Tokyo — Places to eat
Trains on the second, cats asleep in the lanes.
- Sushi no Midori, Ginza — A heavy sushi set for ¥2,000–3,600, if you can stand the queue
- Kaneko Hannosuke, Nihonbashi main shop — Edomae tendon piled too high for the lid; the alley smells of sesame oil
- Sumiyaki Unafuji, Yurakucho — A Nagoya eel house's Tokyo branch: charcoal-crisp hitsumabushi
- Hirokiya Shibuya — Course yakiniku where staff flame-grill A5 wagyu at your table
- Kushiyaki Bistro Fukumimi Ginza 5 — Charcoal skewers, onion-flower fries and a shouting crew in Ginza
- Tsukishima Monja Moheji (main shop) — Mentaiko-mochi monja, cooked for you on the table griddle
- Tonkatsu Maisen, Aoyama main restaurant — Fillet katsu soft enough for chopsticks, in an old bathhouse
- Gyukatsu Motomura, Shibuya — Rare-fried beef cutlet you finish on your own little stone grill
- Fuunji, Shinjuku main shop — Shinjuku's go-to tsukemen: thick noodles, a heavy chicken-and-fish dip
- AFURI Ebisu — Clear chicken broth lifted with yuzu; the original shop, open till 5am
- Udon Shin — Udon cut to order; people queue for the butter-mentaiko bowl
- Glitch Coffee & Roasters, Jimbocho — Light-roast single origins picked to your taste, by the old bookshop quarter
- All Seasons Coffee — People queue for one firm, bittersweet old-school pudding
- HARBS, Azabudai Hills — Mille crêpe layered with fresh fruit at HARBS's flagship
- Suzukien, Asakusa — Matcha gelato in seven strengths, at a tea shop behind Senso-ji
- NARISAWA — A Minami-Aoyama dining room built around seasonal satoyama ideas
- Toraya Akasaka Store — A traditional yokan shop with a gallery and tea room
- KOFFEE MAMEYA Omotesando — A compact coffee stand where bean choice begins with conversation
- Kanda Matsuya — An Edo-soba institution founded in 1884
- Sakurai Japanese Tea Experience — A tea bar exploring Japanese tea through blending and roasting
- Soranoiro NIPPON — A Tokyo Station ramen stop with broader dietary options
- Onigiri Bongo — A long-running Otsuka shop with 56 onigiri varieties
- FUGLEN ASAKUSA — An Asakusa coffee bar serving Norwegian heart-shaped waffles
- HIGASHIYA GINZA — A contemporary tea salon for Japanese tea and seasonal wagashi
- Ningyocho Imahan Main Store — A 1895-founded house for sukiyaki and shabu-shabu
- Sushi Dai — A Toyosu Market option for omakase sushi
- Rokurinsha Tokyo Station — A Tokyo Ramen Street stop for tsukemen
- Ginza Hachigo — Ginza chuka soba with tare-free clear broth and fine noodles
- Sometaro — Self-grilled okonomiyaki and monjayaki on a tabletop griddle
- Tonkatsu Narikura — Low-temperature tonkatsu with a pale, crisp coating
- Dandelion Chocolate Factory & Cafe Kuramae — A bean-to-bar chocolate factory paired with a café
- Aoyama Flower Market TEA HOUSE Akasaka — A tea house for floral desserts and drinks among fresh flowers
- Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi — A Kiyosumi-shirakawa stop combining roastery and café
- HIGASHIYA man Aoyama — A compact wagashi shop for freshly steamed manju and sweets
- Tori Ryori Tamahide — A Ningyocho chicken restaurant founded in 1760 and linked to oyakodon history
- Tempura Tsunahachi, Shinjuku Main Shop — Counter tempura since 1924, fried to order
- Kanda Yabusoba — Edo-style soba in a rebuilt wooden old shop
- Ramen Nakiryu — Michelin-starred tantanmen at a ten-seat counter
- Nodaiwa Azabu Main Shop — Charcoal-grilled eel at a 200-year-old specialist
- Komagata Dozeu — Loach hot pot, a rare Edo-era local dish
- Bird Land Ginza — Charcoal-grilled chicken course at a basement counter
- Ginza Kyubey Main Shop — An old name in Ginza Edomae sushi; lunch is the way in
- Sarashina Horii Azabu-Juban — White sarashina soba, made here since 1789
- Le Bretagne Kagurazaka — Galettes and crepes in a French-flavoured hillside quarter
- Ichiran Shibuya — Tonkotsu ramen in a solo booth, open 24 hours