I am one of the biggest suckers for venturing out to try something when I hear a place “is known for” or “specializes in” or “is the <choose food> capital of Japan” so I headed out to Utsunomiya one morning to try the gyoza there. It was certainly delicious but not much different from any other ramen shop that serves gyoza. I had one day left on my JR Pass and I was a little burned out from spending so much time on trains so I decided to take it easy on the last day the pass was valid and just head up to Utsunomiya and then back to Tokyo to relax.