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Restaurants
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Asakusa Imahan
You are likely to see wrestlers
from one of the nearby sumo
stables at the next table.
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Map
H3 • 2-14-5 Yokoammi, Sumida-ku • 3623-
4480 • Open 5-11pm Tue-Sat • ¥¥
This early exponent of beef
dishes opened its first restaurant
in 1895. The specialty here is
shabu-shabu
, wafer-thin slices of
prime beef cooked at your table
in a pot of boiling water and
served with seasonal vegetables.
The seating here is at low tables
on
tatami
mats
(see p87)
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Sushi
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Bird Land
The fame of this grill rests
on its high-quality
yakitori
, sticks
of charcoal-broiled
chicken doused in
a slightly sweet
soy-based
sauce. The chicken
cuts here are closer
to the lighter Chinese
kebobs than the Turkish
or Central Asian varieties. The
smoky meat goes well with
Japanese draft beer
(see p79)
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Kanda Yabu Soba
Ouchi
At this sushi
haven, Chef
Hisashi Ouchi
uses only natural
ingredients and eschews MSG,
chemical additives, and coloring.
Even the soy sauce, vinegar,
miso
soup, and green tea that go
with yellowtail, tuna, or conger
eel, are organic.
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Map A6 • 2-8-4
Shibuya, Shibuya-ku • 3407-3543
• Open noon-1:30pm, 5-11:30pm • ¥¥¥
A sushi platter
at Sushi Ouchi
This venerable restaurant
serves classic Edo-period, hand-
made
soba
(buckwheat noodles)
along with some simple vege-
table and pickle side dishes. The
old wooden building creates a
timeless mood.
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Map F3 • 2-10
Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku • 3251-0287
• Open 11:30am-8pm • ¥¥¥
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Yoshiba
Chankonabe
, a robust stew
of chicken, fish, and vegetables -
the staple diet of sumo wrestlers
- is the main dish served here.
A busy day at Kanda Yabu Soba
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