A small, fully-vegan wine bar a minute from Shinjuku-Sanchome blending Japanese, Western and ethnic dishes from pesticide-free, additive-free produce sourced direct from farmers, paired with natural wine. Fully plant-based, so no dashi-fish, egg or dairy concerns.
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Vegan
私はヴィーガンです。肉・魚・卵・乳製品は食べられません。
Watashi wa vīgan desu. Niku, sakana, tamago, nyūseihin wa taberaremasen.
I'm vegan. I can't eat meat, fish, eggs or dairy.
出汁に魚やかつおは使っていますか？Is there fish or bonito in the dashi (stock)?
野菜だけで作れますか？Could you make it with vegetables only?
4F Shimura Building, 2-5-8 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Nearest station
Shinjuku-Sanchome Station (Exit C5)
Cuisine
Vegan natural-wine bar (small plates)
Price
¥¥
Signature
Seasonal organic-vegetable small plates paired with natural wine
Slowfood & wine KiboKo is a fully vegan wine bar on the fourth floor of a small building a minute from Shinjuku-Sanchome Station, pairing organic, additive-free produce sourced direct from contracted farmers with a rotating list of natural wine.
The dish regulars order on reflex is cilantro gyoza, herb-forward dumplings that read nothing like the usual convenience-store version. Close behind is a pumpkin-and-mountain-yam "Spanish omelette" built with tofu instead of egg -- the kitchen's small party trick is that it fools people, including, by one telling, a visiting French chef who assumed it was made the traditional way. The wine list favors small-production, hard-to-find bottles, including a run of Austrian natural wines rarely poured elsewhere in Tokyo. Because the entire menu is plant-based from the ground up, there's no dashi, egg wash, or dairy to screen for -- a firmer guarantee than "vegan-friendly" usually means in Tokyo.
The room seats 22 across a six-seat counter facing the open kitchen and a scatter of low tables, non-smoking, with hippo figurines tucked among the shelves as a nod to the Swahili meaning of "kiboko." The narrow, counter-heavy layout is set up as easily for a solo diner as for a group.
KiboKo keeps evening-only hours: Wednesday through Saturday, roughly 17:00 to last order at 22:00, closed Sunday through Tuesday, so it's worth confirming before a walk-in. Reservations by phone or Tabelog are recommended, and the house asks for one drink order per guest. Credit cards are accepted, but the menu is Japanese-only and the owner's English is limited, so guests who don't read Japanese should bring a translation app for ordering.
✓ Last verified Jul 2026
Hours and details can change — please confirm before you visit.
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