Furyu Okonomiyaki Sometaro

Tokyo Station · Okonomiyaki (Osaka style) · ¥¥

Okonomiyaki Kiji Marunouchi

★ Fluffy Osaka okonomiyaki on a secret chicken-bone, kombu & bonito dashi

Osaka's legendary Kiji recreated in a Tokyo Station basement, turning out fluffy dashi-rich okonomiyaki a minute from the platforms.

• Casual
• Solo

Yagenbori, Hiroshima · Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki · ¥¥

Yagenbori Hassho

★ Soba nikutama — layered okonomiyaki with a mountain of sweet steamed cabbage, crisp noodles and pork

Often called Hiroshima's greatest okonomiyaki, this tiny Yagenbori counter has earned a place on Tabelog's national 'Okonomiyaki 100' list for six different years. The Hiroshima style is built in layers — a crepe-thin batter, a towering pile of slow-steamed cabbage, fresh noodles griddled crisp and pork belly — so it is not suitable for vegetarian, vegan, halal or gluten-free diets (wheat batter and noodles, pork, and a shared griddle). It opens late afternoon, closes Mondays, and queues form before opening.

• Casual
• Solo

Dotonbori, Osaka · Okonomiyaki · ¥¥

Okonomiyaki Mizuno

★ Yamaimo-yaki — okonomiyaki bound with grated mountain yam

A Dotonbori okonomiyaki institution founded in 1945, now third-generation and a multi-year Michelin Bib Gourmand, famous for its 'yamaimo-yaki' bound with grated mountain yam. Long waits are common; it is not suitable for vegan, vegetarian, halal or gluten-free diets, as dishes use flour, egg, pork and bonito-based dashi.

• Casual
• Solo
• Date

Harajuku · DIY okonomiyaki & monjayaki · ¥¥

Sakura-tei

★ Cook-your-own okonomiyaki with a gluten-free rice-flour batter option

A large, tourist-friendly DIY okonomiyaki spot in Harajuku that offers a gluten-free rice-flour batter on request, with an English menu and vegan/vegetarian options. You cook on a shared griddle where wheat batter is also used, so ask staff about cross-contamination if you are highly sensitive.

• 🌾Gluten-free
• 🥬Vegetarian

• Casual
• Solo

Iriya (Taito) · Gyukatsu (beef cutlet) · ¥¥

Asakusa Gyukatsu

★ Rare-fried beef cutlet seared on your own hot stone, with grated yam

A tiny 20-seat counter near Kaminarimon where 60-second-fried beef cutlet arrives blushing-rare for you to sear to taste on your own sizzling stone.

• Solo
• Casual

Iriya (Taito) · Halal wagyu yakiniku · ¥¥¥

Ninja Yakiniku Asakusa

★ A5-rank Iga wagyu assortment

Grill A5 Iga wagyu certified by the Japan Halal Foundation on the 7th floor above Asakusa, complete with a prayer room and English-speaking staff.

• 🕌Halal

• Date
• Business

Iriya (Taito) · Matcha gelato & Japanese tea · ¥

Suzukien Asakusa

★ No.7 Premium Matcha Gelato — the world's richest

This 1848-founded tea house teams up with Shizuoka's Nanaya to serve matcha gelato in seven escalating intensities, climaxing in a near-black No. 7 so concentrated it tastes like eating pure tea leaves.

• 🥬Vegetarian

• Solo
• Casual

Iriya (Taito) · Halal Japanese curry · ¥¥

Halal Japanese Curry Yoshi's Passion

★ Kobe beef Japanese curry

A two-minute stroll from Senso-ji, this all-halal kitchen ladles rich Japanese curry over crisp cutlets and even Kobe wagyu, so Muslim travellers never have to skip Japan's comfort dish.

• 🕌Halal

• Solo
• Casual

Iriya (Taito) · Halal yakiniku / wagyu · ¥¥¥

Wagyu Yakiniku Panga Asakusa

★ A5 Kuroge wagyu yakiniku course

Grill halal-certified, top-4% A5 Kuroge wagyu over charcoal on a fourth-floor perch with Asakusa's nightscape glittering beyond the window.

• 🕌Halal

• Date
• Business

Iriya (Taito) · Tempura (gluten-free, halal) · ¥¥¥

Tempura Asakusa SAKURA

★ Wagyu sirloin and tiger prawn tempura in rice-flour batter

A ten-seat counter beneath a canopy of cherry blossoms where every course — even the wagyu and prawn tempura — is fried in rice flour: fully gluten-free and halal.

• 🌾Gluten-free
• 🕌Halal
• 🥬Vegetarian

• Date
• Anniversary