Shimanto-gawa

Ginza & Tsukiji


This beneath-the-train-tracks izakaya takes its theme literally by creating a dining area of wooden booths built beside and over a flowing stream – the Shimanto-gawa is a river in Shikoku – and serving Tosa-ryōri (the specialist cuisine of Shikoku's Kōchi Prefecture). Try the seared bonito grilled on straw-fed fires.


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