Traveling to Japan in Bordeaux

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Discover Japan in Bordeaux

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Discover Japan in the streets of Sleeping Beauty

Japan aficionados, those impatient before their first trip to Japan, or those nostalgic for their stay will be delighted to be able to find a bit of Japan in Bordeaux. Japan Experience shares its favorite places in the heart of the Gironde capital...

The Japanese Café (and its annex)

 

This restaurant run by the Japanese offers quality cuisine, faithful to the classics and techniques of Japanese cusine.

Located in the heart of the historic center, not far from Place Camille Jullian, its beautiful wooden room transports you directly to Japan. You can also dine on the terrace , à la bordelaise.

Dishes in bento, donburis, tempuras, sushi, maki, sashimi, or even noodles (ramen, udon, sobas) at the Japanese Café Annex, you can discover a fine range of typical Japanese dishes.

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The Japanese Cafe

Fufu Restaurant

 

A reference address for all Bordeaux residents looking for street-food-oriented Japanese gastronomy.

Specialist in ramen but also yakisoba and tonkatsu, Fufu allows you to discover Japanese tastes in a typically Japanese setting, where you can eat at the bar in front of the cooks, like most ramen restaurants in Japan.

 

 

Fufu is the perfect place to enjoy shrimp yakisoba, accompanied by a cold Japanese beer. Even if there may be a wait, it's well worth it!

 

  • Address: 37 Rue Saint-Rémi, 33000 Bordeaux
  • Opening hours: open every day from 11:30 am to 10:30 pm.
  • Restaurant website

 

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A ramen at Fufu

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One night in Shibuya

In the same shopping street as Fufu is the restaurant "Un soir à Shibuya" which relies on the quality of its products.

Its red storefront, devoid of a sign, does not suggest what is hidden inside... Starting with sushi, of course, but also tempuras, yakitoris, gyudon, and especially Osaka-style okonomiyaki.

You can also taste different Japanese alcohols such as umeshu, shochu, Japanese whiskey, and enjoy a Kirin beer on tap.

 

  • Address: 44 rue Saint-Rémi 33000 Bordeaux
  • Opening hours: open Monday from 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm, and Tuesday to Saturday from 12:15 p.m. to 2:30 pm. and from 7:15 pm to 10:30 pm.
  • Restaurant website

 

 

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Okonomiyaki at "One Night in Shibuya"

One night in Shibuya

Japan Market

 

Located on rue Saint-James, just next to Bordeaux's iconic Grosse Cloche, the small Japan Market shop is a Japanese grocery store, perfect for those who want to try their hand at Japanese cuisine.

You will find all the necessary kitchen utensils, knives, chopsticks, steam baskets, woks... but also the ingredients. You can get rice, seaweed, soy sauces, but also Japanese sweets, as well as teas and alcohol from Japan.

 

  • Address: 27 Rue Saint-James, 33000 Bordeaux
  • Opening hours: open Monday 3 pm to 7.30 pm, Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 7.30 pm.

 

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Saint-James street in Bordeaux

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The Japan Market

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