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The cheap end of the Hageten group, two minutes from Ginza Station, serving ramen and tendon side by side from 11:00 to 22:00 every day except New Year's Day. The sesame-tonkotsu ramen comes with five pieces of tempura on top, including char siu and pickled ginger fried in batter.

Bowls run from ¥1,290 to ¥2,600 with tax included, which makes it one of the few places in Ginza where a full meal costs under ¥1,500. Cards are not accepted, so bring cash.

Good to know

• Cash only — no credit cards.
• Closed on 1 January only.
• There is no car park.

Edo-style sushi on the third floor of the Gonpachi building at the Nishi-Azabu crossing, made in front of you at the counter. Besides the counter there are tables, private tatami rooms for twelve and seats on a garden terrace, 100 seats in all.

It opens at 17:00 and serves until 2:00 in the morning, with last orders at 1:00, every day of the year. The restaurant is entirely non-smoking, and a vegan menu is published alongside the dinner menu.

Good to know

• The minimum spend after 17:00 is ¥1,650 per person including tax.
• The restaurant is entirely non-smoking.
• It sits above Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu, which keeps different hours and closes later.

A yakitori chain where every dish and every drink costs the same: ¥410 including tax. This branch is on the third floor of the building right outside exit 8 of Asakusa Station, with eight counter seats and eighty-one table seats.

On Fridays and Saturdays it stays open until 4:30 in the morning. On other days it closes at 23:00, which still makes it late by Asakusa standards.

Good to know

• Open until 4:30 on Friday and Saturday nights, and until 23:00 on the other days.
• There are no baby chairs.

Sushizanmai Shibuya Tokyuhontenmae stands in Udagawacho, four minutes from Exit A2 of Shibuya Station, opposite the former Tokyu department store. It is open from 11:00 right through to 6:00 the next morning, every day of the year, with last orders at 5:00. There are 62 seats, 14 at the counter and 48 at tables, and ordering can be done from your phone. Nigiri starts at ¥140 a piece, and the sets of tuna and seafood come with a miso soup. The restaurant is non-smoking throughout.

Good to know

• Open until 6:00 the next morning, with last orders at 5:00, every day of the year.
• 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 through ResReserve or Tabelog.
• There is free Wi-Fi, child seats and smartphone ordering.
• The chain's other Shibuya branch, Shibuya Dogenzaka Center Building, closes for good after trading on 3 November 2026, so make sure you are heading to the right one.
• Whether prices include tax, any cover charge and any age limit are not stated on the official page.

Tsunahachi has been frying Edo-style tempura in Shinjuku since 1924. The main restaurant closed on 31 May 2026 for rebuilding, and since 23 June 2026 the same manager and staff have been running this annexe in the TRES SHINJUKU building, a few minutes from Shinjuku-sanchome Station. The sixth floor has 17 counter seats and 18 table seats, and the basement another 34 table seats, with some dishes served only in the basement. The whole restaurant is non-smoking and it opens every day from 11:00 to 22:00.

Good to know

• The whole restaurant is non-smoking at all times.
• This is the annexe. The original Tsunahachi main restaurant closed on 31 May 2026 for rebuilding and is due to reopen in autumn 2028.
• The lunch menu is served until 15:00, with last orders at 15:00.
• Some set meals, including the tempura and sashimi sets, are served only in the basement dining room.
• Reservations are taken by phone on 03-5315-0320. The restaurant asks you to say that you saw the website. The chain's online booking form does not list this branch.
• There is no car park.
• Whether prices include tax, which card brands are accepted, any cover charge and any age limit are not stated on the official page.

Nihonshu Genka Sakagura is an izakaya specialising in sake, pouring it at close to cost price. The Ueno Okachimachi branch has 30 sake on the standard list plus around 10 branch-only and seasonal bottles. Every sake except the sparkling ones is decanted into the company's own bottles to keep it fresh, and chilled or warmed service can be discussed depending on the bottle. Tell the staff what you like, such as dry or sweet, fruity or clean, and they will suggest something. Food stops at 22:30 and drinks at 23:00.

Good to know

• An entry fee of ¥540 per person (tax included) is charged on top of food and drink. App members get ¥110 off from their second visit.
• Food orders stop at 22:30 and drink orders at 23:00. When the izakaya is busy there is a two-hour limit, with last orders 30 minutes before the end.
• Book online or by phone on 050-5786-7613. Walk-ins are sometimes possible, but it fills up at busy times; even when it shows as full there may be space for a one-hour or 90-minute seating, so it is worth calling.
• If you book a table for up to three people you may be seated at the counter.
• Limited-period plans change often, so check the prices and details on the branch page before you go.
• Opening hours change on some dates (3, 15 and 23 November, 13 December, 1 and 11 and 17 January), so check the branch page.
• Allergies are accommodated where possible; mention them when you book.
• This is an izakaya specialising in sake, not a bar.
• No closing day is listed on the official page.

An 82-seat monja restaurant on the third block of Monja Street, open straight through from 11:00 to 22:30 every day of the year. Smoking is allowed.

Its own site has English and Korean pages, which is rare here. On them the shop says its ingredients are hand-picked each day at Tsukiji or Toyosu, and that the stock is its own long-simmered recipe. Most monja on the list are ¥1,500.

Good to know

• Smoking is allowed.
• The shop's own site does not publish opening hours; the hours here come from the Tsukishima Monja Association listing.
• Open every day of the year.

The branch beside Tsukiji Hongwanji temple, a minute from Exit 1 of Tsukiji Station. It has 41 seats, and of the Sushizanmai restaurants in Tsukiji it stays open latest apart from the 24-hour main shop: the door closes at 22:30, with last orders at 22:00.

Bookings are taken on weekdays only, by phone or online. At weekends and on public holidays it is walk-in.

Good to know

• Bookings are taken on weekdays only. Weekends and public holidays are walk-in.
• Only 41 seats, so expect to wait at busy hours.
• Every seat is non-smoking.

A basement tonkatsu restaurant three minutes from Ginza Station that describes itself as the first tonkatsu specialist to open in Ginza. Set meals come with rice, miso soup and pickles, and the rice is refillable; single items can be combined into a set and portions adjusted on request.

Set meals run from ¥1,950 to ¥4,600 and a katsudon is ¥1,400, as listed by the restaurant in April 2024. The founder had trained as a pharmacist and used that knowledge to develop the house tonkatsu sauce, which is also sold to take home.

Good to know

• Reservations are not taken, and a group is seated only once everyone has arrived.
• Last orders are at 20:00, so this is an early dinner rather than a late one.
• Open every day except 1 January.
• Prices are those listed by the restaurant as of April 2024.

A shabu-shabu and sukiyaki restaurant in Roppongi, open since 1961 and a registered Kobe beef restaurant with the association that certifies the breed. Crab shabu-shabu and seasonal Japanese dishes are served alongside the beef.

The ground floor has 11 tables and 46 seats; the first floor has 10 tables, 42 seats and four private rooms for two to six people, named after cherry, wisteria, camellia and maple. Dinner runs from 17:00, until 23:00 on weekdays and 22:30 at weekends, and the whole site is published in English.

Good to know

• A 10 percent service charge is added to the prices above.
• A private room costs extra: from ¥16,500 per person at dinner and ¥11,000 at lunch, tax included.
• There is no car park for Seryna or for the teppanyaki restaurant in the same building; the restaurant asks you to use a nearby pay car park.
• Reservations by phone are taken from 11:00.