7F The room Asakusa, 1-16-11 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0032
Nearest station
Asakusa Stn
Cuisine
Halal wagyu yakiniku
Price
¥¥¥
English menu / support
✓
Signature
A5-rank Iga wagyu assortment
Ninja Yakiniku Asakusa turns a straightforward promise — 100%-halal, Japan Halal Foundation-certified wagyu — into a genuinely fun night out, not just a place you can safely eat. The dining room sits on the 7th floor of a building near Sensoji, with shuriken and swords on the walls, calligraphy scrolls, and a window view of Tokyo Skytree lit up after dark; staff work the floor in ninja dress, which reads more playful than gimmicky once the charcoal starts smoking.
The kitchen sources its beef from Iga in Mie Prefecture, the historic ninja heartland, and treats it as the entire menu rather than one option among many — the marbling is often compared to Matsusaka beef, but the fat renders cleaner. Regulars order the Ninja Yakiniku Tower, an assortment of A5 cuts (rare tenderloin, thick-sliced sirloin or ribeye) built to share across three or four people; the head chef tends to make a round of the tables to explain how each cut grills best. No pork or alcohol touches the kitchen, and there's an on-site prayer room — details that go beyond the halal-friendly label some Tokyo yakiniku spots settle for.
Practical note: it's a five-minute walk from Asakusa Station, dinner-only (roughly 5–11pm, with irregular closures), and reservations run through Tabelog's English booking page — worth doing ahead, since a 1,400-plus review count on Google Maps means walk-in tables aren't a given. The kitchen speaks only the language of certified beef, but staff are comfortable in English, so ordering isn't the hard part.
✓ Last verified Jul 2026
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