Nihonbashi

Nihonbashi’s tables, tasted and verified — with the real links to book and an honest word on what you can eat.

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Nihonbashi · 100% buckwheat (juwari) soba · ¥

Juwari Soba Tokyo Basso

Three styles of juwari soba (inaka, sarashina, dattan)

A specialist serving juwari (100% buckwheat) soba with no wheat flour, so the noodles themselves are naturally gluten-free. Note the standard dipping sauce/soba-yu and a shared kitchen mean it is not certified celiac-safe; confirm the tsuyu if you are highly sensitive.

  • Gluten-free
  • Casual
  • Solo

Nihonbashi · Fruit parlour (parfaits & fruit desserts) · ¥¥¥

Sembikiya Fruit Parlour

Sembikiya special fruit parfait

The dine-in fruit parlour of Japan's oldest luxury fruit purveyor, founded in Nihonbashi in 1834, serving lavish parfaits of world-class fruit in a bright, elegant salon.

  • Vegetarian
  • Date
  • Anniversary

Nihonbashi · Oden (Kanto-style) · ¥¥¥

Nihonbashi Otako

Tomeshi — soy-cooked rice crowned with broth-soaked tofu

Founded in 1923, this Kanto-style oden institution simmers a decades-old dark dashi and is famous for tomeshi — broth-soaked tofu over soy-stained rice.

  • Solo
  • Casual

Nihonbashi · Tendon (tempura rice bowl) · ¥

Kaneko Hannosuke

Edomae tendon of conger eel, shrimp, squid & soft-fried egg in a secret sauce

The perpetually-queued Nihonbashi flagship whose overflowing Edomae tendon comes glossed in a closely-guarded family sauce for around ¥1,000.

  • Solo
  • Casual