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Founded in 1895, this Tabelog Top-100 sukiyaki house simmers exquisitely marbled Kuroge wagyu in its signature warishita while kimono-clad staff tend the pot at your table.
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We haven’t confirmed specific diets here yet — use the phrasebook to show staff what you can and can’t eat.
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Details
- Address
- 2-9-12 Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013
- Nearest station
- Ningyocho Stn (A2), 1 min
- Cuisine
- Sukiyaki / shabu-shabu / wagyu
- Price
- ¥¥¥¥
- English menu / support
- ✓
- Signature
- Kuroge wagyu sukiyaki, simmered tableside in house warishita
Ningyocho Imahan Honten is the flagship dining room of a Nihonbashi beef house that has been performing sukiyaki as tableside theater in this shitamachi corner of Tokyo for most of the past century.
The Imahan name goes back to 1895, when the original gyunabe (beef hotpot) shop opened in nearby Honjo; this Ningyocho address started life as a branch in 1952 and became its own independent honten in 1956, built on ground that once held Kissentei, a Meiji-to-Showa-era naniwabushi (sung-narrative storytelling) hall. Sukiyaki and shabu-shabu are served on the second floor (teppanyaki steak is downstairs), in a mix of open hall seating and private tatami rooms for two to sixteen. The kitchen's signature is Kuroge wagyu sukiyaki cooked the old Kanto way: a nakai attendant pours the house's own warishita into a small, scorching iron pan, lays in a few slices of beef, and lifts them out the moment the sauce trembles at the boil -- the first bite is meat alone, before vegetables, tofu, and shirataki noodles ever touch the pot. It's a small, precise piece of theater, and it's a large part of why the honten keeps landing on Tabelog's "Tabelog 100" hot-pot list.
A few things worth knowing before you go: reservations are essential and need to be made at least three days ahead, with online prepayment by card or PayPal to hold the table. On the day, both card and cash are accepted, and an English menu is on hand. Dress is casual, though you'll leave your shoes at the door. One 2026 wrinkle: the honten's own parking lot is closed for a rebuilding project next door until autumn, so arrive by train -- it's barely a minute from Ningyocho Station's A2 exit.
Last verified Jul 2026
Hours and details can change — please confirm before you visit.
