Tom Watanabe covers Japanese cuisine for WokFeed. A Tokyo-born food writer with 15 years of ramen-eating experience, he has visited over 800 ramen shops across Japan. His writing bridges traditional washoku and Japan's evolving street food scene for an international audience.
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