Gyudon App
Feb 27, 2016 | 8:40 pm
#2
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have you ever been lost in Tokyo and the craving for gyudon hits?
This app is the answer! Someone actually mapped all the gyudon shops.
Useful!
This app is the answer! Someone actually mapped all the gyudon shops.
Useful!
Last edited by bmwe92fan; Feb 27, 2016 at 8:45 pm
Mar 1, 2016 | 1:35 pm
#3
Join Date: Sep 2004
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have you ever been lost in Tokyo and the craving for gyudon hits?
This app is the answer! Someone actually mapped all the gyudon shops.
Useful!
This app is the answer! Someone actually mapped all the gyudon shops.
Useful!
Mar 4, 2016 | 10:25 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Oh my god that's brilliant. I mean, I'm not a gyudon person really (although I do love me some unadon now and then), but it piqued my interest...
I searched for ラーメン in the play store... there are ramen maps also! I feel like my life is now complete. =D
I searched for ラーメン in the play store... there are ramen maps also! I feel like my life is now complete. =D
Mar 4, 2016 | 8:42 pm
#7
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I neglected to mention in my original post. This app is for all of Japan. And someone actually put this app together and let us have it for free! Buy that person an XL gyudon! 
Mar 4, 2016 | 8:43 pm
#8
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Test them out, which one works the best, post! ^
Mar 7, 2016 | 11:07 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2015
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They seem to all (?) use the same database at ramendb.supleks.jp. That being said, I've decided I like 「ラーメンマップ」by YSS at Tokyo. I may continue looking, because I'd really like to be able to do more results filtering (like, for example, only show me tonkotsu places?).
And no, it's not just restaurants in japan! It shows restaurants in america, too! O_o
And no, it's not just restaurants in japan! It shows restaurants in america, too! O_o
Mar 7, 2016 | 11:16 am
#11
Join Date: Apr 2015
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It does appear to only be the major chains. Its big selling point seems to be the chain logo icons as pins on the map, so you can tell which chain each restaurant is. That said, I don't know of a non-chain store I could try to find with it in order to test it out. And one of the option screens, from the screenshot, does say "chain" on it (for chain selection).
Mar 10, 2016 | 10:20 pm
#12
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It's a fun silly app that serves an important purpose. When you first open it and it shows all of Japan, it shows only a few pins. When you zoom in to Tokyo, for example, the pins begin to rain down. And when you zoom into a district, it rains even more pins!
Am in SFO now, really would like a gyudon now. With "sauce".
Am in SFO now, really would like a gyudon now. With "sauce".
Mar 11, 2016 | 12:43 pm
#13
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Getting off topic from the app itself, is there a non-chain place that serves Gyudon in Tokyo that folks would recommend? I really love the Gyudon at Yoshinoya but every time I'm there, I think to myself that there must be something even better and/or more authentic.
Mar 11, 2016 | 9:20 pm
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Getting off topic from the app itself, is there a non-chain place that serves Gyudon in Tokyo that folks would recommend? I really love the Gyudon at Yoshinoya but every time I'm there, I think to myself that there must be something even better and/or more authentic.