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Restaurants

Low tables with tatami mats, Asakusa Imahan
Yoshiba
Asakusa Imahan
1 3
This early exponent of beef
MAP H3 • 2-14-5 Yokoami,
dishes opened its first restaurant in Sumida-ku • 3623-4480 • Open
1895. The specialty is shabu-shabu, 11:30am–2pm, 5–10pm Mon–
wafer-thin slices of prime beef Sat • ¥¥
cooked at your table in a pot of Wrestlers from the nearby sumo
boiling water and served with stables come here for chankonabe –
seasonal vegetables. Seating is at a robust stew of vegetables, chicken,
low tables on tatami mats (see p91). and fish. It's the staple diet of sumo
wrestlers and the main dish served.
Bird Land
2 Kanda Yabu Soba
MAP M4 • Tsukamoto Sozan
MAP F3 • 2-10 Kanda-
Bldg, B1F, 4-2-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku 4
• 5250-1081 • Closed Sun & Mon • ¥¥ Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku • 3251-0287
The fame of this grill rests on its high- • Open 11:30am–8pm • ¥¥
quality yakitori, sticks of charcoal- In an old wooden building, this
broiled chicken doused in a slightly vene rable restaurant serves classic
sweet soy-based sauce. The chicken Edo-period, handmade soba
cuts here are closer to the lighter (buckwheat noodles) along with
Chinese kebabs than the Turkish or vege table and pickle side dishes.
Central Asian varieties.
Hantei
5
MAP F1 • 2-12-15 Nezu, Bunkyo-
ku • 3828-1440 • Closed Mon • ¥¥
Hantei specializes in delec table
kushiage, deep-fried skewers of meat,
fish, and vegetables served with small
side dishes. Items are served six at a
time, and the menu is set.
Maru
6
MAP M5 • 6-12-15 Ginza, Chuo-
ku • 5537-7420 • Open 11:30am–2pm,
5:30–11pm Mon–Sat • ¥¥¥
This sleek restaurant, on the second
The sophisticated interior of Bird Land floor, has a long counter table facing

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