacked on top of one another. And although it hasn't been updated in a while, this blog about burgers in Tokyo should be helpful.
Robyn Lee at 2:03PM on 10/06/09
There's an amazing burger place right across from the west entrance of Yoyogi Koen called ARMS. I used to go there every week or so and ever since coming back to the States, I dream about their burgers and fries.
bearsonawire at 5:11PM on 10/06/09
there are several tokyo reviews here
http://portlandhamburgers.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan
burgerdogboy at 5:39PM on 10/06/09
Punch Tokyo Hamburger into Google and you get your answer:
Lost in Japan's Top 5:
http://lostinjapan.groth.hm/archives/2007/09/top-5-burgers-in-tokyo/
The Blog "Hamburgers in Tokyo" (Tokyo's best kept secret... Awesome Hamburgers!!):
http://w-ice.cocolog-nifty.com/blog2/
Boston.com's An American burger in Tokyo:
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/01/11/an_american_burger_in_tokyo/
Chowhound's Tokyo burger thread:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/551771
And then there is always the Hard Rock Cafe.
Now, @Na, I think it only fair that you visit each and every one of these burger joints and file a detailed report every week. Agreed?
Thomas_Traveler at 6:41PM on 10/06/09
Hiya,
I want to share my experience of burger shops in the Tokyo area. I was a vegetarian for 7 years and then moved to Tokyo, Japan, a city and country it was more or less impossible to be a veggie in (if you wanna have a social and business life that is). So I started eating meat again... and after a long hiatus from carnivorism I went back to my pet peeve - burgers.
I actually went on a bit of a rampage and wound up tested most of the higher-end burger joints in the Tokyo metropolitan area. I even created a google map to aid my endeavor of finding the best burger in Tokyo (slightly OCD I guess).
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=118042418340387336704.00045a85e4dcb92ad8fda&z=12
I also found this excellent burger blog, in English, describing many of the places found on the map "Hamburgers in Tokyo" - http://w-ice.cocolog-nifty.com/blog2/
Another great blog for burger joints around Japan (if you read Japanese) is "Hamburger Street" - http://blogs.dion.ne.jp/nakoi_h9/
My personal favorite in Tokyo is definitely Firehouse in Hongosanchome, the bacon cheese burger there is just to die for! Other "musts" are Frisco, Burazaazu and J.S. Burgers among others.
After moving back to my home country (Sweden) I've really missed the excellent burgers I found in Japan and it's after my recent "meat relapse" I've started following the awsome AHT-blog and can't wait to go over the pond and start making new google maps of real American burger shops!
Best of luck with your Tokyo burger hunt!
niklas at 6:52PM on 10/06/09
Best guide to hamburgers in Tokyo isn't online (that I know of). But, go down to any well stocked magazine or book shop and pick up this guide. It has al lot of the better ones in Tokyo.
http://portlandhamburgers.blogspot.com/2009/10/tokyo-where-to-get-burger.html
portland hamburgers at 11:19PM on 10/06/09