In the last few days, I ' ve gotten some emails asking about my recommendations for sushi places in Tokyo. Like I wrote in this Sushi article, Nigiri and Makimono is not all Sushi. We have a various types of sushi. However if you eat sushi in Tokyo, it should be Nigiri; our Edomae sushi.
The really Good Fresh Edomae sushi places are in the Ginza area because the biggest fish market in Japan, Tsukigi, is next to Ginza. Ginza is the most exclusive and expensive shopping area in Japan; even so the price is pretty good :-) too. But if you want try real sushi, Yoshino sushi Honten, Sushiko honten would be good. The budget for each is around 10000 yen. If you want to lower price a little more, I recommend Shoei(JP). It is nice place and it is in my favorite town Ebisu.
Anyway if you want to try something good but reasonable priced, the rotating sushi bars (kaiten sushi ) are not bad at all. Actually since there are so many rotating sushi bars, they compete hard with each other, and the quality of rotating sushi bars has been greatly improved recently. For example Ikebukuro is very competitive place of rotating sushi shops. it will be interseting to check them all in the same item and find your best place.
#Ikebukuro East exit side
Mawaru kuruma ushi Ikebukuro kitagushiten (廻る車すし 池袋北口店)
Koma sushi (こま寿司)
Katsugyo Ooedo Ikebukuro 2goten (活魚大江戸)
Mawashizushi Wakataka (回し鮨 若貴)
#Ikebukuro West exit side
Kaiten sushi honjin (回転 寿司本陣)
P.S.
Personally I reccommend this sushi place Sushi Katsu in Meguro. This is the branch of Midori zushi in Umegaoka which is famous for delicious and cheap non- lotating regular sushi place.
For example Ikebukuro is very competitive place of rotating sushi shops. it will be interseting to check them all in the same item and find your best place.
Posted by: jordan 7 | Friday, October 29, 2010 at 05:24 PM
I wish I found your site earlier. I was in Tokyo last week... :-(
Posted by: TC | Friday, April 01, 2005 at 08:56 PM
Yes Huang
They have some sho-something restaurants series in Ebisu. One of them Japanese bbq, one of them is a new type Korean? then one of them is sushi bar. Sushi bar is in opposite side of Westin. Another two are in Westin side.
Posted by: Mari | Friday, April 01, 2005 at 07:51 AM
Should be Ebisu, that's where Westin is located right ?
Posted by: Huang | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 02:25 PM
Hi Jo
Yes, when you come here, please let me know, i can introduce more and more..
Hi Huangsy
You stayed at Ebisu?? really. Yes that sushi place is new one. So many restraunt disappear and open there.
Hi Gwen
Oh you have a baby? Congratulation!! I hear it is hard to eat rice during prangant. Ochazuke and umeboshi! That is nice.
Hi Simina.
Ah I wish you could eat them in Sweden too
Posted by: Mari | Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 11:17 PM
ok, let me write down this...I'll used this precious infos when I'll go...
Posted by: Jo | Friday, March 25, 2005 at 08:46 PM
I stayed at Ebisu area the last time I was in Tokyo but I don't think I know how to locate Shoei even with the online map.
Posted by: Huangsy | Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 12:33 PM
You're talking about such lovely sushi, but I can't eat it while I'm pregnant! ひどい~;; Which brings a question, in Japan, when women get pregnant, do they eat any raw fish at all? What do they mostly eat? I ate lots of うめぼし と おちゃずけ when I was sick with morning sickness. It felt so good! Especially for umeboshi tea, just ume and hot water. ^^
Posted by: Gwen | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 04:20 AM
...i whish i was living in Japan....(i know...)
Posted by: simina | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 01:26 AM