hot dog from japadog . japadog is a small chain of street food stands and restaurants located in vancouver canada there was also a location in new york city 1 which closed in 2013 . the chain which specializes in hot dogs that include variants of japanese style foods like okonomiyaki yakisoba teriyaki and tonkatsu is owned by noriki tamura . 2 history edit tamura and his wife moved to vancouver in 2005 . they opened the first japadog stand that same year . 3 a second stand opened in vancouver in the summer of 2009 . as of march 2013 the company now has four locations in vancouver and a fifth one in new york city now closed . 4 in 2014 they opened a sit down store in los angeles california . in addition to their three mobile stands in vancouver in 2010 they opened a sit in restaurant allowing them to serve extra items such as desserts and their unique french fries called shaked fries . the kitchen staff prepare them by placing the cooked fries in a paper bag with seasoning and shaking them until they re coated . 5 references edit macdonald nancy august 6 2007 . extra wasabi hold the seaweed . macleans.ca . retrieved may 29 2009 . vancouver restaurants decathlon of dining . the sydney morning herald . february 22 2009 . retrieved may 29 2009 . publicity & famous person . japadog.com . retrieved may 29 2009 . japadog on st. marks a first glimpse . the village voice . january 6 2012 . retrieved march 7 2013 . http www.insidevancouver.ca 2010 06 21 japadog gets a real home on robson street external links edit official website japadog on twitter coordinates 49 16 56 n 123 07 27 w 49.2822 n 123.1243 w 49.2822 ; 123.1243 v t e hot dogs variations hot dog variations bagel dog battered sausage carolina style cheese dog chicago style hot dog chili dog completo coney island hot dog corn dog danger dog dodger dog galette saucisse hamdog italian hot dog japadog ketwurst klobasnek maxwell street polish michigan hot dog montreal hot dog panchuker pigs in blankets polish boy ripper sausage roll saveloy seattle style hot dog sonoran hot dog texas hot dog texas tommy vegetarian hot dog white hot types frikandel half smoke hot wiener r d p lse vienna sausage list articles list of hot dog restaurants related topics coney island restaurant new york system hot wieners hot dog bun hot dog cart hot dog stand list of sausages this canada based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this vancouver related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title japadog & oldid 742403625 categories fast foodhot dogspacific northwest cuisinerestaurants in vancouverhot dog restaurantsnorth american restaurant stubscanadian company stubsvancouver stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediacoordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 14 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view