With superb view

New York Grill

  

Source thomasgittel.files.wordpress, resources2.news

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

 

 Source tabelog.com

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

  

Source:princehotels.co.jp,restaurant.ikyu.com

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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

 

Source hotpepper.com

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

Entertainment Restaurant

Ninja Akasaka

  

Source tabelog.com

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Ninjya Akasaka is Ninja-themed restaurant and inside is like a Ninja village.Ninjya waiter appear from behind a wall to take you down into the restaurant through dark passages. The menu is a scroll and food based on original Japanese style is fun such as very long deep-frying burdock and throwing‐knife-shaped cracker etc. A few Ninja magic was demonstrated at the seat.It’s little bit costly, but 40% are overseas visitor (according to their homepage).

■ Location:Akasaka
■ Dinner ave.10,000 ～15,000JPY
■ You might want to make a reservation through on-line or phone, hopefully one month in advance

Official website

 

LIME- Aquarium Dining

 
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Surrounded by tropical fishes, you can feel as if you are in the ocean at LIME, the oasis in Tokyo.LIME serves Japanese Ethnic cuisine with the concept of Bali island.By adopting the mixture of Japanese, Chinese and Western style, they offer original ethnic and the menu is contrived so that even the person who doesn’t like a herb like coriander much can enjoy.

■Location: Shinjuku
■Dinner ave. 4,000～5,000JPY

Official website

Penguin Bar

  

 Source hotpepper.jp  Source tabelog.com

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Adorable penguins will welcome you at Penguins’ bar. They offer wild collection of alcohol drink and bartender is willing to select an original cocktail for you. Recoomendation is “Penguin course” serving 5 foods including fresh salad, soup, deep-fried foods, pasta and dessert with all you can drink system for 2 hours, 4,000JPY (excluding tax).If you are luckey, you can experience to feed penguins with fishes.

■ Location: Ikebukuro
■ Dinner ave.4,000～5,000JPY

Official website

 

Alice’s Fantasy Restaurant

  

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Fantasy cafe restaurant makes you feel magical time.Giant illustrated book will welcome you at the entrance. You will feel as if you jump into the world of fairy tale Alice’s Wonderland.The menu of food is imagined the world of Alice. Their unique dish based on casual French & Italian  use the individual character like “white rabbit” and “Cheshire cat”  “cards soldier”which appear in a tale as the motif. Course menu from 2,500JPY(excluding tax).

■Location: Shinjuku　HALK B3F etc.
■Lunch ave. 1,000～2,000JPY,Dinner ave. 3,000～4,000JPY

Official website

Sushi, Tempura, Soba

Sushizanmai

　

Source hotpepper.jp

Sushizanmai(すしざんまい) is undoubtedly one of the best Sushi restaurants in Tokyo.According to the passion of the owener,tuna of Sushizanmai are procured from all over the world. The Sushi taste is awesome.At main store at Tsukiji, you can relax to be seated. At revolving sushi bar store, they offer sushi in reasonable price.

■Location: Tsukiji (Main store)
Official website

 

Ginza Kyubey

Source kyubey.jp

If you want to experience authentic sushi in Japan, Kyubey (銀座　久兵衛) established in 1935 is the place to go. Although it is not easy for beginner to enter into expensive sushi restaurant, Kyubey has atmosphere that beginner feel easy to enter. Sushi chef slightly changes the size of rice to match sushi topping perfectly. Professional !

■Locations: Ginza
■Lunch ave.8,000～10,000JPY,Dinner ave.20,000～30,000 JPY
Official website

 

 

UOBEI

  

Source :hotpepper.jp    Source :genkisushi.co.jp

Sushi of Uobei are all reasonable 108JPY !Order by touch panel and sushi will come to you with hig speed in a lane. Expensive ingredient are not at menu, but you can experience the latest sushi-go-round system.They also offer side menu of udon noodles and pasta etc.

■ Location: Shibuya
■ Language of touch panel:English,Korean,Chinese

 

 

Tsumamigui

  

Source hotpepper.jp Source tumami-sushiro.com

Tsumamigui opened in Jan,2015 is new style sushi which king of sushi-go-round ‘Sushiro’ produced. Recommendation is pretty roll sushi with wild variation.It is good place for people wishing to bite a little of various sushi. Atmosphere is stylish cafe bar based on white and black decoration. Plenty collection of sweets and wine,too.Order by tablet.

■ Location: Akasaka（赤坂見附）,Shinbashi（新橋）
■ Dinner ave. 3,000～4,000JPY
Official website (Japanese)

Owariya

 

Owariya (尾張屋) is tempura and soba, buckwheat noodles restaurant located in Asakusa since 1870. Soba with fried tempura for 1400yen, rice ball with fried tempura is 1500 yen. Large shrimp exceeding the ball is worthy to try. Seasonable soba which changes flavor and color according to the season is also recommedation. Even though in peak time, seat is rotated quickly.

■ Location: Asakusa (Main store)
■ Hours: 11:30～20:30 Close:Friday
■ Lunch/Dinner ave. 1,000～2,000JPY

 

Sarashinano sato

Source : sarashinanosato.com

If you wish to try authentic soba, buckwheat noodles, I high recommend Tsukiji Sarasinano no Sato (築地さらしなの里） who has been making hand-made soba since 1899. They examine producing area according to the season and select good quality soba made in Japan. Standard soba menu is 4 kinds which are differ in sweetness, flavor and color. Also seasonable soba using seasonable ingredient is unique.Flavor is tea in May, tomato in July, chestnut in October etc. Pot dish of chicken (Course starting at 4,200yen) is also recommended. You can feel warmth by wooden with Japanese atmosphere.

 ■ Location: Tsukiji
■ Lunch/Dinner ave. 1,000～2,000JPY
Official website

Izakaya (Japanese style pub)

 

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

  

Source: tabelog.com

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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

    

Source hotpepper.com

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

  

Source: gnavi.co.jp

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

  

Source:hotpepper.jp

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.

■ Location: Akihabara, Shinagawa, Shinjuku, Shibuya etc.
■ Dinner ave.5,000～6,000JPY

Nanairo Temariuta

  

Source: gnavi.co.jp

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

Casual dining

Let’s save money and enjoy Japanese food!

OOTOYA

 

Ootoya (大戸屋) is the chain of healthy Japanese home cuisine in a reasonable price.Popular menus are “Set Meal of Fried Vegetables and Chicken with Black Vinegar Sauce”(824JPY), Ootoya’s Lunch Set (Pumpkin Croquette, Deep-fried Chicken,669JPY), “Set Meal of Home Style Braised Chicken” and  “Set Meal of Chargrilled Atka Mackerel.” Normal rice can be changed to smooth five kinds of grain rice as free of charge.

■ Locations: Shinjuku i-LAND (The largest store in Tokyo), Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Roppongi etc.
More than 100 places in Tokyo.
■ English menu with meal pictures available

 

Hanamaru Udon

 

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The Japanese fast food chain Hanamaruudon (はなまるうどん）offers genuine Sanuki noodles in dirt-cheap price. Standard ‘Bukkake udon’ is small for 300 yen, middle for 400yen and large for 500yen. In order to realize the genuine taste, Hanamaruudon uses special ingredient and soft water, and manage temperature carefully in process. The way to order is picking up toping like Tempura to tray if you like and tell udon type and hot or ice , then they will serve for you.

■ Location: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya, Ginza etc.

 

Curry Udon Senkichi

   

Source:hanamaruudon.com

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Senkichi(千吉) is curry Udon noodle specialty restaurant. Senkichi has kept making curry udon over 20 years and offers udon in rich curry soup. Flavor is Japanese soup stock with milk,spicy,black curry and red curry with coconut taste.Curry udon with rice starting at 700JPY.

■ Locatino: Omotesando, Shinjuku, Jiyugaoka,Tamachi
Official website (Japanese)

 

TENYA

 

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Tempura chain Tenya offers good quality Tendon, a bowl of Tempura in a reasonable price.Tendon(天丼):Topping with shrimp, squid, Japanese whiting and pumpkin,kidney beans for 500 yen.All Star Tendon （オールスター天丼）:Topping with shrimp, big squid, scallop, Grifola frondosus, lotus root and kidney beans for 720 yen.Small soba or small noodles can be put with all bowls for plus 210 yen.

■Location: Shinjuku,Harajuku,Tokyo,Ueno,Ginza,etc.
More than 80 stores in Tokyo.

For Meat Lover

SHOUTAIEN（正泰苑）

　

Yakiniku(Japanese Barbecue) is the national food of Japanese along with Ramen.One of my best recommendation of Yakiniku in Tokyo is SHOUTAIEN. It’s over 15 years ago when I visited SHOUTAIEN for the first time. My senior at company took me there and I experienced the real taste of Yakiniku.You can enjoy good quality meat of short rib,skirt,tongue etc.in reasonable price starting from JPY5,000.It never declines their popularity and it’s difficult to enter without reservation. How about spending the blissful moment at SHOUTAIEN at Daimon and see the Tokyo Tower at night ?Must be your forgettable experience.

■Location: Shida-Daimon, Shinabshi, Ginza
■English menu available
■Dinner ave.JPY5,000～8,000
Official website (Japanese only)

 

37 Steakhouse & Bar

   

Source :www.37steakhouse.com, hotpepper.jp

If you search for authentic steak in Tokyo, 37 Steakhouse & Bar is the place to go who is a genuine steakhouse offering the great prime steak that you’ve come to expect in the steakhouses of New York. Specialty is a mouth-watering porterhouse steak, the finest Australian “Wagyu” beef that has been aged for 21 days, and a Black Angus rib steak that maintains the perfect balance between lean beef and juicy fat.

■ Locations: Roppongi Hills, Roppongi Keyakizaka Dori 2F
■ Lunch ave. 1,000～2,000JPY,Dinner ave. 8,000～10,000JPY
*Pre-school age children are not permitted to enter during lunch time on weekdays

Official website

 

 

 OREGON Bar and Grill

  

Source: gnavi.co.jp

American grill and bar located at 42th floor of Shiodome City Center.Oregon Bar & Grill provides authentic charcoal-grilled delicacies and a bar lounge with a great view of Tokyo Tower and Ginza city.

 ■ Locations:　3 minutes from Shiodome or Shinabshi station
■ Lunch ave.1,000～2,000JPY,Dinner ave.10,000～15,000JPY
■ You might want to confirm if they are not closed for a private party

Official website

 

Hiratabokujyo Kiwami KITTE

  

 Source: hotpepper.jp

Hiratabokujyo Kiwami (平田牧場　極) offers the first-class Hirata Jinhua(Kinka) pork Hirata pasture carefully brought up. “Jinhua(Kinka)” ham is one of the world top three hams named after the city of Jinhua in China.

Hiratabokujyo Kiwami is located in KITTE newly opened in 2013 and you can enjoy the view of Marunouchi. You can know as much about the difference of Jinhua(Kinka) quality with Shabu-shabu and fried pork cutlet.Local food with the seasonal ingredients is also recommended. Wild selection of wine, sake and distilled spirits are aviailable.

 

■ Location: Tokyo station KITTE 6F
■ Lunch ave. 2,000～3,000JPY, Dinner ave.6,000～8,000JPY

 

Imahan Ningyocho

 

Source　imahan.com ,hotpepper.jp

Imahan (人形町今半) is the best sukiyaki and shabu-shabu restaurant in Tokyo with long history since 1895.Both sukiyaki and shabu-shabu consist of thinly sliced meat and vegetables and served with dipping sauces. Sukiyaki uses soy sauce and sugar in soup and dip meal in a small bowl of raw, beaten eggs. Shabu-shabu features boil in water and less sweet than sukiyaki.

A bit expensive but authentic Sukiyaki must offer you fantastic experience. There are lots of branches in Tokyo but in terms of atmosphere, I definitely recommend to go the main branch at Ningyocho, it’s totally different.

■ Location:Ningyocho (Hibiya Line or Asakusa Line)
■ Lunch: Steak set menu starting at 2,160JPY, Sukiyaki/Shabushabu starting at 4,500JPY, Dinner Sukiyaki/Shabushabu starting at 5,500JPY
■ You might want to make a reservation
Official website

Ginnotou

  

Source hotpepper.com

Gin no to (銀之塔,Tower of silver) located near the Kabukiza Theater in Ginza is stew specialty restaurant who have perpetuated their old-fasioned flavors over half a century since 1955.Highlights are the amazing demiglace sauce which boiled slowly over three days.

Dissolves vegetables make the flavor of soup deep and rich.

Stew (mixture) with 3 small bowls and rice, 2500JPY

■Location: Ginza
■Hours: 11:30～21:00（L.O. 20:30）
Official website (Japanese)

French,Italian food

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

  

                                                                                                                           Source: www.tabelog.comtokyo(user:washokudaimajin)

■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

  

Source: tabelog.com

“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

 

For Vegan

AIN SOPH.

 

Source :ain-soph.jp

AIN SOPH is restaurant for vegetarian and vegan.’AIN SOPH’ means eternity in Hebrew. Restaurant concept is ‘ Return to yourself’.

“We do not use any meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, and white sugar for all the meals. We serve handmade dishes using fresh vegetables, beans, grains, and nuts.Western-style original cuisine, such as salad (with popular homemade dressing) Tortillas, pasta, soup, course meal, and several seasonal desserts are available.The finest organic wines from France and Austria are highly recommended.Please enjoy the rich taste.Organic coffee, tea, rose tea, organic soy milk, soy latte, and chai are also recommended.”

(Source:ain-soph.jp)

‘Heaven vegan pancake (tenjo no pancake)’ is specialty.

■ Location: Shinjuku, Ikebukuro
■ Lunch ave. 1,000～2,000JPY /Dinner ave.3,000～4,000JPY
Official website

 

 

CHAYA Macrobiotics

 

Source : hibiya-chanter, chayam.co.jp

Café style restaurant serving healthy food like organic brown rice, seasonal vegetables, beans and the seaweed. Meat, egg, dairy products, white sugar and chemical seasoning stuff aren’t used at all for ingredient, and CHAYA pursues “ tasty” “looks fun” and “healthy” at the same time to enable diner to be satisfied from the inside.

Menu is,
Tofu is used instead of egg for Omelet
Millet or brown rice cake are used instead of meat sauce and cheese for creamy lasagna,
Brown rice and millet, vegetables, pate with seaweed and special sauce are used instead of meat for juicy hamburger etc.

For seasoning, soybean mayonnaise which isn’t made of egg and an additive, and ketchup without white sugar and additives are used.

■  Location
Shinjuku (Isetan), Hibiya (Chanter), Shiodome (Royal Park Hotel)

■ Lunch/Dinner ave. 1,000～2,000JPY

 

Rainbow Raw Food

    

Source gnavi.co.jp, rainbowrawfood.com

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Authentic raw food cafe with Hawaiian atmosphere.

“Raw food refers to uncooked foods. It is a diet of eating uncooked natural ingredients (vegetables and fruits), so you can take into the body living vitamins, minerals, and dietary enzymes. When natural ingredients are heated to over 46 to 48℃, many dietary enzymes are destroyed, therefore it is important to cook foods raw or under 48℃. Ingesting living enzymes, improves metabolism, detoxification, and digestion, which produces the effect of maintaining health and slimming the body.”

(Source: www.reainbowrawfood.com)

■ Location: Ebisu
■ Lunch ave. 1,000～2,000JPY/ Dinner ave.2,000～4,000JPY
Official website

 

The Pantry

Source : thepantry.jp

Homemade sandwich and hamburger shop the Pantry is the new concept shop by Japan-originated gourmet burger restaurant “Homework’s”.Only fresh and safe ingredient are selected and the Pantry provides “cozy homemade taste” with the concept “ make daily meal be more healthy and more tasty”. There are many vegetarian menus, and vegan menu is also available.

■ Location: Marunouchi
■ Lunch/Dinner ave. 1,000～2,000JPY

Official website

Ramen

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

 

Source: mutekiya.com, r.gnavi.co.jp

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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

  

Source: allabout.co.jp, allabout.co.jp

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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)

Official wesbite

 

 

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

 

Cafe

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.

Official website

 

 

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)

Japanese sweets

Crepe at Harajuku

 

Gorgeous topping like fruit, ice cream, cookie and cake are put on Japanese crepe ! Harajuku Takeshita Street is a mecca of crepe. Some shops treats as many as 150 kinds’ crepes !

■ Location: Harajuku (Takeshita street)

Kagetsudo

 

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Kagetsudo (花月堂) is located near Sensoji. Although it is very famous for Melonpan bread, plenty kids of soft cream (JPY300) is surprise ! Fruit flavor like strawberry, mango,melon, and chocolate flavor, and Japanese flavor like green tea, purple sweet patato.Total 18 kinds.

■ Location: Asakusa
Official website

Kyo Hayashiya

 

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Kyo Hayashiya(京はやしや) is popular Maccha sweets cafe produced by Hayashiya established in 1753 offers sweets with the concept of ” eating tea”. By eating tea leaf itself, people can ingest plenty nutrition contained in tea leaf entirely. Maccha Parfait,softcream and jelly etc.

■Location: Ikebukuro (Seibu Ikebukuro), Sinjuku EST
Official website (Japanese)

 

 

 

Rice Crackers “MINATOYA”

    

Monzen Nakacho is town of Tomioka Shrine which is famous for the summer festival and Fukagawa Fudoson.It is crowded with many visitors to shrine in weekend. In this Monzen Nakacho, there is a popular Japanese rice crackers store named “Minatoya” who has history over 70 years and often appear in Japanese TV and magazines. The reason of their popularity seems their effort to produce “only one” sweets and their hospitality to prepare order in short period and longer best-by date. A little sweet for distribution in occasion of wedding or celebration is popular for it’s originality. Japanese sweets attract overseas traveller’s attention as low-fat and healthy food.You can get them in happy price starting from 1 buck.How about for your souvenir to distribute ?

■Location :Monzen Nakacho
Official website

 

 

TORAYA CAFÉ

  

Source: omotesandohills.com, toraya-group.co.jp

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TORAYA CAFÉ (とらやCAFE)is produced by old Japanese sweets shop TORAYA established five hundred years ago. They offer new style of bean paste beyond the definition of Japanese and Western.

■ Locations: Roppongi Hills, Omotesando Hills

 

Zen-kashoin

 

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Zen-kashoin(然花抄院) is located in new landmark of Shibuya” Hikarie”which opened in 2012. They serve tasty Japanese sweets like Maccha green tea sweet and roasted green tea icecream etc. and you can enjoy the atmosphere of Kyoto.There is gallely next to the cafe.

■ Location: Shibuya Hikarie
Official website(Japanese)