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Other branches are at 5-3-4 Roppongi ( & 03/3408-5040 ), open daily 5pm to 5am,
and at 8-7-4 Ginza ( & 03/3569-1708 ), open daily 5 to 11pm, but only the one
detailed here has an English-language menu.
4-10-11 Roppongi. & 03/5775-1012. www.roppongiinakaya.jp. Grilled vegetables ¥650-¥900; grilled
seafood and meats ¥1,050-¥5,100. AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 5-10:30pm (last order). Station: Roppongi (2 min.).
Off Gaien-Higashi Dori on a side street opposite Ibis Hotel; from Roppongi Crossing, walk on Gaien-
Higashi Dori in the direction of Midtown and take the 2nd right.
EXPENSIVE
v Fukuzushi SUSHI This is one of Tokyo's classiest sushi bars, attracting a
cosmopolitan crowd. Although it has a traditional entrance through a small courtyard
with lighted lanterns and the sound of trickling water, the interior is slick and modern
with bold colors of black and red. Some people swear it has the best sushi in Tokyo,
although with 7,000 sushi bars in the city, I'd be hard-pressed to say which one is tops.
Certainly, you can't go wrong here. Three different set lunches are available, featuring
sushi, chirashi-zushi (assorted sashimi with rice), or eel as the main course. Dinners are
more extensive, with the ¥8,400 set course consisting of salad, sashimi, steamed egg
custard, grilled fish, sushi, miso soup, dessert, and coffee (set dinners require orders by a
minimum of two people).
5-7-8 Roppongi. & 03/3402-4116. www.roppongifukuzushi.com. Reservations recommended, espe-
cially for dinner. Set dinners ¥6,300-¥8,400; set lunches ¥2,625-¥4,725. AE, DC, MC, V. Mon-Sat 11:30am-
1:30pm and 5:30-10pm (last order); holidays 5:30-9pm. Closed 1 week in mid-Aug. Station: Roppongi (4
min.). From Roppongi Crossing, walk toward Tokyo Tower on Gaien-Higashi Dori, turning right after
McDonald's, left in front of Hard Rock Cafe, and then right.
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Tokyo Shiba Toufuya Ukai TOFU It's hard to imagine you're in
Tokyo when you enter the lush grounds of this exquisite restaurant. Indeed, though it's
located at the foot of Tokyo Tower (about a 15-min. walk from Roppongi), it's a world
apart from the bustling city, with a landscaped garden complete with ponds (and three
fulltime gardeners) and traditional Japanese structures that includes a main building
constructed with heavy beams and foot-thick lacquered pillars imported from a
200-year-old Takayama farmhouse. Yet despite its aristocratic atmosphere, this restaurant
specializes in classic tofu cuisine, with set meals that change with the seasons and are
described on an English-language menu. The least expensive set lunch, for example, may
start with an egg custard, deep-fried tofu with sweet miso sauce, and assorted sashimi,
followed by deep-fried simmered tofu, sushi topped with cooked eel along with deep-
fried burdock root, tofu seasoned in soy milk, rice, and sweet red-bean soup with rice
cake. By the way, this restaurant is a branch of the famous Ukai Toriyama in the outskirts
of Tokyo near Mount Takao, which specializes in charbroiled chicken (p. 183).
4-4-13 Shibakoen. & 03/3436-1028. Reservations required. Set dinners ¥8,400-¥12,600; set lunches
¥5,500-¥6,500. AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 11am-10pm (last order 8pm). Station: Akabanebashi (5 min.). Behind
Tokyo Tower, to the left.
MODERATE
In addition to the choices here, there's a Wolfgang Puck Cafe in the Roi Building, 5-5-1
Roppongi ( & 03/5775-5401 ), open daily 11am to 11pm (p. 168); and Yasaiya Mei,
specializing in fresh vegetables, in Roppongi Hills, on the fifth floor of Mori Tower in an
area called West Walk ( & 03/5775-2960 ), open Monday to Thursday from 11am to
11pm and Friday and Saturday from 11am to 2am (p. 148).
 
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