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ISSUE 01 – 2016 Welcome to our new menu. Find all the freshest flavours of Tokyo served up with new tales from the locals. #THISISTOKYO

WHAT TO EAT HOW TO YO!

Hot Dishes 4 Cold Dishes 6 Choose plates from the belt or Sweets 8 order FROM THE MENU. Drinks 9 seven colours, seven prices.

WHEN YOU’RE DONE We’ll count THE plates TO WORK OUT YOUR BILL. WHAT TO KNOW

£2.15 £4.55 BEYOND KAWAii 10 Fashion fix £2.70 £5.25 Thunderbox at play 12 £3.65 £6.25 Gaming gear is reborn £4.15 sumo £8.50 Takashi murakami 14 ME The 500 Arhats

Visit www.yosushi.com/nutrition for full allergen info and Sumo kcals, or ask a YO! team member

V vegetarian N Contains nuts kcal total per portion

Helping us with our tales from Tokyo & KATSU YATAI HONMONO SOUP, NOODLES & BROTHS Japanese fried rice Crispy coated in panko Traditional street food AUTHENTIC HOME COOKING

Miso Soup (unlimited) Plain Katsu Curry Spicy Pepper Squid Chazuke Light & healthy Plain steamed Crispy tofu with curry Cabbage filled Marinated squid Salmon, tilapia, traditional soya bean , sauce, pickles and pancake topped crispy fried and shiso leaf, broth with wakame, piled high and steamed rice. Voted with smoked bonito served with red chilli koshu, rice and spring onion and tofu. served straight up. ‘Best Vegan Curry’ by tuna flakes and lots and spring onions. in a fragrant sumo £2.20 60kcal V 307 kcal V ME PETA. 485 kcal V N more. 146 kcal 145 kcal broth. 355 kcal

Spicy Seafood Yasai Teba No Salmon Steamed Bun Buta No Noodle or Rice Crunchy fresh Crispy chicken Nagoya’s favourite Grilled kimchi salmon Slow-braised pork Spicy kimchi broth vegetables, edamame, thigh drizzled with crispy fried chicken Hirata bun, light and belly and in with fresh prawns, chilli sauce. wings served with pillowy with pickled aromatic sweet soy salmon, squid and powder and sesame 164 kcal lime. 244 kcal onions. 287 kcal on rice. 430 kcal sumo ME vegetables. 316 kcal oil. 339 kcal V

Curry Beef Chicken Chicken Katsu Curry Duck Steamed Bun Nanbanzuke Ramen or Rice The same as our Crispy chicken covered Lightly battered dough Hoisin duck in a fluffy Sweet & sour tilapia Garlic, chilli and vegetable version in mild curry, served balls with octopus, Hirata bun with and pickles nestled sesame paste curry with fresh grilled with pickles and topped with mayo, pickled cucumber on rice. Southern broth with seared chicken thigh. steamed white rice. bonito and lots more. and coriander. barbarian food! sumo sumo ME beef. 378 kcal N 411 kcal ME 519 kcal N Osaka’s No.1! 171 kcal 226 kcal 399 kcal

Miso Dumpling Salmon Ebi Fry Ramen or Rice The same as our Crispy tail-on prawns Miso broth with vegetable version drizzled with crunchy fresh with flaked salmon. . GYOZA vegetables and gyoza. 411 kcal 122 kcal sumo ME 346 kcal V Crisp & light batter Dumplings Glazed in a sweet soy

Ebi Fry Curry Crispy prawn katsu Yasai Yasai Chicken Teriyaki topped with mild Lightly battered Crunchy vegetable Fresh chicken thighs, curry, pickles and vegetable selection and soya filled gyoza sliced and diced hot steamed white rice. for dipping in a with soy vinegar off the grill. sumo Stir-fried noodles ME 379 kcal N sesame vinegar. dipping sauce. 300 kcal 153 kcal V 111 kcal V Kabocha Katsu Crispy bites of Plain Popcorn Shrimp Chicken Salmon Teriyaki Kabocha pumpkin, Hot noodles to slurp, A pile of crispy shrimp Chicken and Fresh pieces of drizzled with tonkatsu served straight up. topped with a sweet vegetable filled tender salmon served sauce. 130 kcal V 158 kcal V shiro miso & chilli gyoza with soy hot from the grill. sauce. 341 kcal vinegar dipping 222 kcal sauce.119 kcal Hotate Katsu Yasai Sweet & crunchy Soft Shell Crab Duck Beef Teriyaki A tangy favourite, Hokkaido scallops Classic soft shell crab Duck gyoza with Crispy slices of beef served with crunchy with sauce. pieces served with hoisin dipping sauce. cooked up in a fresh vegetables. 277 kcal our sweet chilli mayo 132 kcal tempting sticky garlic 189 kcal V dip. 219 kcal & soy glaze with a fresh chilli kick. Katsu Selection 227 kcal Chicken, Kabocha, Chicken Fish Tempura and Ebi Fry drizzled Hot noodles with Slices of tilapia with tonkatsu sauce. fresh pieces of and shiso leaf 197 kcal chicken thigh. with a dip. 261 kcal 86 kcal Maguro Katsu A special blend of tuna, onion and mayo with wasabi sauce. hot 317 kcal dishes £2.15 £2.70 £3.65 £4.15 £4.55 £5.25 £6.25 sumo ME £8.50 5 OTSUMAMI ROLLS JAPANESE SIDES & SNACKS Large and small rolls Premium slices of fish or meat

Edamame Crispy Salmon Skin Ginza Salmon Beef Tataki Salmon & Yuzu Pods sprinkled Crispy fried salmon Fresh salmon, cream Our freshest cuts of Pepper-seared Tartare with salt flakes and skin nori roll with cheese and cucumber thick-sliced salmon, rare beef and tangy Finely chopped salmon spring onion. Pop the shichimi powder roll with arënkha caviar, with mooli and lemon. coriander pesto. with yuzu , beans out and eat! and spring onion. teriyaki, sriracha and 140 kcal 159 kcal salmon roe & coriander 121 kcal V 114 kcal mayo. 260 kcal pesto. 174 kcal

Kaiso Seaweed California Fish No Chip Roll Tuna Salmon & Yuzu Salsa Tuna & Caviar Marinated mixed , avocado and Tilapia tempura, Thick cut slices of Thin sliced salmon & soy marinated, seaweed, edamame Japanese mayo nori onion, cucumber and yellowfin tuna with served up with a pepper-seared tuna and carrots in a roll with toasted black wasabi sauce nori roll mooli and lime. yuzu salsa & ponzu served with shiso leaf. su-miso sauce. and white sesame with citrus yuzu 105 kcal dressing. 102 kcal 112 kcal 120 kcal V seeds. 142 kcal furikake. 139 kcal

Goma Salad Spicy Chicken Hoisin Duck Albacore Truffle Salmon Selection Crunchy fresh Crispy chicken katsu Duck, cucumber and Ponzu Tataki Two pieces each of vegetables with nutty nori roll with shichimi spring onion nori roll Lightly seared tuna sashimi, sushi and goma-sesame powder and tonkatsu with hoisin & orange with a truffle ponzu maki all on one plate. TEMAKI dressing. 60 kcal V sauce. 130 kcal sauce. 117 kcal dressing. 87 kcal 214 kcal HAND ROLLS

Kimchi Ika YO! Roll Ichi-Ni-San Roll Poached squid Our signature roll! Scallop, salmon, Crispy Salmon Skin with quick-pickled Fresh salmon, tuna, cucumber and Salmon skin, spring Kaiso kimchi chilli avocado, Japanese yuzu koshu nori roll onion and salad, SUSHI Marinated seaweed vegetables. 71 kcal mayo and orange with arënkha caviar. wrapped in a nori with su-miso sauce, masago. 140 kcal 209 kcal Rice blocks with a topping rice cone. 99 kcal wrapped in nori. Harusame Aubergine Yasai Dragon Roll 106 kcal V Fried slices of Veggie heaven: inari, California roll topped Ama Ebi Yasai aubergine with avocado, cucumber, with fresh salmon, Sweet raw shrimp Cucumber, inari and Ebi a garlic & ginger carrot nori roll with shichimi powder and with traditional tamago with mayo, Poached & butterflied sesame soy dressing. teriyaki, mayo and spring onion. 178 kcal wasabi and nori. wrapped in a nori sweet prawn with a 82 kcal V cress. 170 kcal V 80 kcal rice cone. 184 kcal V wasabi kick. 137 kcal Potato Salada Spicy Tuna Roll Selection The Izakaya classic. Chopped yellowfin One piece of each Tamago California Potato, quick-pickled tuna, spicy sriracha of our premium rolls: Sweet and light egg Surimi, avocado, Albacore Tuna vegetables with and rayu chilli oil nori Ichi-Ni-San, Ginza omelette and nori. mayo and toasted Quick-seared mustard mayo roll with shichimi and Spider. 225 kcal 262 kcal V sesame seeds in albacore tuna, spring dressing. 210 kcal V powder. 132 kcal a nori rice cone. onion and cress with 179 kcal Spicy Chicken Salad Ebi Avocado truffle ponzu. 91 kcal Kimchi grilled chicken Prawn katsu and Soft avocado & Salmon Salmon & Avocado thigh with crunchy avocado filled nori mayo nori roll. Fresh slices of salmon Fresh salmon, Beef salad and a sesame roll with dried purple 131 kcal V with a touch of wasabi. avocado, mayo and Seared beef with soy dressing. 204 kcal shiso yukari. 127 kcal 97 kcal toasted sesame nori and 7-chilli seeds in a nori rice shichimi powder cone. 131 kcal for spice. 102 kcal Ramen Noodle Salad Spider Kappa Noodles coated in Tempura soft shell crab Crunchy cucumber Inari sesame sauce with and pickled ginger roll and toasted sesame Sweet parcels Assorted pickled ginger, wakame with yuzu tobiko and seed nori roll. of soft beancurd make your own hand roll Sushi & Maki and crisp shallots. sweet chilli sauce. 93 kcal V filled with sticky rice. Salmon, Tuna and Choose one filling from each section 331 kcal V 179 kcal 102 kcal V Ebi sushi, Avocado Blossom Salmon and Kappa Maki. Prawn katsu and Fresh salmon and Saba 220 kcal Hoisin Duck, Soft Shell Crab avocado nori roll with wasabi nori roll. Teriyaki glazed cured 1 Tempura, Spicy Tuna, Ebi Fry, Sushi Selection purple shiso yukari 122 kcal mackerel slices and Chicken Katsu, Fresh Salmon Tasting plate of and spicy tuna spring onion. Albacore Tuna sushi, topping. 199 kcal 316 kcal 2 Avocado, Cucumber, Salad, COLD Ama Ebi and Saba Ginger, Spring Onion, Inari Dynamite Tuna sushi. 259 kcal Salmon & avocado Yellowfin tuna and Mayo, Hot Chilli Sauce, Katsu nori roll with rayu wasabi nori roll. 3 Sauce, Sweet Chilli Mayo, dishes chilli oil, sriracha mayo 115 kcal Sesame Sauce, Su-Miso and spring onion. It’s a hot one! 168 kcal £2.15 £2.70 £3.65 £4.15 £4.55 £5.25 £6.25 sumo ME £8.50 7 soft drinks white wine ABV

Fresh-pressed Sauvignon Blanc 12% sake pairings Watermelon Juice Tropical and fresh (South Africa) Sake is a Japanese rice wine £3.40 250ml £2.00 75ml £3.00 125ml that’s brewed more like a beer 100% watermelon, nothing added. £4.50 175ml £6.00 250ml than a wine. It’s umami flavour £16.00 Bottle can be enjoyed both warm or Fresh-pressed cold. Like a wine, it goes well Orange Juice Pinot Grigio 13% with lots of dishes, from salmon £2.90 250ml Light and zesty (Australia) sashimi and udon noodles right 100% orange juice, nothing else. £2.00 75ml £3.50 125ml the way through to crispy £5.00 175ml £6.50 250ml tempura. Here’s a few of our Soda £18.00 Bottle top pairings:

£2.90 200ml Gekkeikan (warm) Japan’s oldest and most popular soft Buta No Kakuni drink, also known as ‘marble soda’. red wine ABV Nanbanzuke

Jax Coco Merlot 13% Hakushika Ginjou (cold) Coconut Water Smooth and mellow (Australia) Dragon Roll £2.70 330ml £2.00 75ml £3.00 125ml Albacore Truffle Ponzu Tataki £4.50 175ml £6.00 250ml Yuzu & Pear Juice £16.00 Bottle £3.00 250ml

Aloe Vera Drink rose wine ABV sake ABV £2.70 500ml Zinfandel 10.5% Gekkeikan 14.6% Pomegranate & Sweet and juicy (USA) Mild and semi-sweet (warm) £2.60 330ml £2.00 75ml £3.00 125ml £5.50 250ml £4.50 175ml £6.00 250ml Coke/Diet Coke/Sprite £16.00 Bottle Hakushika Ginjou 13.5% £2.40 330ml Gentle and fruity (cold) £4.50 180ml £7.00 300ml H2YO! Still/Fizzy Water £1.60 500ml WINE BY beer ABV THE GLASS Photograph: Christabelle Ong unlimited Asahi 5% 75ml – a cheeky lunch break Super crisp. Super dry. Fresh Fruit Roll Japanese Green Tea 125ml – hump day tipple £3.90 330ml £5.20 500ml 175ml – that Friday feeling The perfect palate Premium green tea £1.70 250ml – it’s the weekend... sweets cleanser - our fresh sponge swirled with Sapporo 5% and healthy fruit fresh cream & azuki Triple filtered water Big can. Premium beer. plate. 51 kcal V beans. 231 kcal V Still/Fizzy £1.20 £6.40 650ml We promote a Zero Waste Society. Japanese Souffle Our water is chilled, purified and triple Kagua Craft Rouge 9% Classic Japanese Cheesecake filtered using both ultraviolet and BUBBLES ABV Craft Ale. Copper colour, pancake sandwich Soft, moist & light natural carbon blocks. Excellent creamy head. with a light baked souffle clarity and taste whilst reducing waste Prosecco 11% £5.80 330ml custard filling. cheesecake. – saving 1.7 million bottles a year Delicate and fizzy (Italy) 138 kcal V 165 kcal V from hitting the bins. £4.50 125ml Kagua Craft Blanc 8% £23.00 Bottle Chocolate Apple Gyoza Craft Ale. Yuzu aroma, creamy taste. Bite into the Served sizzling hot, £5.80 330ml glutinous soft rice sweet & crispy outer to reveal a rich dumplings with chocolate ganache salted miso caramel. centre. 207 kcal V 115 kcal V

Strawberry Cheesecake Mochi Sweet rice ball filled with strawberry cheesecake. 188 kcal V drinks £2.15 £2.70 £3.65 £4.15 £4.55 £5.25 £6.25 sumo ME £8.50 9 Fashion Fix

There’s no way around it. Kawaii ‘cuteness’ is the dominant cultural force in Tokyo fashion at the moment, and it shows little sign of abating. In the past the party-bound gyaru or cemetery-bound Goth might have held our interest a bit more with parallel conversations on a sub-cultural level, but now kawaii sets the style pace - and everyone else falls in line.

It might be cute, but look past the pretty and kawaii reveals unexpected depth. Ever since 6% DokiDoki creative director Sebastian Masuda proclaimed, “kawaii is the new punk”, it has become an avenue for subversion in Japanese fashion. And it doesn’t just rely on the garments themselves, but on their context. Kawaii fashion is both a societally acceptable avenue for the young - and a state celebrated by the male gaze - but take it out of those contexts and it can be a powerful tool for rebellion. After all, there is nothing inherently transgressive about a Lolita fashion BEYOND party dress. But rather it’s the fact that an adult woman is wearing it. This is an act of rebellion against Japanese societal expectations which stipulate ‘good wife, wise mother’. Set against the spikes and KAWAIi scum of punk that - until gentrified by the fashion establishment - were a rebellion themselves, kawaii is an ironically more cerebral, more mature ‘middle finger’ to society at large.

And now this kawaii revolution has spread to men’s fashion, with designers such as Mikio Sakabe long realising the counter-culture implications of a kawaii man. With menswear tastes veering away from the conventionally masculine, this is the fashion frontier to watch. Ultimately, extremes of kawaii culture only serve to highlight that kawaii is not about being feminine, but un-gendered. After all, anything can be kawaii: a certain silent cat, even a pen, and certainly a man.

by Samuel Thomas metropolisjapan.com

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THUNDERBOX AT PLAY this one inevitably will. of any sub-culture is hoping not too many people catch on, and fully functional arcade games. While an essential part including the ultra rare, original gacha machine from Cosmos store and you’ll see the brand in its full cultural context, You can find the brand online, but visit the West Tokyo Nakano deliver on. half-hearted collaborations and merchandise could never craving to wear your subcultural affiliations in a way that other buttons, 8 bit characters are embroidered, ready to satisfy the only well observed, but also well executed. D-pads turn up as Or any number of nods to Star Wars? This eclectic mix is not legendary avant-garde electronic act Yellow Magic Orchestra? references. What about the red armbands inspired by the brand for you. But these are collections that are all about their lost you somewhere around Nintendo, this might not be the the ubiquitous NES Zapper turning up. If that last sentence Nintendo’s Japanese Famicom and the Western NES - with even fashion, with pieces inspired by the colours and lines of A fact which delights serious gaming fans who love their Frequently retro games take centre stage in Morita’s designs. obscure - so that only those in the know, will know. Its references are kept relatively guarded - but pleasingly from the usual fandom fare and takes it into fashion proper. It’s this all-important sense of style that separates Thunderbox of Nakano Broadway. mothership - a stone’s throw from the sub-culture mecca the geek-chic references and gravitate to the Thunderbox each wear. Fellow streetwear aficionados would clock Word of the brand originally spread across the city with secret on the Tokyo fashion scene. Morita is a surprisingly well-kept Thunderbox from designer Tsuyoshi metropolisjapan.com by Samuel Thomas

The internationally acclaimed artist proves himself to his homelanD

Takashi Murakami is one of those Japanese artists who seem to be a lot more popular with people outside of Japan than within. Perhaps this is a reflection of the fact that - like automobiles and electronics - the Japanese contemporary art market is skewed heavily towards export. Overseas, Murakami’s otaku-flavoured pop art plays out remarkably well, yet in Japan he is often dismissed as tacky and jejune.

His latest big exhibition at the Mori Museum of Art, Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats, seems to be an attempt to address this imbalance. This new art is now moving strongly towards referencing traditional TAKASHI Japanese art. The 500 Arhats refers to 500 ‘perfected persons’ who’ve attained nirvana ... in other words, Buddhist MURAKAMI saints. Painting 500 of them has long been considered something of a spiritual exercise for Buddhists. Many images are initially impressive – large, garishly coloured, with an excellent finish. Yet, when all’s said and done, these are manga- esque images full of knowing irony. Each post- modern addition grafted onto a tradition defined by genuine belief and piety.

The real genius in Murakami’s case is not so much his artistic ability – which many ‘lesser artists’ could match or surpass (and which is supplemented anyway by his numerous assistants). But his managerial ability, social power, and geek-like understanding of how the modern internet-driven media works.

This embrace of modern, internet-facilitated egoism runs directly counter to the self-effacing message of Buddhism the exhibition is ostensibly about. From one point of view, this represents continuity with the ironic art of Murakami’s past, but from another, it contradicts Murakami’s goal of becoming more accepted by the Japanese mainstream.

C.B. Liddell metropolisjapan.com

15 MOSHI HOOKED ON HARAJUKU We’re inspired by authentic Japanese food, taking our flavours straight from the streets of Tokyo and styling them up our way. MOSHI From traditional Izakaya bars with beers and bites to the freshest cuts of sushi, sake and modern street food. It’s fast and fresh with a YO! twist. Steaming bowls of ramen, straight up sashimi, pillowy buns - whatever your favourite, you can expect to eat it fresh. We’ll add the finest ingredients to our dishes, sourcing yuzu oils, caviar and truffle for exciting flavour combinations. THISISTOKYO # When our Exec Chef isn’t cooking, he’ll be in Tokyo seeking out the latest flavours, sampling feasts of meat, noodles and spice all in the name of YO! - bringing them into the kitchen and on to the next plate. LET IT ROLL Happy Sushi masterclass fish

We need to talk about fish. Perfect your sushi skills We eat no evil here. It’s our with a masterclass for two mission to know exactly where at Sushi School. Like school, LIVE our fish comes from before we but better, come hungry and bring it to your plate. get to grips with the history of this Japanese classic. FAST Take our Norwegian salmon. We show you how to prep Delivered to us 6 days a week, ingredients, cook the rice, EAT we’re only happy with less than handle and slice the fish and, 2% fish in over 98% seawater. finally how to roll. Then you Why? Because healthy salmon get to eat everything. fresh equals tasty salmon. Get in touch yosushi.com/sushischool And when it comes to our tuna, it’s all about the mellow yellow. We’ll only ever use YO yellowfin (never bluefin) so you LO can eat happy. Arigato! The world’s oldest man, Yasutaro Koide from ONLY THE Japan, lived until he was FRESHEST 112 years old. SURVIVE He said the All our food is prepared fresh key to a long on site every single day. life was to ‘live with joy’. MAR16PCS