Little Texas (Tokyo restaurant)
Restaurant in Tokyo, Japan
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Little Texas (リトルテキサス, Ritoru Tekisasu) is a honky-tonk and Texan cuisine restaurant in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[1] Opened in 2005,[2] it is owned and operated by Takeshi Yoshino and his wife Natsuko Grace Yoshino.[3][4] Takeshi heard Japanese country music artist Dave Kuboi and became fascinated with Westerns, Western wear, and the Western lifestyle.[5] It is one of the main venues for country and Western music in Japan.[3]
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| Owner(s) | Takeshi Yoshino and Natsuko Grace Yoshino |
| Food type | Texan cuisine |
| Dress code | Casual, Western wear |
| Location | Meguro-Daiichi-Bldg. B1F 1-5-19, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | www |
The restaurant is decorated with memorabilia from the Southern and Southwestern United States.[6] Its menu focuses on food inspired by Texas, and its neighboring states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, including steak, tacos, chicken-fried steak, jambalaya, Texas-shaped dessert waffles, along with related Japanese cuisine dishes like taco rice. But it also includes broader American cuisine influenced foods, hot dogs and spaghetti and meatballs.[7]
As a music venue for Japanese country and western musicians, it features a stage and dance floor.[8] They also offer line dance lessons.[3][9]
In 2011, then–Texas Governor Rick Perry named Takeshi and Natsuco Yoshino honorary Texans.[2][10]