Editor's Choice
A Kagurazaka eel house founded in 1869 that has glazed and charcoal-grilled unagi over rice for more than 150 years, a minute from Iidabashi Station.
Charcoal-grilled unaju in a sugar-free Edo-style sauce
An eel house dating back nine generations to the Edo period, serving Ueno's most storied unagi beside Shinobazu Pond.
Unaju — Edomae eel steamed then charcoal-grilled
A Michelin-starred eel house with over 200 years of history, where the fifth-generation master steams and charcoal-grills Edomae unagi to melt-in-the-mouth perfection.
Seasonal kaiseki course; signature truffle soba
A three-Michelin-star Kagurazaka kaiseki restaurant serving a seasonal omakase course. Kaiseki traditionally includes some meat/dashi, so a pescatarian (seafood, no-meat) menu must be requested in advance and confirmed directly. Not gluten-free.
Stone-milled hand-cut zaru soba with seasonal tempura
A backstreet Kagurazaka soba shop that stone-mills and hand-cuts its own buckwheat, earning a spot on the Tabelog 100 soba list.
