9.9 km

Review excerpt: Kokushu Sakaba seems incongruous among the scuffed, old-school drinking holes that are Oimachi’s calling card.

10 km

100 Spoons, in the Tokyo neighborhood of Futako Tamagawa — specifically the Rise Shopping Center — bills itself as a “new” type of family restaurant that aims to be a special destination for families while still offering the broad selection of dishes that famiresu ...

10 km

Review excerpt: Hazama is self-taught and has even entered pizza competitions in Italy. He prefers to follow his own path, rather than any Neapolitan orthodoxy, as you can tell from his pizzas at Pizzeria Bakka M’unica: one includes salsiccia (sausage) and hanjuku (soft-boiled) egg, ...

10.1 km

Review excerpt: The specialty here is craft shōchū, from small companies that follow traditional methods of brewing and distilling.

10.2 km

Review excerpt: The noodles at Ayu Ramen Plus are bathed in a delicate shio (salt) broth prepared from fish, chicken and vegetables.

10.3 km

Konig is steps from Inokashira Park and also does other picnic-ready items such as grilled sausages and leberkase ("liver cheese") sandwiches; there is also a fridge full of German beers.

10.3 km

Kin-no-saru looks and feels well above the average, but it's actually quite affordable. It's also very approachable, thanks to the crew of young waiters, who are friendly and well informed about the menu. For that reason it seems to attract a varied demographic, not ...

10.4 km

Daikokuya's owner/noodle-master, Shigeo Sugano, prepares everything himself. He grinds the buckwheat (some of it grown in his own fields) in a traditional hand-powered stone mill, then forms the flour into dough, rolls it out and chops it into delicate strands with a wonderful flavor ...

10.6 km

The short list of savory refreshments covers all the basics: com (rice) served with a sauce of ground pork; pho noodles with meat balls in a hot soup that's fragrant with nuoc mam fish sauce (but with the coriander leaf served separately, for those ...