Yabusoba, the famous traditional soba restaurant was destroyed in a fire

Kanda Yabusoba

At around 7:20PM on February 19th a fire broke out in Kanda, Tokyo destroying five buildings including Kanda Yabusoba.
The fire sight located approximately 500 metres southwest from Akihabara Station, was put out in two hours. The 40 people inside the traditional soba restaurant safely evacuated.
Yabusoba was established in 1880 in Meiji era. The architecture was built 90 years ago, the year of the Great Kantō earthquake, survived through World War II.

Countries of the best local food - Hotels.com

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A Texas based online hotel reservation service, Hotels.com revealed the result of survey about global food conducted to more than 27,000 travelers in the world.


Countries of the Best Local Food(by the world travelers)

1 :Italy - 32%
2 :France - 24%
3 :Japan - 18%
4 :China - 13%
5 :Spain - 11%
6 :United States - 10%
7 :Mexico - 8%
8 :Thailand - 8%
9 :Taiwan - 5%
10:India - 5%

Sushi, tempura, ramen and soba were the world's favorite Japanese foods.


Countries of the Best Local Food(by Japanese travelers)

1 :Italy - 40%
2 :France - 31%
3 :Japan - 19%
4 :China - 15%
5 :Korea - 14%
6 :Taiwan - 10%
7 :Spain - 7%
8 :Germany - 7%
9 :Thailand - 6%
10:United States - 5%


Recommended Japanese Food(by Japanese)
*Choosing three Japanese food for recommendation

1 :Sushi - 74%
2 :Tempura - 57%
3 :Ramen - 33%
4 :Soba - 31%
5 :Okonomiyaki - 27%
6 :Shabu-shabu - 24%
7 :Curry - 14%
8 :Yakiniku - 9%
9 :Natto - 7%
10:Fugu - 6%


～日本食も世界のスタンダード料理の仲間入り！～ Hotels.com、全世界27,000人の旅行者を対象に 「旅先での食事」に関するアンケート調査を実施　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/120731/prl12073118200092-n1.htm