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A Japanese sweets parlour in the basement of Tokyo Transportation Hall, one of Tabelog's top sweets-and-noodle picks. Sweets, noodles and oden share the menu, and the handmade ohagi are sold to take away. Two minutes from Yurakucho.

How to book: No reservations; walk in at the basement of Tokyo Transportation Hall. Closed Sundays.

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A basement soba counter in Ginza Five, right at the Ginza C1 exit, serving generous stone-ground soba with kappo-style small dishes and sake. Lunch is the value move, while evenings suit a light soba-and-sake stop. A reliable fallback when the Yurakucho side is packed.

How to book: Online booking through the restaurant's page, or by phone in Japanese; walk-ins also common.

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A counter-only shop in the Tokyo Transportation Center basement that does one thing, hand-made dipping soba. It is the quickest proper bowl of noodles between trains, a minute from the Kyobashi and Chuo exits. Good for a solo lunch before the Ginza streets.

How to book: No reservations; walk in and take a counter seat.

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A basement counter and tables in the Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan building, serving hand-made Mizusawa udon with a sesame dipping sauce and tempura alongside. It is about as close to the ticket gates as a good noodle shop gets. Closed on Mondays.

How to book: No reservations; walk in. Cash and PayPay only.

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A seventh-floor sushi counter near Ginza 1-chome with an omakase course of many small dishes and nigiri, fish from Toyosu daily. The rice is seasoned with red vinegar. It sits three minutes from Yurakucho, so it suits an early evening before a show.

How to book: Online reservation only; no phone bookings.

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A casual omakase counter in the Marunouchi Brick Square basement with tuna sourced from Toyosu. It is the easy way into Edomae sushi without a formal counter, and the English page makes booking simple. About five minutes from Yurakucho on foot.

How to book: Online reservation preferred, phone also accepted.

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A tiny hideaway of about twenty seats near the tracks, grilling offal skewers and yakitori for the after-work crowd. Order the motsuyaki and pair it with sake or shochu. It opens in the afternoon, so an early seat is easiest.

How to book: No reservations; walk in.

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A basement sake bar in Marunouchi whose oden comes in a rich chicken white broth, with well over seventy sake served warm or chilled. Charcoal-grilled dishes round out the menu. About eight minutes from Yurakucho, closer to Nijubashimae.

How to book: Reserve online or by phone; seating is limited to two hours.

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The Tokyo branch of a Nagoya eel house long listed in the Michelin Guide, grilling over very high heat without steaming and using large blue eel. It sits in the Hibiya Okuroji complex between Yurakucho and Shimbashi. Booking online is expected and English is well supported.

How to book: Instant online reservation only; phone is for inquiries. Full English booking site.

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A lively counter and terrace place pairing sushi with its house dashi oden, handy for a relaxed evening near Yurakucho. Watching the chefs at the counter is part of the fun. Five minutes from the JR station.

How to book: Reserve online or by phone.

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A basement tempura counter of thirteen seats led by a chef who trained at Nadaman, named in Tabelog's tempura top list. Lunch brings popular kakiage rice bowls, and dinner runs to fuller tempura sets. Eight minutes on foot from Yurakucho, close to Ginza station.

How to book: Online reservation required, no phone bookings. Arrive on time or the booking is cancelled.

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The Ginza branch of an Azabu-Juban restaurant praised through many years of the Michelin Guide, serving seasonal tempura and sushi as an omakase. Counter and tatami rooms are both available. About nine minutes from Yurakucho toward Ginza 5-chome.

How to book: Online reservation required; phone line also listed.

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Chef Fumio Kondo's counter on the ninth floor of a Ginza building, known for a very thin batter that lets vegetables and Edomae seafood show through. Two Michelin stars and a long-standing place on Tabelog's tempura top-100. Closed Sundays; a walk from Yurakucho down into Ginza 5-chome.

How to book: International guests book through MyConcierge Japan on the official site; Japanese speakers phone or use Ikyu.

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The Imperial Hotel's teppanyaki grill on the 17th floor, cooking lobster, abalone and wagyu in front of you. It also offers a teppanyaki-style vegan course, unusual for the genre. Near Hibiya Park, an easy walk from Yurakucho.

How to book: Online through the hotel's reservation system or by phone; the vegan course needs notice in advance.

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Nadaman's Imperial Hotel branch carries about 190 years of the brand's heritage, in a sukiya-style room designed by Togo Murano. It serves genuine kaiseki, and English-speaking staff handle bookings, making it dependable for first-time visitors.

How to book: English-speaking staff take bookings by phone, or use the online booking route from the hotel page.

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Takemasa Shinohara, who ran a celebrated restaurant in Shiga before moving to Ginza, serves kaiseki-style omakase in a basement room. The seasonal hassun and the seven-item shippo-mori are the highlights. It sits beside Ginza Itchome Station, a short walk along from Yurakucho.

How to book: Reservation only, by phone, accepted up to three months ahead; two dinner seatings.

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Opened in Ginza in 2018 by a chef who held a Michelin star at his previous shop. The course centres on Edomae nigiri with natural bluefin and red-vinegar rice, served in small private counter rooms. Best treated as a ten-minute walk from Yurakucho toward Ginza 6-chome.

How to book: Online reservation only; email or phone for inquiries.

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A fifteen-seat omakase counter that moved from Roppongi to Ginza at the end of 2023 and is one of Tabelog's Sushi Tokyo top hundred. There is a main counter and a small annex, and the seafood is sourced with real care. Near Ginza 1-chome, a short walk from Yurakucho.

How to book: Online reservation only through the Tabelog booking page; no phone bookings.

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