Japanese food and pop music are grabbing Londoners' appetites and hearts

A tonkatsu ramen dish from Sasuke Ramen restaurant, in Soho, London. Photo: facebook/sasukeramen

For years, traditional Japanese food such as Sushi has been a darling among food connoisseurs. But nowadays, home-cooked style Japanese food has been whetting appetites of Londoners.

In fact the number of Japanese restaurants around the world has been rapidly increasing. According to a recent study by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, there are 1.6 times more Japanese restaurants this year from a year ago. Europe has also seen a rush of Japanese restaurants, whose number increased by almost two-fold.