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What is a famiresu? (About Japanese “Family Restaurants”) | Japan Station 219/Ichimon Japan 61

By Tony R. Vega

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This episode is a re-broadcast of episode 61 of the Ichimon Japan podcast (originally released 6/21/22).

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: What is a famiresu?

Topics Discussed

What famiresu are
The characteristics of famiresu (family restaurants)
About the history of famiresu in Japan
The first famiresu in Japan (Skylark)
Some of the most popular famiresu in Japan
About Big Boy and how it’s an offshoot of Bob’s Big Boy
About Jonathan’s
About Bikkuri Donkey
About Saizeriya
Whether Sizzler is a famiresu
Whether TGIFriday’s is a famiresu
Whether kaitenzushi (conveyor belt sushi) should be considered famiresu
And much more!

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Japanese Vocabulary List

Most episodes feature at least one or two interesting Japanese words or phrases. Here’s some of the ones that came up on this episode. All information is from Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC.

Famiresu
- ファミレス (n) (abbr) (See ファミリーレストラン) family restaurant

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