Like many other East Asian countries, Thailand is greatly influenced by Japan, second only to Taiwan maybe. When I was there, I saw many Japanese shops and restaurants. I thought that there were many, but I saw them literally around every 2nd corner. This is a collection of Japanese shops I have seen in Bangkok in May 2013:
Uniqlo: one of the best stores for basic clothes that always has a nice and interesting T-Shirt selection. There is one in London, one on 5th Avenue in New York City, one (or more?) in Bangkok, but none in Germany, yet!
CoCoIchi, the curry fast food restaurant where I once ordered the spiciest curry available (I think it was level 10). Unfortunately, the curry was uneatable and caused me a bad stomach ache. However, the more "normal" selection is superb. :)
Uniqlo: one of the best stores for basic clothes that always has a nice and interesting T-Shirt selection. There is one in London, one on 5th Avenue in New York City, one (or more?) in Bangkok, but none in Germany, yet!
Otoya! Man, I used to go here a lot back in Tokyo, brings back good memories.
CoCoIchi, the curry fast food restaurant where I once ordered the spiciest curry available (I think it was level 10). Unfortunately, the curry was uneatable and caused me a bad stomach ache. However, the more "normal" selection is superb. :)
As one of the many Japanese burger chains, MosBurger is famous for its Rice Burger.
Don't know this one, but it has Katakana and Osaka in its name. The funny thing is, it reads: "Osaka Sausage, American Dog".
Melt me, supposedly from Japans most northern island Hokkaido. Never heard of it, though.
You even see Japanese advertisements at the train stations!
A custard shop called Nakamura.
Isetan, one of Japan's most prestigeous department stores.
And, of course, famous book store Kinokuniya. Yes, I could definitely imagining living here without missing Japan. :)
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