Ginza Aster Honten/
銀座アスター 本店

Tokyo Ginza International
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¥13,200 - 35,200
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Description

A Chinese restaurant that opened in Ginza 1-chome in 1926 and reached its hundredth year in 2026, a minute's walk from Ginza-itchome Station. The dining rooms are hung with Chinese art, and the house has been named an international Chinese restaurant by the World Association of Chinese Cuisine in Beijing.

Dinner is served in courses named after orchids, from ¥13,200 to ¥35,200 with tax included and a 10 percent service charge on top. A vegan menu is published separately, drawing on Chinese temple cooking, and there are six western-style private rooms plus four half-private ones.

Good to know

  • Closed every Wednesday except when it falls on a public holiday.
  • A 10 percent service charge is added, and private rooms carry a room charge.
  • Last orders are at 20:00 on weekdays and 19:30 on Sundays and public holidays.
  • Some days are taken over by private events, so check the restaurant's notices before going.

Location

GINZA ASTER BLD., 1-8-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Directions

Hours

Monday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:30
Tuesday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:30
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:30
Friday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:30
Saturday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:30
Sunday
11:30–15:30, 17:00–21:00

Atmosphere

Cozy Modern

Payment

Credit Card IC Card Mobile Payment

A 10 percent service charge is added, and private rooms carry a room charge. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and UnionPay are accepted, along with QUICPay, iD, Rakuten Edy, WAON, nanaco and transport IC cards; PiTaPa is not accepted.

Features

  • Private rooms
  • Non-smoking with a smoking room on the second floor
  • Vegan menu
  • Cards and transport IC accepted

Highlights

Opened in Ginza 1-chome in 1926 and marked its hundredth year in 2026.
A vegan menu is published, built with the techniques of Chinese temple cooking.
The house dish is a steak of shark fin, simmered down in stock until the flavour clings to the whole fin.

Course

"Kunshiran" — the head chef's hundredth-anniversary course

Seasonal appetisers, shark fin and fugu milt soup, prawn and abalone in Cantonese style, wagyu steak with Peking duck, Shanghai crab fried rice and almond jelly with fruit.

¥13,200 per person (tax included)

"Shikiran"

Amuse, seasonal appetisers, shark fin and Shanghai crab soup, wagyu with seasonal vegetables in black bean sauce, steamed fish, abalone gratin with Peking duck, squid and prawn yakisoba, and dessert.

¥16,500 per person (tax included)

"Kochoran"

Amuse, seasonal appetisers, abalone and mushroom soup steamed in a pot, Chinese greens with house prawn miso, steamed kue from the Goto Islands, smoked duck with Peking duck, sweet shrimp and Shanghai crab fried rice, and dessert.

¥22,000 per person (tax included)

"Kinran"

The longest course, with dried abalone simmered in the classic style, Peking duck and dim sum, the house shark fin steak, and a clear soup noodle with crab XO sauce.

¥35,200 per person (tax included)