New York Grill

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Classy American restaurant on the 52nd floor of Park Hyatt Tokyo in Shinjuku (the hotel of the movie “Lost in translation”), with floor-to-ceiling glass windows offering breathtaking views over Tokyo city.The menu features American grill style, buffets of appetizers and desserts, and a wine cellar housing over 1,800 bottles of wines. You can enjoy luxury ambience listening to live music coming from the bar area.
■ Location: Sinjuku (Park Hyatt Tokyo)
■ Lunch ave. 6,000~8,000JPY, Dinner ave.20,000~¥30,000
*You might want to make a reservation.
Official website
Tokyo Shiba Tofuya-Ukai

Source: ukai.co.jp, hotpepper.jp
Tofuya Ukai(とうふ屋うかい) in authentic historic house is located near the foot of Tokyo Tower and is reached through a vast landscaped garden which has a very traditional Japanese feel to it. You can enjoy dining in cozy private dining rooms. The menu feature healthy Tofu cuisine mainly. It’s pricy but worthy if you are looking to savour the real japan.
■Location: Akabanebashi(Oedo Line) or Onarimon (Mita Line) or taxi from Hamamatsu-cho station(JR)
■Lunch ave.JPY6,000~8,000/Dinner ave.JPY10,000~15,000
Official website
Riverside Cafe Cielo y Rio

Source: www.cieloyrio.com
Kuramae(蔵前), a neighbor of Asakusa has been recently remarked being called as “Brooklyn in Tokyo”. In this Kurame area,there is cafe restaurant named “Riverside Cielo y Rio” in the wide open space with 180 seats including seat at an open terrace. Renovating an old warehouse into an attractive restaurant or shop with unique originality has recently been increased in Kuramae. As Sumidagawa River runs besides, we can enjoy the great landscape of the full view of Sky tree, a land mark of Tokyo over the river , and coming and going ships through wide-open windows. The food is elaborate casual bistro based on Italian food. All menu is happy price, daily lunch set with a soup, a bread or a rice is for JPY950. Pretty menu of kids is also available.
■Location Kuramae (蔵前)A7 exit /Oedo Line 2mins or Asakusa(浅草) 7mins
■Hours [Mon-Fri] 11:30~22:30(l.o.) [Sat,Sun&Holiday] 11:00~22:30(l.o.)
■Lunch JPY1,000~2,000, Dinner JPY4,000~5,000
■Official website https://www.cieloyrio.com/
Kunimi

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Kunimi(國見) offers new style food of traditional Edo culture in the sky ! You can enjoy the stunning view of Skytree and also see Tokyo bay, Tokyo Disney Land, Tokyo Tower and Mt.Fuji in clear day. Good service is also high rated by word of mouth.
■ Location: Oshiage (Solamachi 31F)
■ Lunch ave. 2,000~3,000JPY/Dinner ave.6,000~8,000JPY
Official website
Sky Lounge Stellar Garden

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Sky Lounge on 33rd floor of The Prince Park Tower Tokyo located just in front of Tokyo Tower is cozy bar lounge offering beautiful cocktails with an incredible view of Tokyo Tower and Tokyo city. You can also dine dishes like sandwich with slices of roast beef between,salad and pizza. If you want to feel dynamic Tokyo Tower, this is the perfect place.
■ Location: Shibakoen or Akabanebashi (The nearest JR station is Hamamatsucho)
■ Lunch ave. 2,000~4,000JPY/Dinner ave.4,000~5,000JPY
Official website
Washoku EN

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Washoku EN (和食えん) provides great atmosphere like Kyoto with good menu choices of authentic Japanese cuisine.You can see the view of Tokyo city from 42th floor. As it is located in business district, lunch menus are well considered.
■ Location: Shiodome (City Center)
■ Lunch ave. 1,000~2,000JPY,Dinner ave.6,000~8,000JPY
Official website
Izakaya, Japanese style pub is one of Japanese culture. There is no other country where have a lot of bars like Japan. Izakayas are often likened to taverns or pubs, but the feature of Japanese izakaya is you can enjoy drink as well as tasty food at the same time.Also,unique “Nomi-hōdai” (all you can drink) system is popular which is a set price per person and you can continue ordering as much drink as they wish, with a usual time limit of two or three hours. Why don’t you finding your favorite Izakaya?
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Gonpachi

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Gonpachi(権八) is Izakaya where Tarantino director refered for a set in a movie Kill Bill and also well known that former Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichirou took former president George W.Bush as Omotenashi.
You can dine hand-made Soba, spit-roased meat grilled by good charcoal with wild collection of Sake.
■Location: Nishiazabu
■Lunch ave.1,000~2,000JPY,Dinner ave.5,000~6,000JPY
Official website
Isomaru suisan

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Isomaru suisan(磯丸水産) is izakaya of freshly seafood with the energetic atmosphere of restaurant like you are in a beach. Covenient 24 hours business hours ! Grilled shell is very popular.They also serve various menus of set meal and bowl meal for lunch.
■ Location: Shinjuku(Kabukicho),Ueno,Ikebukuro etc.
■ Lunch/Dinner ave. 2,000~3,000JPY
Hananomai Ryogokukokugikan

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Hananomai Ryogoku kokugikan(花の舞 両国国技館) is fresh seafood Izakaya.Surprisingly, there is a real sumo ring in the center. Meal of sumo wrestlers, “CHANKO hotchpotch” in all you can drink course starting at 3,000JPY.
■ Location: Ryogoku
■ Hours Mon-Fri, 11:30~24:00,Sat 11:00~24:00 Sun,holiday 11:00~23:00
■ Dinner ave. 5,000~6,000JPY
Yonpachi Gyojyo

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Fishes are very fresh because they are caught in the morning of that day and directly sent to Yonpachi Gojyo(四十八漁場).It’s unique company which employee go on fishing by themselves.Authentic food beyond definition of Izakaya.They have wild collection of sake matching fish well.
Nanairo Temariuta

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Nanairo temariuta(七色てまりうた) is unique izakaya with a room of traditional Japanese handball, private room of Heian Era and sitting seat with the image of Edo old town. Handball shape sushi is pretty. There are wild menu of plum wine.
■ Location: Shinjuku
■ Dinner ave.3,000~4,000JPY
French at Kagurazaka area

Kagurazaka(神楽坂)called “Petit Paris” is the place to have plenty authentic French restaurants French people admit its taste and atmosphere. In the early 20th century,this area was renowned for its house of geisha(professional entertainer trained in traditional dancing and music) ,of which several remain today.Old backstreets covered with picturesque cobblestone provides the feel of Japanese tradition. Out of approx.30 French restaurants in Kagurazaka,here is recommendation.
LUGDUNUM Bouchon Lyonnais
Official website http://www.lyondelyon.com/info.php

La Matiere

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■Location : Kagurazaka 神楽坂(Tozai Line/Tokyo Metro) or Ushigome Kagurazaka 牛込神楽坂 ( Oedo Line/Toei) 2-3 mins. If you feel difficulty to use subway,more simple access to go Kaguraza area is walk from JR Iidabashi (飯田橋)station 5mins. Iidabashi is about 10 mins from Shinjuku station.
Budoshu Shokudo Sakura

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“Budoshu Shokudo Sakura” (the meaning of wine canteen Sakura) is a casual Italian food restaurant located in Roppongi with the concept that everybody can drop by at any time easily, where you can enjoy Italian food and wine in a reasonable price. The wine shop annex to the restaurant has as many as 1,000 kinds of wine from casual wine to Grand Van. You can bring purchased wine at that shop to the restaurant with additional JPY1,000.
Using fresh ingredient sent directly from where they were grown,young aggressive chefs create recipes. They offer homemade pizza baked at the oven inside restaurant, game(deer meet),fresh pasta. A glass of wine is starting at JPY440. They open until 5am in the morning from Tuesday through Saturday.During 11:30~17:30(weekday)/11:30~15:00(weekend,holiday) of “Happy Hour”,you can have a glass of wine starting at only JPY370.
■Location: Roppongi
■Lunch:1,000~2,000JPY,Dinner 4,000~5,000JPY
347 Cafe & Rounge

Source: www.tabelog.com
Only 5 minutes from Sibuya station, and there is Italian terrace cafe by the side of the pool which reminds a water terrace in Southern France.At night, sparkling wine is able to enjoy at the illuminated pool. 347 Cafe & Rounge can give you a comfy moment for the break during shopping in Shibuya.
■Location: Shibuya (cocoti 3F)
■Lunch:1,000~2,000JPY, Dinner 3,000~4,000JPY
Official website http://www.347cafe.com/
Ristorante HIRO

Source: r-hiro.com
Ristorante HiRo is a pioneer of Japanese-style Italian cuisine and serves specialty dishes with joy and fun. They were appeared in Micheline Guide Tokyo/Yokohama/Shonan in 2014.
The first restaurant was open 20 years ago in Aoyama and now there are 4 restaurants in Tokyo and 1 restaurant in Osaka. 5 chefs in 5 different restaurants serve you their unique dishes in 5 characteristic locations. The fresh seasonal produce and the essence of Italian spirit make their dishes more delicious with nice surprise. Lunch time is starting at JPY1800(pasta lunch, for weekday only) and luxury course lunch is starting at JPY4,000. You can select for dinner course from JPY6,000,JPY9,000 or a la carte.
■Location: Aoyama, Tokyo, Ginza.
■Lunch ave:3,000~4,000JPY/Dinner ave:6,000~8,000JPY
Official website
Mori Salvatore Cuomo

Salvatore Cuomo is Italian food restaurant providing the good view of seasonal Mori Japanese Garden located at Roppongihills. You can feel the fresh air at terrace seat. Buffet style lunch includes appetizers,pizza,pasta,bread and dessert with price in 1,500JPY on weekday and 1,800JPY on weekend for 90 min. Let’s try fresh Neapolitan pizza from the oven with wine!
■Locatinos:Roppongi hills
■Lunch ave.: 1,000~2,000JPY,Dinner ave.:3,000~4,000JPY
Official website
Japanese national food Ramen (Chinese style noodles) is loved in the world. More than 3,700 ramen shops exist in Tokyo.Conclusive factor to determine the taste is “dashi (soup broth)”. Dashi is mainly classified to pork belly and bones base,fishery base and vegetables base.Please give it try Japanese ramen cooked by professional chef with the great passion for the quality.
You might want to know,
1. If you find a machine like the following picture, you are requested to buy a meal ticket in advance.

2. You can usually select a hardness of noodles, “Katame(hard)”, “Futsuu(normal)”,
or “Yawarakame(soft)”. Some shops offer 8 kinds of the hardness.
3. ” Tsukemen(つけ麵)”- Thick taste soup and noodles come separately and dip noodles in soup.
4. “Kaedama(替え玉)” system – You can have another noodles of ramen in remaining soup
with small additional fee.
5. Most important thing for ramen is soup. Some shops are closed of the day as soon as soup is used up.
Mutekiya

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Mutekiya is one of the most popular ramen shops that there are always lines in Ikebukuro where is closely contested district with more than 200 shops.Their cloudy, rich soup is made in large pot filled with domestically-produced pork and chicken simmered for 16 hours. Only freshly-made soup can give a rich odor-free pork flavor, sweetness, aroma, refined thickness and refreshing taste.They make and use up a batch of fresh soup every day.
After improving noodle many times, the current thick and elastic noodle was developed since 2006. There are 2 kinds of roast pork topping, soft type or roasted type. Ramen JPY750~
Mutekiya(無敵屋) Info.
■Location: Ikebukuro (3min from east exit of Ikekuro station)
■Hours: 10:30~next 4:00 (Close 31,Dec to 3,Jan)
■English menu available
* Once the day soup is used up, shop is closeed for the day.
Official website
Ichiran

Source:ichiran.co.jp, r.gnavi.co.jp
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Classic Tonkotsu Ramen Ichiran offers pork-based broth only. To seek for genuine tonkotsu ramen, more than 40 chefs research a bowl of ramen. The unique feature of Ichiran is that seats are separated with partition.
Pork-based broth soup: They divide the process of cooking the soup in two and ged rid of the heave smell of pork-based broth.
Home-made fresh noodles: A superb texture smooth to swallow.
Original red sauce: Red-pepper based sauce mixed with other 30 types of spices,aged and cooked slowly for nights and days gives the special flavor to the soup.
Ichiran (一蘭)Info.
■Location:Roppongi,Ueno,Shibuya,Ikebukuro,Harajuku,Kichihoji etc
Official website
Tokyo Ramen Street

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8 Ramen shops who are representative as Tokyo famous shop gathers at underground of Tokyo station with the concept that “Not be tired of even if visiting for a whole week”.
Rokurinsha(六厘舎): The most popular shop at Tokyo Ramen Street where always line of people is seen. By building new style of pork and fishery broth thick soup and home-made elastic thick noodles combination, they created a sensation of “Tsukemen”(soup and noodles come separately type) world. Tsukemen is JPY950.For morning, plain taste ramen is prepared.
Tokyo Station Ikaruga(斑鳩): Blend mild soup of pork and chiken broth and fishery broth base. Ramen is JPY1,000.
Hirugao (ひるがお): Simple sault taste ramen of “Setagaya” bland which is very popular shop in the area of ramen shop district Loop 7(name of Tokyo road).
Soranoiro NIPPON(ソラノイロ): Awarded as Bib Gourmand of Michelin (good cost performance restaurant) in 2015. Vegetable soba noodles is also available.
Tokyo Ramen Street(東京ラーメンストリート)Info.
■Location:Tokyo station(First Avenue Tokyo)
Ramen Tenjinshita Daiki

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It is not too much to say Daiki is a leading force of Ramen in Ueno district. Broadcasted by Japanese TV as No.1 ramen shop in Japan in 2001 and ever saw line of several handreads people (It is not such a big line recently). Popular menu is Torisoba, hand-made noodles with boiled chiken in salty flavor soup (950JPY). Delicate ramen cooked by owner who was trained in the Japanese food field is simple yet rich flavor.
Ramen Tenjinshita Daiki (ラーメン天神下 大喜)Info.
■ Location: Yushima (Near Ueno station)
Japanese Soba Noodles TSUTA

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Awarded as Bib Gourmand of Michelin (good cost performance restaurant) in 2015 as well as No.1 ramen in Japan of Japanese ramen magazine “Ramen Walker” in 2014. There are plenty kinds of menu based chicken, pork, vegetables and fish. They offer new style ramen with roast pork roasted with harb, bamboo shoots flavored with red wine and special spcies.Soy sauce base soba noodles with high-class ingredient truffle sauce is a distinctive flavor. Recommend soy-sause base or salty base ramen for a beginner.
Japanese Soba Noodles TSUTA (蔦) Info.
■ Location: Sugamo
■ Hours: 11:00~16:00 (Close on Tuesday, Wednesday)
* Shop is closed of the day as soon as ingredient is used up.
* At peak time, you might wait for several hours.Visiting around 14:00~15:00 is recommended
Torinoana

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Torinoana is white broth ramen in Ikebukuro.
Their cloudy soup of pork parts and several vegetables simmered for 6 hours are thick and creamy. Although ramen is standard menu, “Tsukemen” (noodles and soup come separately) is also recommended. They also offer special menu in alternative months and week’s special lunch. In lunch time, flavored egg come with free of charge.
Torinoana(鶏の穴)Info
■Location: Ikebukuro
■Hours: 11:00~15:00,18:00~23:00(weekday), 11:00~22:00 (weekend)
* Shops is closed as soon as soup is used up.
Official website
Café 1894

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Classical Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum’s Café 1894 is located in the hall originally occupied by the banking department. The area has been recreated as faithfully as possible with the aid of photographs believed to date from the building’s completion in 1894. You will feel as if you slip into another time. A cup of coffee is 525JPY. Homemade classic apple pie is recommended.
■ Location:Yurakucho
* You can also walk from Tokyo station.
HOSHINO COFFEE

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Hoshino Coffee (星乃珈琲) is coffee chain offering delicious hand drip coffee.A cup of coffee starting at 700JPY. Second help is half price depending on coffee menu. They also serve meal like souffle doria, past and sandwich. I highly recommend very soft “double souffle pancake” of Hoshino Coffee.
■ Location:Shinjuku East Exit,Roppongi ,Ginza(Sukiyabashi) etc
■ One order is necessaey for one person
Official website (Japanese)
Lindt Chocolat Cafe

www.lindt.jp
Luxury chocolate brand “Lindt” coming from Swiss is loved in more than 120 countries in the world, and they also penetrated theJapan market. You can enjoy thick chocolate sweets at Linz chocolate cafe in Ginza, Omotesando, Shibuya, Jiyugaoka and Kichijoji in Tokyo. Don’t miss the period limitation and store limitation sweets.
Aoyama Flower Market Tea House

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The new style café produced by flower shop ‘Aoyama flower market’.
TEA HOUSE with an image of greenhouse are surrounded by plants and flowers where you can feel comfortable and cozy “time and space” as if you are in forest. All over the spaces, the plants spread freshly and the flowers arranged naturally.
A flower is also used for the menu, tea with flower, rose soda, French toast and parfait using edible flower, which appearance can also be enjoyed. Popular ‘Fresh herbal tea’ in a pot has volume for many 3 cups.
■ Location:Omotesando
■ Hours: (Mon-Sat)11:00~20:00, (Sun,holiday) 11:00~19:00
(Lunch) 11:00 ~15:00*only weekday
■ Busy hour is core time on weekend. You migh want to visit on weekday’s afternoon.
Official website
R.L.WAFFLE CAFE

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Do you know “Hybrid sweets”,the combination of different sweets? French Waffle is a specialty of R.L WAFFLE CAFE which is made of moist French toast and crispy waffle at the same time. R.L WAFFLE CAFE offers plenty menu of waffle, waffle cake with cream and fruit and pizza waffle etc.Vintage furniture and gadgets of Northern Europe is also lovely.
■Location : Akihabara,Tokyo (GRANROOF)
Official website
Play Japanese tradtional music in Tokyo – “Koto” (Japanese harp)