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  Heinz Beck, an Italian Restaurant that Won 1 Star in the Michelin Tokyo Guide!

  I recently had lunch at Heinz Beck, a restaurant that was awarded 1 Michelin star, located near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Chef Heinz Beck, from Rome's La Pergola, winner of 3 Michelin stars for 12 consecutive years, is a master in the world of gastronomy. Now his first fine dining establishment has opened in Tokyo!

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  Lunch at the Famous Japanese Restaurant “Ginza Toyoda” in Ginza

  The oft-visited Japanese restaurant “Ginza Toyoda” featured in Michelin Guide is located on Namiki-dori in Tokyo’s Ginza.This time I stopped here for lunch.

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  In Ginza, Savor the Flavor of Hinai-Jidori Chicken for Lunch at Ginza Kashiwa

  I recently had lunch at Ginza Kashiwa, a restaurant that opened in April of 2018. Here, diners can enjoy Hinai-Jidori, a premium brand of chicken from Akita Prefecture. It's considered one of the three tastiest varieties of chicken in Japan!

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  A Healthy and Beautiful Lunch at “SHISEIDO THE TABLES” in Ginza

  The flagship store for Shiseido, “SHISEIDO THE STORE,” opened in January of 2018. This time, I’ll be having lunch at the 4th floor café of that very building, in “SHISEIDO THE TABLES.” As expected of the cosmetics brand Shiseido, the café supposedly sells healthy food and drinks that are made with seasonal ingredients.

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  Enjoy Lunch at the Historic Forest Restaurant “Matsumotoro”

  The historic western-style restaurant first opened in 1903 alongside Hibiya Park. The park’s fountain is located just in front of the restaurant, and it’s also close to the Imperial Palace, so it’s a great place to visit while walking through the area.

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  Ginza’s A Votre Sante Endo is where you’ll find unorthodox fruit curry and traditional omelet rice under one roof.

  I visited A Votre Sante Endo, a western food restaurant in Ginza, for lunch. Their menu boasted the usuals: pasta, pizza, traditional curry, and various other dishes. But, believe it or not, what this eatery is famous for is its fruit curry and omelet rice! (Yes, you read that correctly!)

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  Lunch at Shikun Shisou Raika, a Shanghaiese Restuarant in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya

  Hibiya is a neighborhood in Tokyo known for its cinemas and theaters. In March of 2018, Tokyo Midtown Hibiya opened and I visited a Shanghaiese restaurant called Raika in this building. There are also Raika branches in Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen and Aoyama. All three locations are so popular that it's hard to get in without a reservation.

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  Trying Out the Unagi at “Tsukiji Miyagawa Honten” in Tokyo, a Long-Standing Restaurant

  In business for over 120 years, “Tsukiji Miyagawa Honten” is famous for its historic unagi (eel). This is the main location for the “Miyagawa” restaurants scattered across Japan. This is where I decided to enjoy a somewhat luxurious unagi lunch.

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  A Chinese Lunch at “Zenshutoku,” a Ginza Restaurant Famous for its Peking Duck

  “Zenshutoku” is a Chinese restaurant that serves up authentic Peking duck. Their Peking duck is carefully prepared in the same process, made up of over 50 steps, as that at the famous restaurant “Quanjude.” Zenshutoku’s Ginza location closed over 3 years ago due to a fire, but it was finally able to reopen in November of 2018. I decided to stop by for lunch right away.

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  For a New Sensation, Try Sake Kasu Ramen at Kazami in Tokyo's Ginza!

  In a narrow alley in Ginza, there is a ramen restaurant called Kazami. Here, you can try eating an unusual ramen soup made with sake kasu. After opening in 2016, this place has become so popular that their ramen has been sold as a flavor of "cup noodles".

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  A Lunch Set Menu Overflowing with Originality Awaits You at NAMIKI667 in Ginza!

  NAMIKI667 is a restaurant located on the third floor of the Hyatt Centric Hotel. It gets its name from namiki, the line of trees along Ginza Namiki Dori in front of the hotel. Using the freshest seasonal ingredients, "creative cooking", overflowing with originality, can be eaten here. I visited this place for lunch.

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  Popular Ginza Ramen Restaurant “Ginza Kagari Honten”

  “Ginza Kagari Honten” is a ramen restaurant that opened at the end of 2018. The restaurant Michelin-recognized as Bib Gourmand, and it’s so popular that there is always a long line. It specializes in chicken-based ramen, and its beautiful arrangement and elegant interior make it feel like a high-class Japanese restaurant. I decided to stop by for lunch.

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  Artistic and Beautiful Assiette à Dessert at “Ginza Budonoki”

  “Ginza Budonoki” is an authentic assiette à dessert specialty shop. Here you can partake in freshly made, artistically designed desserts. They also offer a variety of “seasonal desserts,” made with in-season fruits. Let’s move on to the shop’s introduction.

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  Famous Tonkatsu Restaurant in Tokyo, “Ginza Bairin Main Store”

  “Ginza Bairin” is a famous tonkatsu restaurant that was founded in 1927. One of the reasons for its popularity is that its founder, a former pharmacist, developed the original chuno sauce (the sauce used on pork katsu). I’ve been a big fan of this restaurant for many years now. This time, I’ll be introducing my recommended dishes that I enjoyed on this particular visit.

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  Lunch at Sabatini di Firenze Tokyo, the Best and Oldest Italian Restaurant in Tokyo

  At Sabatini di Firenze Tokyo, a venerable old Italian restaurant in Japan's capital, I recently enjoyed their "Winter Afternoon Lunch". It's only available during this season.

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  Visit a Restaurant Featuring Fabulous Views: Ginza Sky Lounge!

  On a fine, sunny day, the best place to visit is a restaurant with a view! This article will introduce Ginza Sky Lounge, a restaurant offering sweeping views of Tokyo. I'd like to talk about the superb omelet rice I had for lunch there.

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  Luxury Dim Sum Restaurant in Tokyo’s Marunouchi, “YAUMAY”

  A new commercial facility in Marunouchi, “Nijyubashi Square,” opened in November of 2018. “YAUMAY,” located on the building’s 2nd floor, is a unique dim sum restaurant led by state-of-the-art chef Alan Yau.

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  A Taste of a Classic Kyoto Restaurant in Tokyo Midtown’s Hibiya, “Nanzenji Hyotei Hibiya Store”

  Hyotei is a long-standing historic restaurant on the grounds of Kyoto’s Nanzen-ji Temple. Established roughly 450 years ago, it started out as a teahouse. It is well-known for its soft-boiled eggs, known as “Hyotei Tamago,” and its breakfast porridge. Hyotei opened a new location in Tokyo Midtown’s Hibiya in March of 2018, so I made a reservation and stopped by for lunch.

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  Seasonal Parfaits and a Limited Curry Menu at Pierre Marcolini Ginza Flagship Cafe!

  Pierre Marcolini is a luxury chocolatier from Belgium. They have now opened 7 shops in Japan, with locations ranging from Ginza to Haneda Airport and Tokyo Station.

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  A Flavorful Japanese Lunch at “Uchiyama” in Ginza

  “Ginza Uchiyama” is a famous Japanese restaurant in east Ginza. As Uchiyama is a hugely popular restaurant that has held one Michelin star for multiple years, you absolutely need a reservation. This time, I visited for lunch.

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  Tim Ho Wan, the World's Cheapest Michelin-Starred Restaurant, Has Opened Its First Japanese Branch in Tokyo!

  Hibiya is a hot place to be now! Tokyo Midtown Hibiya is booming every day. In April of 2018, a branch of Hong Kong's dim sum specialty shop, Tim Ho Wan, opened nearby. Day after day, long lines form outside.

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  Tokyo, GINZA SIX – Enjoy Cha Soba and Matcha Parfaits at “Nakamura Tokichi Honten,” a Long-Standing Tea Shop!

  Nakamura Tokichi Honten is a Japanese tea specialty shop that was founded in 1819. With stores in Kyoto Station, Uji City, and Hong Kong, it is an extremely popular shop that is both a tea store and a café, and it isn’t unusual to have to wait over an hour even on weekdays! Another location opened in “GINZA SIX,” a commercial building in Ginza, in April of 2017, and the lines there every day are a testament to its popularity!

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  A Tendon and Ramen Set at Tokyo’s “Tendon Ramen Hageten”

  Today I had lunch at “Tendon Ramen Hageten.” It’s a new restaurant, made possible by a collaboration between tempura restaurant with 93 locations nation-wide “Ginza Hageten” and Fukuoka-originated global ramen brand “Ippudo.”

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  Casual French Cuisine at BISTRO MARX in Ginza

  My lunch this time was a BISTRO MARX on the 7th floor of the GINZA PLACE building. This is the world’s first branch of the Grand Bistro, supervised by Thierry Marx, head chef of 2-star Paris restaurants. Here you can enjoy Marx-styled French cuisine themed after “a fusion of cooking and bread” for a reasonable price.

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  Ginza – Michelin Tokyo 2018 Debut! Sushi Kojima

  “Sushi Kojima” is an Edo-mae sushi restaurant in Ginza that opened in 2016. It made its Michelin debut, earning one star, in Michelin Guide Tokyo 2018.

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  A Luxurious Lunch at Michelin-Published French Restaurant in Tokyo, “ARGILE”!

  “ARGILE” opened in 2016 as a sister restaurant to Michelin 2-star French restaurant ESqUISSE. Both are French restaurants, but compared to ESqUISSE, where even lunch courses can run you 11000 yen, ARGILE is comparatively casual and has meal options starting at 5000 yen. ARGILE was published in 2018’s Michelin Guide, earning its first star.

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  A Lavish Lunch at Famous Ginza Sukiyaki Restaurant “Kakiyasu”

  Today I’ve been excited since I got up. Why, you ask? Because I’ve decided to get sukiyaki for lunch! Kakiyasu is a restaurant famous for its sukiyaki, but I highly recommend it for lunch since it’s priced so reasonably!

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  Ginza – Enjoy Delicious Chinese Creations at EXITMELSA’s Chinese Dining Mitora

  One of Japan’s most famous female chefs, Miyuki Igarashi, opened this creative Chinese restaurant in Ginza’s EXITMELSA building in February 2017. The restaurant offers an abundance of vegetable-based dishes overflowing with originality. Let’s get right in to the introduction!

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  The Omelet Rice and Beef Stew at the Shiseido Parlor Ginza Restaurant in Tokyo

  Shiseido Parlor is a high-class Western-style restaurant that opened in 1902. It enjoys a well-established reputation for polished service as well as its beautiful, elegant and traditional Western meals. In addition to the Tokyo Ginza flagship, restaurants have been opened in Shinjuku, Nihonbashi, Yokohama and Nagoya.

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  A Stylish Hidden Gem of a Cafe: RAMO FRUTAS CAFE

  GINZA PLACE is a new shopping complex that opened in 2016 at the crossroad of Ginza 4-Chome. Nissan's cutting edge cars are on display and you can try out (and buy) Sony's newest products there! On the third floor, there is a stylish place called RAMO FRUTAS CAFE, where I recently had a fruit sandwich. I'd like to tell you all about it!

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  If you're looking for a place to have lunch in Ginza, this is it! Savor the flavor of their extremely extravagant truffle noodles at a true French restaurant, "Le Kochia".

  Le Kochia is an authentic French restaurant with a long history and a loyal following in Ginza. As introduced on the multimedia program, "A Lifetime of Truffles in One Meal", the chef has risen to the challenge of creating truffle noodles, only for lunch!

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  Get your fancy on at these 6 luxurious brand cafés in Ginza!

  It seems a waste to come to an upscale area such as Ginza and settle for a regular chain coffee experience. Now, you can expect to do more than just shop at many of the luxury brand flagships in the area.

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  Tokyo – GINZA SIX “Kurogi Chacha” Tai Chazuke

  This time, I had lunch at “Kurogi Chacha,” a collaboration between the Japanese restaurant “Kurogi” and the long-standing Kyoto uji-cha store “Fukujuen.” The original “Kurogi,” located in Minato-ku, is an extremely popular restaurant for which it is hard to secure reservations, but as this GINZA SIX location does not accept reservations, so even tourists can get in!

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  Tokyo, GINZA SIX - Japan's First Café Dior by Pierre Hermé

  A new landmark in Ginza, GINZA SIX, had its grand opening on April 20th of 2017! This time, I visited GINZA SIX's #1 luxury café, Dior. Another French brand, Pierre Hermé Paris, is in charge of the café’s sweets selection. This Ginza location offers a Japanese goods-only menu, made with carefully selected Japan-produced ingredients.

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  Tokyo GINZA SIX “Tempura Yamanoue”

  A new landmark in Ginza, GINZA SIX, had its grand opening on April 20th of 2017! This building is one of the largest in Ginza, the most prestigious shopping district in Japan, and it is crowded every day! The top floor, floor 13, hosts nothing but premium restaurant and drinking establishments. Among those is a newly opened location for “Tempura Yamanoue,” a restaurant operated and owned by Yamanoue Hotel in Tokyo’s Chiyoda-ku, and I just had to hurry over for lunch!This is a restaurant where you can enjoy authentic tempura.

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  Try the world's first puffer fish-based ramen at TOKYU PLAZA GINZA's Fugu-dashi Ushio Hachidaime Keisuke!

  Feeling adventurous? Head to Ginza to try the world’s first fugu, or puffer fish/blowfish, based ramen!

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  TOKYU PLAZA GINZA is the place to eat! SUKIYABASHI-SABO’s creative Japanese cuisine will leave you smacking your lips!

  TOKYU PLAZA GINZA is a spectacular new shopping center that only opened recently, on March 31, 2016. As the largest commercial facility in Ginza...

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  Ginza Ginger: Offering you the chance to experience ginger-flavoured shaved ice!

  Ginger has been used for its medicinal properties for centuries, and even today people intake it regularly for a wide variety of health and beauty purposes.

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  A plate of dry curry and an omelette at 「Loup-de-mer」in Kanda, Tokyo. What a glorious combination!

  In Kanda there is a Yoshoku (the Japanese form of european cooking) speciality restaurant called「Loup-de-mer」.

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  Trying Tokyu Plaza Ginza “TsuruTonTan” Specialty Udon

  TsuruTonTan is is a high-class specialty udon restaurant. It has 6 locations in Tokyo and 7 locations in Osaka.