Real Japanese spots in Tokyo

Kyubey Ginza

Founded in 1935 in Ginza, Kyubey is one of the canonical Tokyo Edomae sushi houses where many top apprentices train.

8-7-6 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061

Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten

Jiro Ono's three-seat counter in Ginza — the spiritual home of modern Edomae sushi and the subject of "Jiro Dreams of Sushi."

Tsukamoto Sogyo Bldg B1F, 4-2-15 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061

Toyosu Market

Tokyo's wholesale fish market that succeeded Tsukiji in 2018 — the source of the world's highest-grade tuna and sushi-grade fish.

6-6-1 Toyosu, Koto, Tokyo 135-0061

Shunkaen BONSAI Museum

Master Kunio Kobayashi's private museum and nursery in eastern Tokyo — among the most decorated bonsai gardens in Japan.

1-29-16 Niihori, Edogawa, Tokyo 132-0001

Nishikawa (Nihonbashi)

Nishikawa traces back to 1566 in Omi (Shiga) and 1615 in Edo (Nihonbashi) — Japan's oldest bedding maker, where you can still buy a real shikibuton at the historic Nihonbashi store.

1-7-2 Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo 103-0027

Toraya Akasaka

Toraya's Tokyo flagship — the canonical wagashi maker, founded in Kyoto in 1526 and supplier to the Imperial Household for centuries.

4-9-22 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-8401

Aritsugu Tsukiji

Founded 1918 in Tokyo's Tsukiji district, Aritsugu supplies professional knives and stones to the Tsukiji and Toyosu fish markets — the trade workhorse, not the Kyoto namesake.

4-13-6 Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0045

Kiya Nihonbashi

Founded in 1792 in Nihonbashi, Kiya is one of Tokyo's oldest cutlery makers — supplying knives, scissors and razors for over 200 years.

1-5-6 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chuo, Tokyo 103-0022