Author Junot Díaz, a ramen junkie, explains why Fukuoka is Japan’s next great food city—and it isn’t just about the noodles.

Díaz is also won a Pulitzer for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which I am reading now.  It’s a great, high-energy book sprinkled with Spanish and Dominican History.  He also shouts out Shimokitazawa, the neighborhood in Tokyo he mentions in this piece.  I was intrigued, and when I tried to find more, I came across this article.

Source: Junot Díaz on Fukuoka, Japan’s Next Great Food City – Condé Nast Traveler