Value sushi restaurant in a serious fish market only for professional buyers

Tsukiji Market is too much crowded. I recommend to visit Ota Market, which is located 7km south of Shinagawa station. See the below access map. The location is seriously inconvenient. The easiest access to the market is to take Keikyu Train, drop off at Heiwajima-Sta(平和島), and take a taxi. Or you can take a bus…

A classic sushi restaurant with 70 years history

The sushi restaurant, Kizushi(喜寿司), has served classical Tokyo style sushi since 1927 in  Nihonbashi-ningyocho(日本橋人形町), an old town nearby Tokyo station. The chef, Mr. Ryuichi Yui, is a third generation of this sushi restaurant, born in 1942. He started his career as a French cook and turned back to his home, Kizushi, to become a sushi chef….

Budget type casual sushi restaurant in Hiroo

Currently Tokyo’s sushi scene is heated up too much. As a result, we are disappointed with increasing budget of ¥30,000 per person, 6 months waiting list, and difficult and arrogant owners. If you don’t need Michelin star restaurants, Abe(粋な寿し処 阿部) is one of a reasonable solution. It’s positioning is strategically correct. Not as expensive as Michelin star sushi…

Awesome Sushi “Osamu” in Fukuoka

Sushi Osamu (鮨おさむ) is a sushi restaurant which attracts many foreign guests despite its inconvenient location in the outskirt of Fukuoka city. Though the sushi is delicious of course, the chef’s friendly personality is also one reason. This fine sushi restaurant earned a bronze medal in The Tabelog Award 2017. Sushi Osamu‘s sushi is served in…

The Hole-In-The-Wall Sushi Restaurant in Minami Azabu

(photo from Tabelog) Sushi Wasabi(鮨わさび) is a small sushi restaurant in Minami Azabu. It is difficult to find the restaurant from the street because it tenants in the second floor of an ordinary apartment. Coming upstairs, you could find the entrance of the hole-in-the-wall restaurant. It serves authentic sushi and fine Japanese sake with reasonable prices….

Awesome wagyu beef and tuna in Azabujuban

Ozaki Yukitaka (尾崎幸隆) is a Japanese restaurant located in Azabujuban(麻布十番). The restaurant pleases its guests with the special wagyu beef, Ozaki beef, and fine tuna procured by a famous tuna wholesaler. This restaurant is named after the origin or supplier of the fine beef and tuna; “Ozaki” is the name of the brand of its beef,…

Melting tuna sushi followed by fine orange juice

Sushi Rinda is located in Fudomae nearby Meguro in Tokyo. The restaurant is named after the chef’s daughter’s name which is named after the chef’s favorite Japanese song, “Rinda Rinda” by The Blue Hearts, a famous Japanese punk rock band. The young chef, Mr. Yuta Kono, 33 years old, used to work in Tokyo and…

Authentic Sushi under JPY20,000

If you wish to have nice Sushi in an authentic Sushi restaurant in Ginza, you should prepare at least JPY30,000. However, if you go out from Ginza, there are many alternatives with more reasonable bill less than JPY20,000.

No more long queue in Tsukji fish market for nice Sushi. I tell you an alternative.

Tsukiji Fish Market(築地市場) is getting more popular recent years. Inside the market, you can find a loooooong queue leading to the most famous Sushi restaurants there: Sushi Dai(寿司大) and Daiwa Sushi(大和寿司). However it looks ridiculous to me to line up for more than two hours just to have Sushi even though both of the restaurants are…

The rising star in the Tokyo Sushi scene

In the Tokyo Sushi scene, the new generation of Sushi chef is rising. Daiki Ishida, 33 years old,  is one of the rising stars. He opend his own Sushi restaurant, named “Shinpaku(心白)” in Hiroo, Tokyo, in December 2014. Only after two year later the opening, Shinpaku has become one of the difficult-to-book restaurants in Tokyo.