Guidebook for Chiyoda-ku
Food Scene
Price of the sushi is fixed to 137yen per piece! Even the pricy sushi like Otoro (fatty tuna) is 137yen. The restaurant also offers side dishes suitable for drinking. It can be used as an Izakaya style restaurant.
Ginzo
1-chōme-8-6 Kanda SakumachōPrice of the sushi is fixed to 137yen per piece! Even the pricy sushi like Otoro (fatty tuna) is 137yen. The restaurant also offers side dishes suitable for drinking. It can be used as an Izakaya style restaurant.
What makes Tonkatsu Manpei, a small restaurant in a hidden street with only 16 seats, so famous must be their signature dish that is only available from usually November to late March. The deep fried fresh oyster with butter, so called Kaki no butter yaki (1750 yen), is a simple yet one of the most profound cuisines by the chef that needs proficient technique for the preparation.
Pork cutlet Mampei
1-11 神田須田町What makes Tonkatsu Manpei, a small restaurant in a hidden street with only 16 seats, so famous must be their signature dish that is only available from usually November to late March. The deep fried fresh oyster with butter, so called Kaki no butter yaki (1750 yen), is a simple yet one of the most profound cuisines by the chef that needs proficient technique for the preparation.
just along from Asakusabashi Station, serves tasty traditional-style Japanese cuisine, beer and sake, 24 hours a day for very cheap, and with speedy, hearty service.
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Isomaru Suisan
1-chōme-42-1 Nishiikebukuro just along from Asakusabashi Station, serves tasty traditional-style Japanese cuisine, beer and sake, 24 hours a day for very cheap, and with speedy, hearty service.
a renowned gourmet Chinese restaurant for diners with a higher budget looking for something special, with friendly, attentive service.
Chinese Restaurant Fu Xiang
2-chōme-14-2 Yanagibashia renowned gourmet Chinese restaurant for diners with a higher budget looking for something special, with friendly, attentive service.
AKB48 is a massively popular, manufactured J-pop group made up of girls, girls and more girls. Forty-eight of them in several troupes. They are so hot, they’ve created official spin-off clones in several other Asian countries. The phenomenon got its start here in Akihabara - that’s what AKB stands for. They have nothing to do with electronics and technology but everything to do with boyish fantasies.
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AKB48 Cafe & Shop Akihabara
AKB48 is a massively popular, manufactured J-pop group made up of girls, girls and more girls. Forty-eight of them in several troupes. They are so hot, they’ve created official spin-off clones in several other Asian countries. The phenomenon got its start here in Akihabara - that’s what AKB stands for. They have nothing to do with electronics and technology but everything to do with boyish fantasies.
Drinks & Nightlife
Not many Yakitori restaurant has 40 years of history like Kushisuke. People often come here to have Kushisuke's big juicy meat with glasses of beer on their hands. When you come, order some Tebasaki (chicken wing), Shisomaki (meat rolled with Japanese basil), and Tsukune (chicken meatloaf) so that you don't have to miss out anything in Kushisuke. They have good selections of Japanese shochu as well. Nice to have especially when you are having Yakitoris but be careful of drinking too much!
串焼処 串助
4-chōme-14-1 SotokandaNot many Yakitori restaurant has 40 years of history like Kushisuke. People often come here to have Kushisuke's big juicy meat with glasses of beer on their hands. When you come, order some Tebasaki (chicken wing), Shisomaki (meat rolled with Japanese basil), and Tsukune (chicken meatloaf) so that you don't have to miss out anything in Kushisuke. They have good selections of Japanese shochu as well. Nice to have especially when you are having Yakitoris but be careful of drinking too much!
If you ask for a decent Japanese sake place in Kanda area, any of them would name Kanda Kohju. They have various good dishes but we suggest “Kanda Kohju no Otooshi”, a plate of assorted sides which should be more than enough to go with your sake. It has rare brands of sake so ask a member of staff for recommendations.
かんだ光壽
2-chōme-9-7 KajichōIf you ask for a decent Japanese sake place in Kanda area, any of them would name Kanda Kohju. They have various good dishes but we suggest “Kanda Kohju no Otooshi”, a plate of assorted sides which should be more than enough to go with your sake. It has rare brands of sake so ask a member of staff for recommendations.
Founded in 1954, you won’t hear a sound of the outside world and feel as if you’ve slipped back into Showa era in no time. The place has the ambience of a local, run-of-the-mill izakaya but beware, it is a high-end eatery and may cost you dear, so try not to order too much in one go.
Akatsuka Liquor Store
3-chōme-1-9 SotokandaFounded in 1954, you won’t hear a sound of the outside world and feel as if you’ve slipped back into Showa era in no time. The place has the ambience of a local, run-of-the-mill izakaya but beware, it is a high-end eatery and may cost you dear, so try not to order too much in one go.
Shingari is a standing bar-style izakaya but there are stools and tables so you can sit down and relax. The place is definitely value for money with tasty food costing around 500 yen per dish. Even you order loads of drinks and food the chances are you end up spending less than 3000 yen so it’s easy on the wallet.
Shingari
2-chōme-22 Kanda SakumachōShingari is a standing bar-style izakaya but there are stools and tables so you can sit down and relax. The place is definitely value for money with tasty food costing around 500 yen per dish. Even you order loads of drinks and food the chances are you end up spending less than 3000 yen so it’s easy on the wallet.
Founded in 1905, it is one of the most legendry izakaya. They offer popular dishes from the Meiji era that are rare finds today, such as Basashi (horsemeat sashimi) and Yanagawa nabe (simmered loach, burdock, and egg in a hot pot), not to mention good varieties of sake to accompany the food.
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Mimasuya
2-chōme-15-2 Kanda TsukasamachiFounded in 1905, it is one of the most legendry izakaya. They offer popular dishes from the Meiji era that are rare finds today, such as Basashi (horsemeat sashimi) and Yanagawa nabe (simmered loach, burdock, and egg in a hot pot), not to mention good varieties of sake to accompany the food.
Arts & Culture
Akiba Cultures Zone
1-chōme-7-6 Sotokanda2k540 AKI-OKA ARTIZAN
5 Chome-9 UenoThe museum's permanent exhibition vividly illustrates the past of Tokyo (known as Edo until 1869) through its exhibits and covers many features of the capital from the Edo Period to relatively recent decades.
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Edo-Tokyo Museum
1-chōme-4-1 Yokoami The museum's permanent exhibition vividly illustrates the past of Tokyo (known as Edo until 1869) through its exhibits and covers many features of the capital from the Edo Period to relatively recent decades.
Entertainment & Activities
The free Anime Center is here on the fourth floor. I know the name is popping up in lots of online guides which is why I’ve included it. Just...well, don’t get too excited. It’s not as cool as it sounds. Unless, of course, obviously converted office space decorated with a few display cases, a scattering of tables and chairs, posters and mid-size TV screens with short videos on endless loops excite you.
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Akihabara UDX
4-chōme-14-1 SotokandaThe free Anime Center is here on the fourth floor. I know the name is popping up in lots of online guides which is why I’ve included it. Just...well, don’t get too excited. It’s not as cool as it sounds. Unless, of course, obviously converted office space decorated with a few display cases, a scattering of tables and chairs, posters and mid-size TV screens with short videos on endless loops excite you.
Shopping
a 7-floor (including one underground floor) shopping building just south of, and across the road from, the Central Exit of JR Akihabara Station. Akiba Tolim offers everything from beauty on the B1 floor (a hair removal salon) up to dining and drinking on the 5th and 6th floors (including ethnic cuisine and an ale house). Between-floors are coffee shops (1F Starbucks), glasses, ice cream, and clothing (3F Mujirushi, 4F Uniqlo).
Akiba Tolim
1-chōme-6-5 Kanda Sakumachō a 7-floor (including one underground floor) shopping building just south of, and across the road from, the Central Exit of JR Akihabara Station. Akiba Tolim offers everything from beauty on the B1 floor (a hair removal salon) up to dining and drinking on the 5th and 6th floors (including ethnic cuisine and an ale house). Between-floors are coffee shops (1F Starbucks), glasses, ice cream, and clothing (3F Mujirushi, 4F Uniqlo).
Atre Akihabara 1 is a shopping building of six floors with cafes and restaurants (1F & 4F), fashion, accessories, hobby-related, cosmetics, books, drugstore, etc. on 2F & 3F (a Uniqlo on 2F, Starbucks on 3F/4F), and 5F and 6F with the Relaxe bodycare/yoga/relaxation clinic. Atre Akihabara 1 is accessible both from both the Electric Town Exit as well as directly from the Chuo-Sobu Line platform of Akihabara Station. There is also an Atre Akihabara 2, at the station's Showa-dori Exit, full of cafes and restaurants.
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Atre Akihabara 1
1-chōme-17-6 Sotokanda Atre Akihabara 1 is a shopping building of six floors with cafes and restaurants (1F & 4F), fashion, accessories, hobby-related, cosmetics, books, drugstore, etc. on 2F & 3F (a Uniqlo on 2F, Starbucks on 3F/4F), and 5F and 6F with the Relaxe bodycare/yoga/relaxation clinic. Atre Akihabara 1 is accessible both from both the Electric Town Exit as well as directly from the Chuo-Sobu Line platform of Akihabara Station. There is also an Atre Akihabara 2, at the station's Showa-dori Exit, full of cafes and restaurants.
Sofmap dominates Akihabara with its multitude of specialist stores.
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Bic Camera
4-chōme-1-1 Sotokanda Sofmap dominates Akihabara with its multitude of specialist stores.
Sightseeing
Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine, just a minute's walk from Asakusabashi Station, is said to have its roots in when the samurai commander Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (968-1048) planted a ginkgo tree branch on what used to be the hill that this shrine was on while on his way to subdue rebels in Chiba prefecture (and who surrendered before he got there!). Ichogaoka means "ginkgo hill." Hachiman was the tutelary god of warriors, worshiped by the Minamoto clan. In the Edo period the shrine became part of the grounds of the Edo (i.e., Tokyo) residence of the Matsudaira family of Fukui province and enshrined the province's ancestral guardian deity. At the time of the Meiji Restoration, it was redesignated as a local township shrine.
Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine
1-chōme-29-11 AsakusabashiIchogaoka Hachiman Shrine, just a minute's walk from Asakusabashi Station, is said to have its roots in when the samurai commander Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (968-1048) planted a ginkgo tree branch on what used to be the hill that this shrine was on while on his way to subdue rebels in Chiba prefecture (and who surrendered before he got there!). Ichogaoka means "ginkgo hill." Hachiman was the tutelary god of warriors, worshiped by the Minamoto clan. In the Edo period the shrine became part of the grounds of the Edo (i.e., Tokyo) residence of the Matsudaira family of Fukui province and enshrined the province's ancestral guardian deity. At the time of the Meiji Restoration, it was redesignated as a local township shrine.
Ryogoku is known as the heartland of sumo, and rikishi wrestlers are a common sight in the neighborhood and around the train station. Of the six professional Grand Sumo Tournaments held every year, Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall stages three—in January, May, and September.
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Ryogoku Kokugikan
1-chōme-3-28 YokoamiRyogoku is known as the heartland of sumo, and rikishi wrestlers are a common sight in the neighborhood and around the train station. Of the six professional Grand Sumo Tournaments held every year, Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall stages three—in January, May, and September.
Essentials
ファミリーマート 浅草橋駅前店
1-chōme-24-3 Asakusabashi2 Chome-7-11 Asakusabashi
Lawson Asakusabashi Ekimae
1-chōme-9-16 Asakusabashi