This restaurant in business area is modern and stylish. I'm sure around 1,200 yen is cheap when I think how good the quality and the varieties are. Besides the delicious main dishes such as cooked f...
Walking around Ropongi, you would probably not realize the hidden jewel on the second and third floor of this common looking building. If you are adventurous and willing to experience authentic Japane...
When I imagine good yakitori restaurants, I imagine small, twelve-seat, hole-in-the-wall restaurants. I don't think of a second story restaurant in the brightest part of Shibuya. Nanbantei broke my pr...
Tokyo isn't all big city glitter and glitz after all; I found one little slice of country side tucked into a basement izakaya. Ishii might be hard to spot if you can't read Japanese; the sign is small...
Much to the relief of those readers who are pestering me to write about more Japanese restaurants I am seriously knuckling down to the job. I recently took some visitors from Australia to a very atmos...
Literally "Taste of Hokkaido," Hokkaido no Agi is a seafood-themed izakaya. Fresh fish, crab, chicken, pork, and vegetables are cooked in different Hokkaido styles. Agi has 11 private rooms, capable o...
Izakaya, Traditional Japanese ( Omotesando, Aoyama )
Oyattosa is a restaurant specializing in dishes from Kagoshima, a prefecture on the southern side of Kyushu. It also boasts an extensive stock of shochu, which includes any vareity of Japanese distil...
This yakitori chain restaurant has more than 10 branches in the metropolitan area and offers authentic Hinai Jidori from Akita Prefecture. The Japanese-style interior boasts an open kitchen and both ...
This yakitori and kabob restaurant is in a basement two buildings over from Shibuya Toukyuuin. The interior is done in a rustic style, with an atmosphere older men seem to prefer. Primarily they ser...
Toriya Shinjuku specializes in authentic yakitori. They mainly use Hinai Chicken, one of the top brand of chicken in Japan. The interior is furnished with wooden accents and low-key lighting, which co...
Imaiya Honten Shinjuku serves authentic yakitori and uses only Hinai chickens, one of the top brand, delivered daily from Akita prefecture. It owns over ten restaurants in Tokyo. All seats have a chic...
Yanmo is famous for traditional grilled fish and rice. The most popular items, grilled salmon and salted mackerel, run between 1,000 and 1,400yen. If you're feeling greedy, you can always order a yoku...
Located in the shiny new Oazo building, right in front of Tokyo Station, En Marunouchi is popular with Marunouchi office workers. You can enjoy a beautiful view of Tokyo station at night from the 5th ...
Hatago creates a quite and relaxing aura, similar to an expensive Japanese style hotel in the countryside for you to eat your traditional Japanese food in. They have many different types of rooms and ...
Kakoiya is modeled after an early traditional Showa era (1920s-50s) house. The restaurant offers counters, tables for couples, and 15 private rooms, available for anywhere between 4 and 30 diners. Cov...
Try some fresh fish from Sagami Bay (Kanagawa Pref.) at Marushige, an izakaya near Akasaka station. Marushige specializes in fish, plus lots of sake and shochu with which to wash it down. A course men...
Hinaichi's specialty is mizutaki nabe, a soup made with Hinai free-range chickens that was simmered for over eight hours and is thus full of collagen. They also source their King Crab from Shiretoko a...
Daidaiya is an izakaya that is reinventing Japanese food and fusing it with flavors from around the world. Some examples include abalone sashimi with liver/miso sauce or foie gras sashimi with balsami...
Although this izakaya is famous for sashimi, you can try turtle dishes as well. A turtle dinner set for three people costs 18,000yen. If you want sashimi, "funamori" is a good choice. It's a tradition...
Asoko is a virtually hidden spot in Azubu Juban. This family-run Izakaya can only seat about ten people, and has good sashimi and sake for reasonable prices. They cook rice on order so the whole place...