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Men to Kozara Seika (Hatsudai)
A small ramen shop in Hatsudai known for its creamy shio (salt) ramen. We ate here in October 2026.
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Restaurants We've Researched
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Aoi Marushin (Asakusa)
A tempura and tendon restaurant opened in 1946, about 3 minutes on foot from Kaminarimon, with a children's tendon on the menu.
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Kamiya Bar
A historic Asakusa bar and Western-style restaurant, open since 1880 and known for its Denki Bran cocktail.
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Ningyocho Imahan (Head Restaurant)
Sukiyaki and shabu-shabu at the Nihombashi Ningyocho head restaurant, with an English website and online booking.
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Shiseido Parlour Restaurant (Ginza)
A classic Ginza restaurant for Western-style Japanese dishes such as rice omelet and meat croquettes, with an English menu page.
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Inshotei
A Japanese restaurant in Ueno Park since 1875, known for seasonal kaiseki, tofu and yuba courses and chicken sukiyaki.
- Book online via TableCheck
Asakusa Imahan (Kokusai Street)
Sukiyaki and shabu-shabu with Japanese Kuroge wagyu at Asakusa Imahan's main restaurant on Kokusai Street.
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Tokyo Ramen Kokugikan Mai (Aqua City Odaiba)
Six ramen shops from around Japan under one roof in Aqua City Odaiba: Hakata, Sapporo miso, Kanazawa tonkotsu and more.
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Sushi no Midori Shibuya
A popular sushi restaurant from Umegaoka on the 4th floor of Shibuya Mark City East, open all day from 11:00.
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Nemuro Hanamaru KITTE Marunouchi
Popular conveyor-belt sushi on the 5th floor of KITTE Marunouchi, by Tokyo Station. No reservations: take a ticket at the door.
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Sushizanmai Tsukiji Main Store
The first Sushizanmai, opened in 2001 in the Tsukiji Outer Market area and open 24 hours, every day of the year.
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Uogashi Nihon-Ichi (ecute Shinagawa)
A standing sushi counter in ecute Shinagawa where chefs make Edo-style sushi with seasonal fish in front of you, from 7:00.
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Ichiran Shibuya
Tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen at a 21-seat counter near the Scramble Crossing, listed as open 24 hours.
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Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai
A food village next to Toyosu Market with about 70 Edo-style shops and restaurants serving sushi, eel, ramen and sweets. Open every day.
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Tonkatsu Maisen Aoyama Main Store
The main restaurant of Maisen, famous for black pork tonkatsu, 3 minutes from Omotesando Station. Open every day 11:00–22:00.
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AFURI Ebisu
AFURI's ramen shop in Ebisu, open from late morning until 5 am and bookable online through TableCheck.
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CoCo Ichibanya JR Akihabara Showa-dori Exit
Japan's big curry rice chain, where you choose the spice level, rice amount and toppings, near the Showa-dori Exit of JR Akihabara Station.
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TsuruTonTan UDON NOODLE Brasserie Roppongi
Udon in large bowls in a stylish Japanese setting, a minute from Roppongi Station, open until 8:00 the next morning Monday to Saturday. Book online.
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Keio Takaosan Onsen Gokurakuyu (restaurant)
The hot spring next to Takaosanguchi Station has a restaurant serving soba, a good meal after hiking Mt. Takao.
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Tempura Tsunahachi Ginza
A branch of the Shinjuku tempura restaurant Tsunahachi on the 8th floor of Matsuya Ginza, a minute from Ginza Station.
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Tempura Tsunahachi Ikebukuro
Tsunahachi's tempura on the 8th floor of Lumine Ikebukuro, a minute from Ikebukuro Station.
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Tempura Tsunahachi Daimaru Tokyo
Tsunahachi's tempura branch on the 12th floor of Daimaru Tokyo, about 3 minutes from Tokyo Station.
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Taimeiken
A yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant in Nihonbashi since 1931, known for curry and omurice.
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Shinjuku Nakamuraya Manna
Nakamuraya's famous "pure Indian-style" curry, first sold in 1927, in the basement of the Shinjuku Nakamuraya Building.
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Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin
Founded in 1927 and known as Ginza's first tonkatsu specialty restaurant, now in the basement of the rebuilt Ginza Bairin building.
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Nadai Unatoto Nakano
Affordable eel rice bowls near Nakano Station, with an English menu, open until 22:00 or 23:00.
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Nadai Unatoto Ueno
Affordable eel rice bowls near Ueno Station, open every day 10:00–23:00, with an English menu.
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Nadai Unatoto Asakusa
Affordable eel rice bowls near Asakusa Station, open every day 10:00–22:00, with an English menu.
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Nadai Unatoto Kanda
Affordable eel rice bowls near Kanda Station, 18 counter seats and an English menu.
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Torikizoku Koenji North Exit
A same-price yakitori izakaya on Koenji's Nakadori shopping street, 50 meters from the station, open until 2 am.
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Daikokuya Tempura
A long-established Asakusa restaurant known for tendon, a bowl of rice topped with tempura. Cash only.
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Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo
Starbucks' large roastery café by the Meguro River, a walk from Nakameguro Station. Numbered entry tickets on busy days.
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Tempura Tsunahachi Main Shop Annex
The annex of Tsunahachi's Shinjuku main shop, in TRES SHINJUKU, while the main shop is closed for rebuilding.
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Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Flagship Cafe
Blue Bottle's flagship café in a large two-story former warehouse in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, open every day from 8:00.
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Yamamoto-tei (tea in the garden)
Green tea and a Japanese sweet overlooking the garden of a 1920s merchant's house behind Shibamata Taishakuten. Admission 100 yen.
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Kayaba Coffee
A classic Yanaka coffee shop in a wooden building from 1916, reopened in 2009 with its Showa-era style.
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Torikizoku Nippori
A same-price yakitori izakaya a minute from Nippori Station's south exit, open until 5:00.
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Nadai Unatoto Shinbashi
Affordable eel rice bowls near Shinbashi Station, 17 counter seats and an English menu.
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Nadai Unatoto Kitasenju
Affordable eel rice bowls near Kita-Senju Station, with an English menu.
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Nadai Unatoto Nishi-Kasai Ekimae
Affordable eel rice bowls by Nishi-Kasai Station, with tables and tatami seating.
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Nadai Unatoto Tachikawa
Affordable eel rice bowls near Tachikawa Station, with an English menu.
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Nadai Unatoto Chofu
Affordable eel rice bowls near Chofu Station, 12 counter seats and an English menu.
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Tempura Sansada (Kaminarimon)
A tempura restaurant right next to Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa.
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Komakata Dozeu (Main Restaurant)
A dojo (loach) hot-pot restaurant in Komagata, Asakusa, founded in 1801.
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Kanda Yabusoba
A long-established soba restaurant in Kanda-Awajicho, known for its seiro soba.
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Isegen
An anko (monkfish) hot-pot restaurant in Kanda-Sudacho, founded in 1830.
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Muromachi Sunaba
A Nihonbashi soba restaurant founded in 1869 that calls itself the originator of tenzaru.
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Sarashina Horii (Azabu-juban)
A soba restaurant in Azabu-juban whose history goes back to 1789.
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Hantei (Nezu)
A kushiage (fried skewers) restaurant in an old wooden building in Nezu.
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Hibiya Matsumotoro
A Western-style restaurant inside Hibiya Park, open since 1903.
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Sasanoyuki
A long-established tofu restaurant in Negishi, near Uguisudani Station.
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Ginza Kyubey (Main Restaurant)
A well-known Ginza sushi restaurant on Ginza 8-chome.
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Kanda Matsuya
A Kanda soba restaurant founded in 1884, in a building selected as a Tokyo historic building.
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Takemura
A Japanese sweets house in Kanda from 1930, known for awa zenzai and age manju.
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Tori Sukiyaki Botan
A chicken sukiyaki restaurant in Kanda, in business since 1897.
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Ladrio
A Jimbocho coffee shop from 1949, said to be the first in Japan to serve Vienna coffee.
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Kanda Nishikicho Sarashina
A soba restaurant in Kanda-Nishikicho founded in 1869, known for white Sarashina-style soba.
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Sumatra Curry Kyoeido
A Jimbocho curry restaurant from 1924, known for its very dark curry sauce.
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Kanda Shinoda Sushi
A Kanda sushi shop from 1902, known for inari sushi and kanpyo rolls, with a basement eat-in space.
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Nadaman Honten Sazanka-so
The head restaurant of Nadaman (founded 1830), serving kaiseki in the Japanese garden of Hotel New Otani Tokyo.
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European Curry Bondy (Jimbocho)
The Jimbocho main store of Bondy, a European-style curry restaurant on the 2nd floor of Kanda Kosho Center.
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Ueno Seiyoken
A Western-style restaurant in Ueno Park founded in 1872, serving hayashi rice and beef stew.
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Meikyoku Kissa Lion
A classical music café in Shibuya's Dogenzaka, founded in 1926 and rebuilt in the same design in 1950.
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Nagasaka Sarashina Nunoya Tahee (Azabu Main Store)
The Azabu-Juban main store of Nagasaka Sarashina, a soba house that traces its history to the late 18th century.
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Funabashiya (Kameido Tenjin-mae main store)
The original kuzumochi shop next to Kameido Tenjin, founded in 1805, serving fermented wheat-starch kuzumochi with kinako and brown sugar syrup.
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