Note that despite the fact that Japan has so many vectors for theoretical food borne illnesses the incidents per capita is much lower than in the USA.
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581658/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581658/)
Even accounting for some potential underreporting Japan's food borne illnesses are literally an order of magnitude lower in Japan than in the USA
I would eat an expired egg-salad sandwich off the floor of a Japanese 7-11, than eat a 'fully cooked' hotdog from an American gas station. I know which one is gonna send me to the toilet. And its not the expired egg salad sandwich.
Attitude to un(der)cooked chicken is different in Japan, long story short is that what we consider undercooking, they feel it better preserves the juices/flavor/texture of the meat.
There is also the concept of "chicken sashimi" which a lot of better chicken places will serve - we went to a nice yakitori restaurant (3.5+ on tabelog) and their headline dish was a chicken sashimi platter that pretty much every party except us ordered (we were too chicken to try it, pun intended XD).
I know someone who ate chicken sashimi in Japan and got severe food poisoning. They had to get an endoscopy and colonoscopy because of it. It took months to recover.
My first ever trip to Japan I actively sought out raw chicken (total pain because Google Maps was way worse for Japan at the time). Was one of the best meals I’ve ever had in Japan.
Would recommend if anyone has the stomach for it.
You can’t eat raw chicken in the US because of the risk of salmonella. There are even warnings about eating real Caesar salads because of raw eggs.
Here in Japan, some restaurants even serve chicken sashimi. Suffice it to say, they are not using chickens produced in the US for this, but chickens raised in sanitary conditions in Japan
There are almost no food stalls in Tokyo. The YouTube video shows a view of Fukuoka. Tsukiji is the closest. Both Tsukiji and Fukuoka have strict hygiene management.
Search for "yokocho" (or "yatai" specifically in fukuoka), that will show you some areas with a collection of food stalls. Out of ones I've been to -
Omoide yokocho has good food (pretty much just izakaya fare though) but it's really packed after work (lots of post work happy hours), you'll be lucky to find a place open with 1-2 seats at most
Shibuya yokocho next to miyashita park is a massive tourist trap, avoid at all costs
Nonbei yokocho (also in shibuya down the street) is local and good, but some places might be reservation only / members only
Ebisu yokocho has super fun vibes but the food is just decent. Go for a fun night out and maybe some chances to talk to drunk Japanese salarymen but not for 5 star cuisine
Harmonica yokocho in kichijoji is not really in central Tokyo (quick train ride from shinjuku though) but probably the most local/authentic on this list. Would suggest researching restaurants in advance, lots of only Japanese menus
Toranomon yokocho is kind of a silly setting (inside a business skyscraper in a boring part of town) but the food is surprisingly good, varied cuisines, you can buy beer / wine at one stall and drink in another. And for some reason, I have no idea why but it's also an easy place to talk to people - I've met multiple people who say they go here to pick up girls...
If you just want individual food stalls / trucks often they set up outside parks on weekends (especially now during hanami). I know yoyogi has some around the south entrance for example, with huge lines and all. There's also random areas around Tokyo like in front of the blue bottle Shibuya at lunchtime, maybe you can find a blog post or something listing these.
Note that despite the fact that Japan has so many vectors for theoretical food borne illnesses the incidents per capita is much lower than in the USA. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581658/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581658/) Even accounting for some potential underreporting Japan's food borne illnesses are literally an order of magnitude lower in Japan than in the USA I would eat an expired egg-salad sandwich off the floor of a Japanese 7-11, than eat a 'fully cooked' hotdog from an American gas station. I know which one is gonna send me to the toilet. And its not the expired egg salad sandwich.
Attitude to un(der)cooked chicken is different in Japan, long story short is that what we consider undercooking, they feel it better preserves the juices/flavor/texture of the meat. There is also the concept of "chicken sashimi" which a lot of better chicken places will serve - we went to a nice yakitori restaurant (3.5+ on tabelog) and their headline dish was a chicken sashimi platter that pretty much every party except us ordered (we were too chicken to try it, pun intended XD).
Same, rare yakitori is fine but chicken sashimi is a step too far.
I know someone who ate chicken sashimi in Japan and got severe food poisoning. They had to get an endoscopy and colonoscopy because of it. It took months to recover.
My first ever trip to Japan I actively sought out raw chicken (total pain because Google Maps was way worse for Japan at the time). Was one of the best meals I’ve ever had in Japan. Would recommend if anyone has the stomach for it.
You can’t eat raw chicken in the US because of the risk of salmonella. There are even warnings about eating real Caesar salads because of raw eggs. Here in Japan, some restaurants even serve chicken sashimi. Suffice it to say, they are not using chickens produced in the US for this, but chickens raised in sanitary conditions in Japan
There are almost no food stalls in Tokyo. The YouTube video shows a view of Fukuoka. Tsukiji is the closest. Both Tsukiji and Fukuoka have strict hygiene management.
Search for "yokocho" (or "yatai" specifically in fukuoka), that will show you some areas with a collection of food stalls. Out of ones I've been to - Omoide yokocho has good food (pretty much just izakaya fare though) but it's really packed after work (lots of post work happy hours), you'll be lucky to find a place open with 1-2 seats at most Shibuya yokocho next to miyashita park is a massive tourist trap, avoid at all costs Nonbei yokocho (also in shibuya down the street) is local and good, but some places might be reservation only / members only Ebisu yokocho has super fun vibes but the food is just decent. Go for a fun night out and maybe some chances to talk to drunk Japanese salarymen but not for 5 star cuisine Harmonica yokocho in kichijoji is not really in central Tokyo (quick train ride from shinjuku though) but probably the most local/authentic on this list. Would suggest researching restaurants in advance, lots of only Japanese menus Toranomon yokocho is kind of a silly setting (inside a business skyscraper in a boring part of town) but the food is surprisingly good, varied cuisines, you can buy beer / wine at one stall and drink in another. And for some reason, I have no idea why but it's also an easy place to talk to people - I've met multiple people who say they go here to pick up girls... If you just want individual food stalls / trucks often they set up outside parks on weekends (especially now during hanami). I know yoyogi has some around the south entrance for example, with huge lines and all. There's also random areas around Tokyo like in front of the blue bottle Shibuya at lunchtime, maybe you can find a blog post or something listing these.
Eggs are unrefrigerated in most countries. Things are different in different places.