Update-date: Feb 20 2024
Popular tourist sights are great for sightseeing, but the cuisine shouldn't be missed either! Here are 5 recommended Japanese restaurants in Asakusa, the leading tourist spot in Tokyo. These restaurants serve delicious food, such as standard monjayaki, tempura, grilled chicken, and Japanese cooking, all of which greatly increase satisfaction during a trip!
Japanese Cooking - Kuzushi Kappo Shimasho
Kuzushi Kappo lets guests feel Japanese tastes in a modern space
Located a 6-minute walk from Asakusa Station. This restaurant offers enjoyable original Japanese cuisine ("Kuzushi Kappo," meaning "simple Japanese cooking") that is not bound by preconceived notions. Their luxurious Obanzai Assortment lets guests enjoy various flavors of the season all at once and uses seasonal ingredients carefully selected by the restaurant head himself. With this dish, guests can enjoy carefully made and highly original cuisine.
Enter the restaurant from the entrance on B1F. Open the door and find a space with a relaxing atmosphere spreading throughout. The counter has special seats where guests can see the food being cooked before their eyes. The inside of the restaurant also has 10 table seats available.
Kuzushi Kappo Shimasho
Address: B1F, 1-12-8, Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Access: 6 minutes walk from Asakusa StationMore Details Reservation
Access: 6 minutes walk from Asakusa StationMore Details Reservation
Izakaya Monjayaki - Matsuri Bayashi
They have a lineup of monjayaki, okonomiyaki, and carefully selected Japanese BBQ
Matsuri Bayashi is located a 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station. In addition to monjayaki, a representative cuisine of Tokyo's traditional Shitamachi neighborhoods, they serve carefully selected Japanese BBQ options, such as their Special Wagyu Grilled Ribs and First Class Salted Tongue. Many overseas tourists come here to fully enjoy the plentiful iron-gridded menu options.
The restaurant's interior has a bright atmosphere where guests enjoy relax and enjoy their meals. Their monjayaki and okonomiyaki are basically self-cooked style, but the staff provides advice on how to cook the food, which is reassuring. Guests can enjoy the cooking and eat the food at their own pace. This restaurant takes full floor reservations for use by 4 to 32 people, making it perfect for banquets with large groups.
Matsuri Bayashi
Address: 1F, Kanayama Bldg., 1-8-4, Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5 minutes walk from Asakusa Station
Access: 5 minutes walk from Asakusa Station
Japanese Tempura - Tempura Nakasei
Enjoy Edomae Tempura that has not changed since the restaurant's founding, in a space overflowing with Japanese taste
Tempura Nakasei is located a 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station. It is a long-standing Japanese restaurant that was founded in 1870. Try out the main course, their Tempura Assortment, which values Edomae Tempura traditions to use whole fish. Their popular menu item, Raijin-age, made with frying techniques passed down through the generations, is also recommended.
In this building made with Japanese traditional tea house style architecture, they have private rooms each with their own atmosphere. Guests can enjoy the beautiful garden from all the rooms, making this restaurant a joy to visit. The restaurant's interior, which has a pure Japanese-style and formal feel, is recommended for using on important life days, such as exchanging engagement gifts and introductions.
Tempura Nakasei
Izakaya and Skewers - Yura Yura Asakusa Branch
Guests can freely enjoy a rich variety of skewer menu items and individual foods
Yura Yura Asakusa Branch is located a 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station. It is a sister restaurant of the grilled chicken restaurant Shinkei in Ogikubo and Asagaya. Here, guests can enjoy the Shinkei specialty grilled chicken skin skewers, which have addictive, delicious flavors. Besides the skewer menu, guests will want to order from the rich lineup of individual foods, such as the yura potato salad and chicken stew soba.
This restaurant is located in the "I" (pronounced "ee") section in Asakusa Yokocho, in 4F of the Tokyo Rakutenchi Building. Energetic staff are on stand by in the bright and open restaurant interior. Besides the rich lineup of skewer cuisine, the restaurant's specialties Yura Yura Sour and Yura Cha High are recommended, as they go well with the fresh meat sashimi and snacks.
Yura Yura Asakusa Branch
Address: 4F, Tokyo Rakutenchi Asakusa Bldg., 2-6-7, Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Access: 5 minutes walk from Asakusa Station
Access: 5 minutes walk from Asakusa Station
Izakaya Monjayaki - Okonomiyaki Monjayaki Asakusa Tsurujiro
Guests will smack their lips at the okonomiyaki and monjayaki made with high quality ingredients
Okonomiyaki Monjayaki Asakusa Tsurujiro is located near Asakusa Station, just a 3 minute walk. They have a rich lineup of highly original menu items, including their Futaaji-yaki, which lets guests enjoy 2 kinds of delicious flavors at once. The okonomiyaki and monjayaki can be cooked by the staff, making this restaurant a reassuring choice for first time visitors.
The restaurant interior, which is packed with a Japanese-style atmosphere, is a space where one can feel the warmth of wood. Besides the counter seats with a live feel, they have tatami room seats and table seats available. They have all-you-can-eat courses and all-you-can-drink settings for the monjayaki options, as well as foreign language menus, making it a very comfortable place for foreign tourists to visit.
Okonomiyaki Monjayaki Asakusa Tsurujiro
Open: [Weekdays, Saturdays, Days before holidays] Lunch 11:30-15:00 (last order 14:30) / Dinner 17:00-22:00 (last order 21:00) [Sundays, Holidays] Hours 11:30-21:00 (last order 20:00)
Closed: Tuesdays
Average price: [Dinner] 2,000 JPY / [Lunch] 980 JPY
Access: A three minute walk from the number 1 exit of Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station. Head straight toward Asakusa Public Hall, on the right.
Address: 1-20-8 Asakusa , Taito-ku, Tokyo Map
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Closed: Tuesdays
Average price: [Dinner] 2,000 JPY / [Lunch] 980 JPY
Access: A three minute walk from the number 1 exit of Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station. Head straight toward Asakusa Public Hall, on the right.
Address: 1-20-8 Asakusa , Taito-ku, Tokyo Map
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