While most Japanese would choke at the high prices of "kaisen-don" seafood rice bowls, the weak yen is whetting the appetites of foreign tourists such as Orr Israeli Dayan and Omer Dayan. On the afternoon of April 17, the couple were enjoying a seafood bowl that costs more than 5,000 yen ($32), which included big fatty tuna "otoro" and salmon, and sushi for about 3,000 yen, at [...] Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, a commercial facility with more than 50 eateries, opened on Tokyo's waterfront, adjacent to the Toyosu Market.
When the line-ups of expensive menu items were revealed, many Japanese quickly made fun of them on social media, naming them "inbaun-don" (inbound-donburi).
Yukio Takagi, 61, who runs the seafood restaurant Totoya Takagi at Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, is aware of the inbaun-don criticism from locals. But he said, "I want people to eat (our food) before judging." The restaurant offers more than 10 types of kaisen-don. Of these, 60 percent of foreign customers order the most expensive offering priced at 7,800 yen. Takagi said the eye-watering price tag is justified. "We cut the raw tuna into thick slices and serve arajiru fish soup, too."
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