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Central Burger Shop: Yokohama Motomachi

The smash burgers are good and meaty here, topped with a tangy cheese sauce and served with crunchy waffle fries and optional jalapenos. The menu also features a few different burritos (Baja fish, "smash beef", pulled pork corn), quesadillas, and Cobb and Caesar salads. Shakes come in vanilla, banana, berry, Nutella and peanut-butter flavors. The atmosphere is laid back, and the shop.... [Continue reading]

Curry report - Good Luck Curry: Shibuya

Located in the chaotic basement restaurant zone of Parco Department Store, this is a tourist-friendly branch of a highly rated spice curry shop in Ebisu. The tasty curries here are heavily seasoned but not too fiery, and attractively presented with colorful garnishes. We recommend the three-curry plate, which will give you a chance to try out a range of contrasting flavors. There are.... [Continue reading]

Cafe Diary - Walkabout Coffee: Ogawamachi

Located on a quiet back street between Jimbocho and Kanda, this Australian-style cafe is bright and airy, with double-height windows letting in plenty of light. They serve a typical assortment of hot and iced espresso drinks (lattes, long blacks) and filter coffee. The latter comes in your choice of three different single-origin beans, starting at around Y1,000. Architecturally.... [Continue reading]

Ise Kadoya Craft Beer: Marunouchi

Run by the highly regarded Ise Kadoya brewery in Mie Prefecture, this Marunouchi izakaya serves regional cuisine and craft sake from Mie as well as their own craft beers. Ten varieties of Ise Kadoya beer are available on tap. As with any good izakaya, the the food menu is designed to accompany drinks, and the grilled meats and fish here go especially well with both beer and sake. One.... [Continue reading]

Riesling: Nishi-Shinjuku

German wine bar Riesling offers very affordable wines and good, solid German food. The wine list features eighteen wines by the bottle, most of them in the Y4,500-6,000 range, and seven or eight by the glass. Erdinger weissbier is their draft beer. Among the wine-friendly snacks here, the zwiebelkuchen - a tart made with caramelized onions, bacon, cheese, eggs and cream - is highly.... [Continue reading]

Cafe Diary - Ogawa Coffee Laboratory: Shimo-Kitazawa

Treat yourself to a coffee adventure at the tastefully minimalist Ogawa Coffee Laboratory, where you can select any of 19 different single-origin beans and blends. The theme of the shop is "Experience-based Bean Salon," so go ahead, give the beans a sniff! You can choose from pour-over (hot only), espresso variations (hot or iced), or Aeropress treatment for whatever beans you select. .... [Continue reading]

Pizza Report - California Pizza Kitchen: Kawasaki

This popular US restaurant chain is known for California-style pizzas with creative combinations of toppings. They also offer a full menu of casual American comfort foods along with budget-friendly wines, frilly cocktails and mocktails. Kids ten and under have their own special menu with smaller portion sizes. The Kawasaki branch serves 17 different pizzas, and they provide a novel.... [Continue reading]

Moose Hills Burger: Yokohama Yamashitacho

Twenty-two different hamburgers are served at this American-themed burger joint, with some unusual variations like Cream of Spinach Mushroom Burger, Guacamole Cream-Cheese Burger, and the Niagara Burger - a cheese-lover's treat with toppings of Parmesan, Mozzarella, Gorgonzola and Boursin. The Special Smoked Bacon Burger showcases the shop's excellent home-smoked bacon, garnished with.... [Continue reading]

Loiseau de France: Iidabashi

Loiseau de France serves excellent French regional cuisine in a casual setting. They are part of the Bernard Loiseau group, which runs a handful of luxury hotels and bistrots in Burgundy. This Tokyo outpost opened in the summer of 2024 in a modern new building (by architect Sou Fujimoto) on the woodsy campus of the French Institute in Iidabashi. The menu is traditional French rather than.... [Continue reading]

Cafe Diary - Swell Coffee Roasters Lab: Yokohama Sta.

This Yokohama roastery branch of the popular Naka-Meguro cafe offers both filter and espresso coffees and a nice selection of donuts. You can choose from six different single-origin beans for your hot or iced pour-over coffee, with one decaf option. The espresso side of the menu includes flavored lattes, long blacks (hot or iced) and espresso tonic. Latte art is one of the specialties.... [Continue reading]

Isshin: Daikanyama

This stylish dining bar offers excellent seasonal Japanese cuisine with an emphasis on Kansai-style dishes, plus a diverse selection of craft sake. The kitchen turns out a mix of well-executed izakaya standards and original creations, with both seasonal dishes and plenty of daily specials. One specialty of the house that keeps us coming back is the gobo karaage - deep-fried chunks of.... [Continue reading]

Quays Pacific Grill: Yokohama Shinko

We'd love this place even if it weren't for the gorgeous bayside view. They serve great food and inspired original cocktails, and they run their own craft brewery, coffee roastery and gin distillery on premises. When the weather is nice you can enjoy the fresh ocean breezes out on their waterfront terrace. The food menu focuses on casual American classics, among them some of the.... [Continue reading]

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Carvaan Beer Stop: Shibuya

Located inside the Tokyu Foodshow basement food hall, the Carvaan Beer Stop standing bar is run by a Saitama-based craft brewery and Middle Eastern restaurant. One of the brewery's goals is to recreate interesting...

Tokyo Beer Paradise by Primus: Yaesu

Half a dozen taps here serve brews from Belgium's Haacht Brewery as well as one or two guest beers. There's also a respectable bottled selection with well-known names like Westmalle, Rochefort, Leffe and Kwak - around 40...

Beer Brain Harajuku: Jingumae 2-chome

There's plenty of outdoor seating in the attractive, greenery-filled courtyard area in front of Beer Brain, and just a bit of standing room inside the tiny bar itself. The shop's five taps dispense beers from their own...

Brussels: Roppongi 1-chome

Conveniently located next to the entrance to Roppongi 1-chome subway station, this branch of the long-running Belgian beer chain has ample outdoor seating as well as a spacious dining room. You can choose from around ten...

Koukyu Hanten: Suidobashi

Taiwanese dim sum, spicy ramen bowls and rice dishes are served with craft beers at this kiosk inside Tokyo Dome City's popular food court. Five taps dispense a rotating selection of freshly brewed beers from Tokyo's Rio...

Craft Beer Market: Suidobashi

Located in the lively Food Stadium food court in the southwest corner of Tokyo Dome City, this kiosk-style branch of the popular craft-beer bar chain serves "smash" style burgers along with twenty varieties of domestic and...

Where in Tokyo

Find fun things to do between meals, from our sister site Where In Tokyo.

Shiseido Art & Science Lab: Yokohama Takashimacho

Cosmetics company Shiseido's museum has adopted a science-lab theme, with cool-looking laboratory equipment and hands-on exhibits. You can combine scents to blend your own unique fragrance, and compare the textures of...

Museum of Package Culture: Tokyo Osaki

Tokyo has more than its share of quirky company mini-museums, but this facility devoted to "Package Culture" still stands out. Run by Japanese packaging company Toyo Seikan Group, the museum focuses on the history of the...

Space Un Tokyo: Tokyo Gaienmae

Space Un is the first contemporary art gallery in Japan devoted entirely to the work of African artists. In addition to organizing exhibitions in their spacious Aoyama gallery, they also run a residency program, bringing...

Museum of Logistics: Tokyo Shinagawa

If you're a diorama fan, the highly detailed, room-size layout in the basement of this museum is one of the more impressive examples in town. It's got trains, planes, container ships, trucks, and streams of cars, with big...

Yokohama Doll Museum: Yokohama Motomachi

This specialized museum houses thousands and thousands of dolls. The collection starts off with a huge display of traditional dolls and human figures from more than 100 countries around the world. Japan is represented by...

Toshima Historical Museum: Tokyo Ikebukuro

A surprisingly detailed diorama of a crowded Ikebukuro market square in the early 20th century is one of the highlights at this tiny history museum. There are also scale models of a 19th-century residential neighborhood, a...