{"id":712,"date":"2008-08-05T20:15:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T11:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2008\/08\/05\/japans-hidden-secrets-the-best-tonkatsu-in-shonan\/"},"modified":"2008-08-05T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T11:15:58","slug":"japans-hidden-secrets-the-best-tonkatsu-in-shonan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#039;s Hidden Secrets-The Best Tonkatsu in Shonan.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"files\/P7310244.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310244.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nok, been getting a lot of emails from people all over japan sharing their secret eating places.  this one is different.  this hidden secret came from kaneohe.  yeah, wendell kong sent me an email a few months ago telling me about this chicken katsu place in shonan.  he said it&#8217;s the best in japan and guys like pat rawson and wake tokoro say the same thing.  i pass by this place about 50 times a year and didn&#8217;t even recognize the place.   so after wendell gave me directions, i went to check it out this time&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/P7310239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310239.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nit&#8217;s pretty old school style.  middle age married couple running this place probably for generations.  i liked the feeling when i got inside&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/P7310241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310241.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nwendell told me to try the chicken stuffed with cheese katsu.  i wasn&#8217;t in the cheese mood so i took the pork katsu, or &#8220;tonkatsu&#8221;.  750 yen or $7.  not bad&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/P7310240.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310240.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nwhen i check someplace out, i check everything.  they had the sesame seed grinding machine, hot mustard, and sweet sauce&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/P7310243.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310243.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nall this for $7?  what a freakin deal!!  and when i took my first bite, i was like &#8220;ummmmmmmm.&#8221;  the lady was looking at me and laughing.  why?  because i was by myself.. haha&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"files\/P7310242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/P7310242.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nwendell was right.  this place is probably the best katsu restaurant in japan.  and now that i know where it is, i&#8217;ll be back for sure.  it&#8217;s called SAGARA and you get there by taking route 134 toward hiratsuka.  once you go over the banyu bridge, you will see a denny&#8217;s on the right.  take the right at that light and SAGARA is right on the right side.   the phone number is 0463-22-6336 if you get lost.  try it, you&#8217;ll like it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, been getting a lot of emails from people all over japan sharing their secret eating places. this one is different. this hidden secret came from kaneohe. yeah, wendell kong sent me an email a few months ago telling me about this chicken katsu place in shonan. he said it&#8217;s the best in japan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-go-naminori"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}