Sushi

A sushi house in Ginza 8-chome that announced its 90th year in December 2025, spread across a main building and an annexe on the same block. Almost every seat is a counter seat: fourteen chairs on the first floor, fourteen at a sunken hearth counter on the second, and eleven at each of the two counters in the annexe.

Dinner is a set menu. The nigiri course is ¥16,500 and the sushi kaiseki courses are ¥25,300, ¥30,800 and ¥44,000, with a 10 percent service charge added in the evening. Bookings are taken by phone from 10:00, and also online through a service that works in English, Chinese and Korean.

Good to know

• Closed on Sundays and Mondays, including Mondays that fall on a public holiday.
• A 10 percent service charge is added at dinner.
• Cancelling a dinner booking on the day costs ¥10,000 per person.
• Phone bookings are taken from 10:00.

Sushi Tatsu is the only sushi restaurant in Omoide Yokocho, the lane of small eating places by the west exit of Shinjuku Station. The restaurant says it takes its toppings and its rice seriously and makes its own thick omelette. The omakase sushi is already seasoned apart from the rolls, so the restaurant asks you to eat it without soy sauce. There is an upstairs room that can be used by a private party of up to eight. It is open from 17:00 to 23:45 and closed on Sundays and public holidays. Payment is cash.

Good to know

• Payment is cash only.
• Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
• Reservations are recommended; phone 03-3342-0740.
• The restaurant has no website of its own. The information comes from the official site of the Omoide Yokocho shopping street, where the Japanese page is marked as of June 2024 and the English page as of March 2021, so check before you go.
• The smoking policy, any cover charge and any age limit are not stated.

Umegaoka Sushi no Midori has a branch on the fourth floor of Mark City East, inside the Shibuya Station terminal building. It seats 62 and serves the chain's sets, from the Jo nigiri at ¥1,980 to the Chotokusen nigiri at ¥3,630, all with a chawanmushi. Since 1 October the restaurant has stayed open through the afternoon, from 11:00 to 21:00, and it closes only on 1 January. Seating is by numbered ticket, taken from the machine at the entrance or through the branch's LINE account, and guests are asked to keep their meal within two hours.

Good to know

• Seating is by numbered ticket. Take one from the machine at the entrance from 10:00, or through the branch's LINE account on weekdays from 10:00 to 19:30 while you are within about one kilometre of the restaurant. Tickets are for up to 10 adults.
• The restaurant asks guests to keep their meal within two hours.
• Ticketing may be stopped early if the queue will not be seated before last orders.
• Closed on 1 January.
• Reservations are taken through TableCheck, or by phone on 050-3623-4347 for takeaway and seat bookings.
• Mark City's own car park gives one hour free with a spend of ¥3,000 including tax; you must show the white parking ticket when you pay.
• The official page notes that prices for some items may differ at individual branches.
• The walking time from the station, the smoking policy, any cover charge, any age limit and English support are not stated on the official page.

Sushizanmai Shinjuku Higashiguchi is on the third floor of the Seno Building, right by Exit B10 of the subway at Shinjuku-sanchome and three minutes from the East Exit of JR Shinjuku Station. It has 84 seats in all, 14 at the counter and 70 at tables, and the official page notes that the large number of tables suits everything from a pair to a group. Ordering is by tablet and dish names are printed in English as well as Japanese. The restaurant is open every day and non-smoking throughout. It closes at 22:00 from Monday to Thursday and at 23:00 from Friday to Sunday and on public holidays.

Good to know

• The restaurant is non-smoking at all times.
• Open every day, with no closing day.
• The lunch menu is served on weekdays only, from 11:00 to 15:00.
• Reservations are taken online through ResReserve, or by phone on 03-5357-7737.
• Whether prices include tax is not stated on the official menu.
• Any cover charge and any age limit are not stated on the official page.

Sushi Ito Ikkan serves Edomae sushi on the Tower Side Terrace of the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, five minutes from the West Exit of Shibuya Station, with its entrance on the outer terrace rather than inside the hotel. It is the Shibuya branch of Akasaka Sushi Ito, which ran in Akasaka for 25 years. There are 15 seats: nine at the counter and six in a private room. Ingredients are brought in from around the country with the season, the rice is Kinuhikari sent directly from a farm in Koka in Shiga, and the sushi soy sauce, gari and sushi vinegar are made in house. The restaurant opens every day and is non-smoking throughout.

Good to know

• Each guest must order a course, and listed prices already include a 15 percent service charge and 10 percent consumption tax.
• The whole restaurant is non-smoking and the dress code is smart casual; men in T-shirts, shorts or sandals may be turned away.
• The restaurant asks guests not to wear strong perfume or cologne, so that the aromas of the food come through.
• The last order for lunch is given differently by the restaurant's own pages: 13:30 on the top and dinner pages and on the hotel's page, 14:00 on the access page. Check before you go.
• The cut-off for entering the private room is also given differently: 20:30 on the top, access and hotel pages, 20:00 on the dinner menu page.
• Open every day.
• Reservations are taken through TableCheck or by phone on 050-3503-4110; other enquiries go to 03-3476-3498.
• Payment methods, any cover charge and any age limit are not stated on the official site.

Sushizanmai Higashi Shinjuku stands on the corner where the street meets Shokuan-dori, north of Kabukicho, and is open from 11:00 right through to 5:00 the next morning every day of the year. The fish is sent in daily from Toyosu. There are 72 seats spread over the ground floor and the basement, with counter and table seating on both. The restaurant is non-smoking throughout, dish names are printed in English as well as Japanese, and ordering can be done from your phone.

Good to know

• Open until 5:00 the next morning, with last orders at 4:30.
• The restaurant is non-smoking at all times.
• The lunch menu is served on weekdays only, from 11:00 to 15:00.
• Reservations are taken by phone on 03-5155-6655.
• The official page carries notes about reservations and lunch being suspended between 8 and 16 August, but does not give the year, so check before relying on them.
• Whether prices include tax is not stated on the official menu.
• The official page gives walking times from Higashi-Shinjuku and Seibu-Shinjuku stations but not from JR Shinjuku Station.

Eitaro Sushi serves aged sushi, ageing the fish for several days to draw out its flavour, with omakase courses at the heart of the menu. The counter is reserved for guests having a course and lets you watch the chefs work; nigiri sets are served at the tables, and there are two tatami rooms that take up to 18 people when the partition is removed. A course includes two appetizers, sashimi, three prepared dishes, eight pieces of sushi, a soup and a sweet. Sake comes from breweries such as Kokuryu, Isojiman, Denshu and Utou, and the wine list is mainly white to go with sushi.

Good to know

• Prices are listed differently on the Japanese and English pages of the official website, so check the current prices with the restaurant before you visit.
• Counter seats are for guests having a course. Nigiri sets are served at tables.
• Reserve online at regli.jp, by phone on 03-3828-5472 or by email. Lunch courses also need to be booked in advance.
• Cancellations should be made at least two days ahead; the restaurant may charge the full amount for a same-day cancellation.
• Credit cards are accepted at dinner only. At other times payment is cash.
• The restaurant is closed on irregular days, so check before you go.
• Children are welcome, but the restaurant may be unable to take them depending on other bookings, so ask when you reserve.
• The restaurant cannot be hired privately, and there is no car park; there is paid parking nearby.

The first Sushizanmai, opened in April 2001 beside the Tsukiji outer market as what the company calls Japan's first sushi restaurant open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The company still describes it as the chain's flagship.

There are 144 seats over three floors, with counters on the first and second. Reservations are not taken, so you join the queue. The grand menu lists every item in Japanese and English, and the bill can be settled by card, electronic money or QR payment.

Good to know

• Reservations are not taken. Join the queue at the door.
• Every seat is non-smoking.
• The menu lists each item in both Japanese and English.

SUSHI Gonpachi Shibuya is on the 14th floor of the E. Space Tower in Maruyamacho, eight minutes from JR Shibuya Station, with a view out over the city. The room is finished in wood and seats 50, with no private rooms. Alongside the nigiri there are speciality dishes, a board of the chef's daily recommendations and sake pairings. It opens at 17:00 every day and serves until 2:00 the next morning, with last orders at 1:00. The restaurant is non-smoking throughout.

Good to know

• A minimum charge per person applies from 17:00, but the amount is given differently: the restaurant's web page says ¥1,000 (¥1,100 with tax), while the official menu says ¥1,500 (¥1,650 with tax), with the difference charged if you spend less and the rule applying all day at weekends and on public holidays. Check on arrival.
• The restaurant is non-smoking throughout and has no private rooms.
• Open every day, with no closing day.
• Reservations are taken online through Toreta or by phone on 050-5443-0491.
• There is parking in the building, but it is not validated and cannot be used late at night.
• A vegan menu is available.
• Payment methods and any age limit are not stated on the official page.

A Sushizanmai built inside a converted ryotei, which the company describes as giving it a calm, settled front. It holds 209 seats, including private rooms and a sunken-hearth section, and takes groups and set courses.

Open from 11:00 to 22:00 every day of the year, with last orders at 21:30. Bookings are taken by phone, but the counter seats are kept for walk-ins.

Good to know

• Counter seats cannot be reserved, only tables and rooms.
• Every seat is non-smoking.
• Last orders are at 21:30.