Japan has a lot of curry rice restaurant chains, but none are quite so beloved as CoCo Ichibanya, also known as CoCo Ichi. Part of what makes CoCo Ichi so great is that they offer a huge variety of toppings you can add to your plate, like fried chicken, sausages, and tartar sauce.…
Fashion brand Journal Standard Relume and Coco Ichibanya, a Japanese curry fast-food chain have partnered up to release a limited edition five-piece collection of Coco Ichibanya merchandise. Available at Bay Cruise Store Nagoya and other select locations, this collaboration was made with hardcore Coco Ichibanya fans in mind. The curry…
Recently, our reporter Seiji Nakazawa has been checking out Tokyo restaurant recommendations from foreigners on Reddit, leading him to discover some unusual dining spots he’d never even heard of before. His latest poke around Reddit unearthed another surprising recommendation, so he immediately headed out to try it, hopping on a train to…
Options for Japanese curry toppings are pretty much wide open, but pork cutlets, or katsu, are one of the most popular. Katsu curry is so delicious and ubiquitous, in fact, that sometimes the rest of the world needs a reminder that the word katsu by itself doesn’t mean curry. As Japan’s favorite chain of curry…
Japan's most popular curry chain CoCo Ichibanya (called Coco Ichi for short) has load of curry options on its menu (and a genius marketing strategy to get you to order a beer alongside with your meal). But while their extensive curry menu has toppings and spice levels for anybody, it's missing some…