Tokyo Guides
72 guides · updated regularly ｜ Jp¥online's hand-picked Tokyo food & city features, each a curated shortlist from old-school shops to talked-about names — great for saving and trip planning.
Michelin Adds Kobe & Awaji Island
2026/09/16
Stop Skipping the Chains: 9 Great-Value Tokyo Chain Restaurants and How to Order
2026/09/15
From the 'World's Richest No.7' to Uji Old-House Parfaits: 9 Tokyo Matcha & Japanese-Tea Dessert Spots, and How to Tell Matcha, Sencha and Hojicha Apart
2026/09/12
Fragrant Only Two Months a Year: 9 Tokyo Shops for New-Crop Soba, from the Edo 'Big Three' to Stone-Milled Juwari
2026/09/11
After Sweet Potato and Chestnut, It's Pumpkin's Turn: 9 Tokyo Kabocha Desserts, from a One-of-a-Kind Sangenjaya Specialist to Ginza Tarts and Hotel Halloween Limiteds
2026/09/10
Amber in Ginza or Fruit in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa: 9 Tokyo Self-Roast Coffee Houses, from Showa Kissaten to the World's No. 28
2026/09/09
When the Late-Summer Heat Breaks, Tokyo Starts Simmering Oden: 9 Old-School Oden Houses, from Kanto Dark-Soy to Kansai-Style Delicacy
2026/09/08
Apples Are in Season: 9 Tokyo Apple Pies, from American Style to French Patisserie to Old-School Kissaten
2026/09/07
Grapes and Figs at Their Peak: 9 Tokyo Fruit Parlors, and How to Tell the Three Sembikiya Apart
2026/09/05
Tokyo's Traditional Sweet Parlors: 10 Kanmidokoro for Anmitsu, Awa-Zenzai and Shiratama
2026/09/04
Beyond Chestnuts: 9 Tokyo Sweet-Potato Spots—Honey-Roasted Imo, Fresh Sweet Potato, and Imo Parfaits
2026/09/03
Freshly-Piped Waguri or Old-School Marron? Eight Tokyo Mont Blanc and Chestnut Sweets
2026/09/02
Watch the Autumn Leaves Sitting Down: Ten Tokyo Cafes and Garden Tea Houses for Foliage
2026/09/01
Outlets Near Tokyo: Ten Malls, and Why You Pick by Which Airport You Use and Whether You Drive
2026/08/31
Tokyo Tantanmen for the Initiated: Ten Bowls, and Why You Should Map With-Soup vs Dry, Clear vs Rich, Heat vs Tingle Before You Order
2026/08/31
Spread a Picnic Mat in Autumn Tokyo: Nine Parks and a Foliage Preview
2026/08/30
Onsen for the Leaves: Nine Inns Reachable From Tokyo, With Nikko in October, Hakone in November and Atami Into December
2026/08/30
A 57-Room Reopening and a ¥250,000 Ceiling: Ten New-Generation Luxury Hotels in Tokyo, 2026 Edition
2026/08/14
Tokyo Room Rates Up 17.4% in a Year While Sauna Hotels Hold at ¥3,300: Ten Evolved Capsule Hotels, Five of Them Open to Women
2026/08/12
Ninety Years of Yanagi's Museum: Ten Tokyo Shops for Craft and Folk Objects, From a 1933 Ginza Institution to the Gap Left by a Nishi-azabu Closure
2026/08/11
Ten Vintage Shops in Shimokitazawa and Koenji: The First Summer After the Landmark Went Dark, and the Tax Break Moves to the Airport on 1 November
2026/08/10
Tokyo After the Last Train, 2026: The Night Buses Are Gone and Taxis Cost 10% More
2026/08/07
Ten Tokyo Tendon Picks 2026: Japan's Oldest Tempura House by Kaminarimon, Ningyocho's Jet-Black Bowl, and the Chain That Cut Tendon From ¥1,500 to ¥500
2026/08/05
Ten Tokyo Bookstores 2026: Sanseido's Jimbocho Flagship Returns After Four Years, a Shop That Sells One Book, and a Bookstore With an Entry Fee
2026/08/04
Tokyo Zoos and Aquariums 2026: Ten Picks for the Hottest Month, From a Post-Panda Ueno to Kasai Rinkai Before the Rebuild
2026/08/04
Ten Cool Day Trips From Tokyo, Summer 2026: An 11C Limestone Cave, a 1,000-Meter Highland Town, and Century-Old Natural Ice
2026/08/03
Tokyo Curry 2026: Ten Shops From Japan's Oldest Indian Restaurant (1949) and Jimbocho's Original Yofu Curry to a 70x Heat Scale and Taiwanese Braised Pork
2026/08/03
Tokyo Shotengai Food Walks 2026: Five Shopping Streets, Ten Stalls
2026/07/25
Tokyo's Retro Arcades 2026: Nine Coin-Op Shrines from Mikado's Fighting-Game Mecca to the World's Oldest Arcade Machine in Akihabara
2026/07/24
Tokyo's Free Museums 2026: Ten Air-Conditioned Escapes Where the Total Admission Is One 100-Yen Coin
2026/07/23
Tokyo's Free Night-View Decks 2026: Eight Observation Spots That Cost Nothing
2026/07/22
Tokyo Sento & Sauna Guide 2026: Ten Places to Sweat on Purpose
2026/07/21
Tokyo Breakfast Guide 2026: Nine Morning Institutions
2026/07/20
Tokyo Bakery Guide 2026: Nine Essential Shops, From Kimuraya the Anpan Inventor and Asakusa's Two-Item Pelican to L'Atelier du Plaisir, Tabelog's No.1
2026/07/18
Tokyo Wagashi Masters 2026: Nine Historic Shops, From Shiose (Japan's Manju Originator, Est. 1349) and Toraya's Five Centuries of Yokan to Funabashiya's 450-Day Fermented Kuzumochi
2026/07/17
Tokyo Depachika 2026: Nine Department-Store Food Halls, From Isetan Shinjuku the 'King of Depachika' and Seibu Ikebukuro's 180-Shop Giant to Daimaru's Station-Side Hoppe Town
2026/07/16
Tokyo Pancakes 2026: Nine Places From Asakusa's Copper-Griddle Hotcakes and Ginza's Four-Hour-Queue Hokkaido Hotcake to the Harajuku Whipped-Cream Tower That Started It All
2026/07/15
Tokyo Night Parfait (Shime-Parfait) 2026: Nine Places From Sapporo-Born Parfaiteria beL to Late-Night ROYtoSILO and the Fruit-Tower Parfaits of Tokyo Station
2026/07/14
Tokyo Pudding (Purin) Guide 2026: Nine Shops From Iriya's Retro Kissaten Firm Custard to Ginza Shiseido Parlour and Marlowe's Beaker Pudding
2026/07/13
Tokyo Tea & Dessert Salons 2026: Nine Places From Jimbocho's 1974 Takano to Ginza's Mariage Freres and Grand Hotel Afternoon Tea
2026/07/12
Tokyo Showa Junkissa 2026: Nine Classic Coffee Houses From Yanaka's 1916 Kayaba to the Birthplace of Vienna Coffee
2026/07/11
Tokyo Self-Roast Coffee 2026: Nine Roasters From Cafe Bach, the 1968 Founder of Japan's Home-Roasting Craft, to Kiyosumi-Shirakawa's Coffee Mecca and a Warehouse Bar on Harajuku's Cat Street
2026/07/10
Tokyo Tonkatsu Under 10,000 Yen 2026: Nine Cutlet Houses From the 1905 Katsuretsu Origin and a Reservation-Only Aged-Pork Temple to Ueno's 1,000-Yen Giant Set
2026/07/09
Tokyo Solo Dining 2026: Nine Places From a 600-Yen Tendon and the Original One-Grill-Per-Seat Yakiniku to 130-Yen Standing-Bar Plates
2026/07/06
Tokyo Late-Night Shokudo 2026: Nine Places That Feed You After the Last Train
2026/07/05
Tokyo Yokocho Bar Alleys 2026: Nine Picks From Shinjuku's 1956 Omoide-Yokocho Grills and Ueno's 90-Yen Skewers to the Neo-Yokocho Inside Toranomon Hills
2026/07/04
Tokyo Mid-Price Omakase Sushi 2026: Nine Picks from a ¥3,850 Lunch to a ¥16,500 All-Inclusive Dinner
2026/07/03
Tokyo Stand-Up (Tachigui) Sushi 2026: Nine Picks from Michelin-Trained Chefs to a ¥720 Salaryman Lunch
2026/07/02
Tokyo Conveyor-Belt (Kaiten) Sushi 2026: Nine Picks from Hokkaido-Direct to the World's Largest Flagship
2026/07/01
Tokyo Kaisendon 2026: Nine Seafood-Bowl Picks From Toyosu Market Veterans to a Nihonbashi Queue Legend and a Bluefin Specialist
2026/06/29
Tokyo Sukiyaki & Shabu-Shabu 2026: Nine Picks From Meiji-Era Gyunabe Houses Imahan and Chinya to Michelin-Listed Hiyama and a 32nd-Floor Ginza View at Shabuzen
2026/06/27
Tokyo Horumon (Offal) 2026: Nine Picks for Beer Season, From Months-Wait Yuji in Shibuya to Downtown Charcoal at Kameido Horumon and the 'Five Great Nikomi' Shrine Uchida in Tateishi
2026/06/26
Tokyo Unagi 2026: Nine Eel Picks for Doyo-no-Ushi, From the 'East-West Champions' Nodaiwa and Obana to Top-100 Newcomer Asaya and Under-5,000-Yen Hashimoto
2026/06/25
Tokyo Gyoza 2026: Nine Picks From Kamata's Winged-Dumpling Birthplace 'Nihao' and Michelin-Listed 'Anda Gyoza' to Yaesu's 12cm Jumbo Dumplings
2026/06/24
Tokyo Yakitori 2026: Nine Picks From Meguro's Ten-Year Michelin 'Torishiki' and Ginza's Star Pioneer 'Bird Land' to Tateishi's Downtown Skewers
2026/06/23
58 Tokyo Cafés Made Tabelog's Best-Kissaten List: 10 Showa Classics to Plan a Tour Around
2026/06/23
Tokyo Fried Chicken (Karaage) 2026: Nine Picks From Tateishi's Half-Chicken Legend 'Torifusa' to a Top-100 Karaage Teishoku and Award-Winning Akihabara Takeout
2026/06/22
Tokyo Yakiniku 2026: Nine Picks From the No-Reservation Legend 'Stamina-en' to Omotesando Meat Kaiseki and 600-Yen Hormone Joints
2026/06/21
Tokyo Hamburg Steak 2026: Nine Picks From the Charcoal-Grilled Phenomenon 'Hikiniku to Kome' to Ginza's Foil-Wrapped Classic
2026/06/20
Tokyo Fruit-Parlor Kakigori 2026: Nine Bowls Where the Fruit Is the Star, From Asakusa's Whole-Watermelon Ice to the Three Sembikiya Houses
2026/06/19
Tokyo Tonkotsu Ramen 2026: Nine Pork-Bone Bowls, From a 60-Hour Hakata Broth in Adachi to Tokyo-Style Tonkotsu in Harajuku
2026/06/17
Tokyo Classic Shoyu Ramen, Nine Picks 2026: From a 1929 Ginza Diner to Michelin Bib Gourmand
2026/06/16
Tokyo Machi-Chuka Fried Rice 2026: Nine Wok-Hot Plates From a Kagurazaka Queue to a Shimbashi Basement
2026/06/15
Tokyo Gyudon 2026: Nine Bowls Beyond the Chains, From a Half-Century Akihabara Counter to Asakusa's Century Wagyu
2026/06/15
Tokyo Udon 2026: Nine Bowls From 480-Yen Standing Counters to a Kengo Kuma Stone Warehouse
2026/06/14
Tokyo Soba Nine 2026: From 1789 Shogun-Grade Sarashina to ¥500 Standing Bars
2026/06/12
Tokyo Abura Soba and Mazesoba 2026: Nine Soupless Noodle Picks from the 1957 Original
2026/06/11
Tokyo Beer Gardens 2026, Ten Picks: Department-Store Rooftops, a Forest by the Shrine, and Ginza Night Views
2026/06/10
Michelin Guide Marks 20 Years in Japan: 2027 Tokyo, Kyoto-Osaka & Nara to Be Unveiled Together in Tokyo on Feb 16
2026/06/10
Tokyo Tsukemen, Nine Picks: From Thick Tonkotsu-Gyokai to Shrimp Bisque and the Original Morisoba
2026/06/09
Tokyo Kakigori Season Opener: 9 Bowls of Fluffy Natural-Ice Shaved Ice Worth the Trip
2026/06/08
Tokyo's 10 Best Tantanmen Under ¥2,000: From Michelin Stars to Local Legends
2026/06/07