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Japan opens up at last: Places to feast at

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Save your money so you can feast in Japan. Here are some restaurants to check out.

Save your money so you can feast in Japan. Here are some restaurants to check out.

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TOKYO – Singaporeans subscribe to Japanese snack boxes, haunt Japanese food fairs in supermarkets, pose for photos with pretend sakura (thank you for standing in, pink poui), and pay way too much money for Japanese meals.

Now, though, the country has opened its borders and nothing stands between us and the land of, well, the real sakura.

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