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Tokyo TV – Hello Restaurant 256 (March 2013)
- Yahoo Travel – America’s best izakaya restaurants (September 2013)
- San Francisco – Eats: Inner and Outer Sunset (May 2013)
- CBS Local – Izakaya Sozai, Best Yakitori In San Francisco (September 2012)
- 7×7 – The Top Seven Bowls of Ramen in San Francisco (February 2012)
- SF Examiner – Traditional Japanese food soars at Izakaya Sozai (October 2011)
- MarketWatch – Liquor Lockers (March 2011)
- American Way Magazine (American Airlines) – Turning Japanese (March 2011)
- 7×7 – The Rare Pleasure of Cod Semen in San Francisco (March 2011)
- SF Weekly – The Cult of Tonkotsu Ramen is Taking over San Francisco (October 2010)
- SF Gate – Izakaya Sozai’s Japanese Bistro Fare in Sunset (August 2010)
- 7×7 – The Path to Ramen Enlightenment (July 2010)
- Examiner – Izakaya Sozai, Comforting Japanese Tapas in the Sunset (July 2010)
- 7×7 – The Best Of SF 2010: 87 Reasons Why We Love This City (May 2010)