Restaurants in Tokyo
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Ganko Dako
Despite the rather unfortunate location directly across from the parasite museum, Ganko Dako's octopus balls have something of a cult following (check out the framed celebrity signatures on the walls).
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Numazu Uogashi
It may be in the lofty confines of Marubiru, but this friendly, workmanlike sushi shop feels like Tsukiji. Single serves are pretty expensive, but portions are generous and set lunches are a great deal.
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Caretta
Staying in Shiodome? This office building has restaurants upstairs (46th and 47th floors) and down (basement levels), including branches of Din Tai Fung and Toraji.
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Takashimaya Times Square
The 12th to 14th floors of this upmarket department store are foodie heaven. Sandaya Honten and Ningyōchō Imahan are among the dozens of choices.
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Ouca
Ouca in Ebisu whips up fresh-made flavours and toppings including black sesame, shio konbu (salted kelp), pumpkin and karinto (crunchy brown sugar snacks).
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Shin-Marunouchi Building
North of Marubiru, the 5th through 7th floors of (you guessed it) ‘Shin-Marubiru’ are gorgeously decked out like a ramble through old Edo.
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Shinjuku Ns Building
Take the glass lift to the 29th floor for one of Shinjuku’s largest restaurant extravaganzas, and stroll the catwalk across the atrium!
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Kua 'Aina
From the shores of Haleiwa comes this Hawaiian burger chain, which serves up the obligatory pineapple-topped burgers in a tropical-themed setting. Lovers of avocado, fabulous chips, savoury mahi-mahi fillets and innovative microbrews would be wise to pop by for lunch, even if only to watch salarymen dreaming of warmer climes.
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@Home Café
Wanna walk on the wild side of Tokyo’s fetish for kawaii (cuteness) ? Try being served coffee by girls dressed as French maids! You’ll be welcomed as go-shujinsama (master) the minute you enter this cafe. It’s titillating, perhaps, but it’s no sex joint – just (more or less) innocent fun for Akihabara’s otaku. Dishes such as curried rice are even topped with smiley faces. And business is expanding: @Home Café now occupies four floors, with themes from pop princess to old Japan, with varying opening days. From Chūō-dōri, turn left where you see Sofmap.
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Kujiraya
We'll leave it to you and your dinner companions to debate the ethics of this surprisingly popular restaurant, which serves nothing but whale meat. Conservation, environmentalism and morality aside, there are few places in the world where you can sample whale sashimi, fried blubber and fin steaks, though you're going to have to leave your politics at the door.
Although there is no English menu, you can order set menus based on price - whale meat isn't cheap, which is probably to do with the fact that they're endangered.
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Gompachi
The Glien Passage theme-park is home to every conceivable type of restaurant, though this traditional izakaya gets top marks for its sweeping views and delicious robatayaki (grilled skewers). There is an English menu here, though with wafting aromas of roasting meats, chickens, fish and seafood filling the air, it's not necessary to look at a menu to figure out what you want to eat.
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