Japadog is a Japanese-Canadian street hot dog: a kurobuta sausage in a bun, topped with teriyaki sauce, Japanese mayonnaise and crisp dried seaweed. The Terimayo is the original.
Japadog was launched in 2005 by Noriki Tamura at a cart at Burrard and Smithe in downtown Vancouver. The Terimayo dog combined a kurobuta pork sausage with teriyaki sauce, Kewpie mayonnaise and seaweed flakes, sparking a queue that ran the block and earned Anthony Bourdain's praise on No Reservations. By 2010 there were three Vancouver carts plus a brick-and-mortar on Robson, and Japadog opened a New York East Village shop the same year.
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Japadog ★ 4.6
downtown · 530 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2B7
Japadog's Robson cart since 2005 from owner Noriki Tamura is the Japanese hot dog that defined Vancouver street food, a brick-and-mortar plus city carts.
Japadog Burrard cart ★ 4.5
downtown · Burrard Street at Smithe Street, Vancouver
Japadog's flagship downtown cart at Burrard and Smithe since 2005 is the original location, the lunchtime queue and the city's most-photographed street food.