One hundred vegetarian restaurants and food shops will set up stalls in Yoyogi Park for a weekend of vegan fun and food....>>ORIGINAL...

This three-day outdoor festival will promote Kyushu tourism and showcase some of the island's famous food products, with several booths serving different varieties of Kyushu-style ramen....>>ORIGINAL...

Hokkaido is famous for its dairy products, lamb, potatoes, and of course Sapporo ramen, and you can sample them all in the "Gourmet Zone" during this three-day outdoor festival....>>ORIGINAL...

One of Austria's most highly regarded chefs, Christian Petz from Vienna, will be presenting his contemporary take on traditional Austrian cuisine at the Park Hyatt's Girandole restaurant....>>ORIGINAL...

Yoyogi Park is the setting for two days of Indian food, music and fashion....>>ORIGINAL...

This year's Vietnam Festival promises a full lineup of entertainment, with some two dozen popular recording artists performing on the main event stage, including Hien Thuc, DJ Samurai, and Sweet Vacat...

It's less crowded than the Tokyo version of the festival, with unlimited samples of beers from around Japan and the world for your Y4300 admission price (Y3800 in advance)....>>ORIGINAL...

It's a full weekend of Sri Lankan music, dance, handicrafts shopping, and of course food - with dozens of booths serving authentic Sri Lankan curries and other national dishes....>>ORIGINAL...

New Cool Collective at the Blue Note Sept 6. Led by saxophonist Benjamin Herman, this tightly rocking Dutch jazz big band (sometimes 19-strong in Amsterdam, 8-piece on tour) combines the oomph of a fu...

Convivial bonhomie beams from the second-story window of this lively tapas bar in Kagurazaka. Inside, ceramic plates painted in sunny Andalucian colors hang above the brick-lined counter. Bottles of w...

Gyossantei is a great place to sample the regional cooking of Miyazaki Prefecture, along with good sake from around the country. The dining space is comfortable and informal, and large windows on one ...

You might not expect to find a late-night drinking scene on the seventh floor of an office building, but we discovered a lively one in the "Home" restaurant complex in Marunouchi's Shin-Maru Biru. Sob...

This tiny wine bar occupies a sliver of space in the basement of an easily overlooked building, one minute away from Nakano station. It's a counter-only affair, and despite the close quarters, Navel i...

Nestled in among a warren of residences and mom-and-pop stores, this Nakano chill zone offers a place to meditate over your mocha. A placid gold Buddha sits beside an old-fashioned globe in the center...

Good Bangkok street-stall food in this department-store basement, including dishes like Nam Phrik Kapi (shrimp and chili paste with vegetables), stir-fries and spicy salads....>>ORIGINAL...

The off-the shelf snack-bar decor here is perked up by a cozy counter bar with five seats and twelve taps dispensing some of Japan's best microbrew beers....>>ORIGINAL...

Many Tokyo cafes have succeeded in creating a laid-back, Bohemian-style atmosphere, but none quite so literally as this charming Old World-inspired Czech cafe. Hanging from the walls are antique clock...

Check Modernist austerity at the door and step into a Hollywood fantasy of Hawaii circa 1961, when the film Blue Hawaii propelled Elvis Presley to new heights of stardom. At Tokyo's original Tiki loun...

Beacon, everybody's favorite Aoyama steakhouse, is now serving a barbecue menu on Mondays accompanied by a Blues soundtrack....>>ORIGINAL...

It's an open bar on the outdoor terrace of the Park Hyatt Deli, with unlimited beers plus a Chef's Appetizer Platter for Y2500 per person....>>ORIGINAL...