Editor's Choice
A Michelin-starred soba sanctuary where the chef grows and hand-mills his own Ibaraki buckwheat into pure 100% juwari noodles — the closest a coeliac traveller comes to trustworthy Tokyo soba.
Three styles of juwari soba (inaka, sarashina, dattan)
A specialist serving juwari (100% buckwheat) soba with no wheat flour, so the noodles themselves are naturally gluten-free. Note the standard dipping sauce/soba-yu and a shared kitchen mean it is not certified celiac-safe; confirm the tsuyu if you are highly sensitive.
Stone-milled hand-cut zaru soba with seasonal tempura
A backstreet Kagurazaka soba shop that stone-mills and hand-cuts its own buckwheat, earning a spot on the Tabelog 100 soba list.
Gluten-free cheesecake & matcha roll cake
A tiny 100% gluten-free cafe near Roppongi-itchome with English-speaking staff, chewy gluten-free lunches and a celebrated matcha roll cake.
Made-to-order udon, incl. cult carbonara udon & tempura
A perpetually-queued Tabelog Top-100 udon shop near Shinjuku where every bowl of springy noodles is cut and boiled to order — try the cult carbonara udon.
Sarashina soba — pure-white refined buckwheat noodles
A 230-year-old Edo institution and the birthplace of silky, pure-white sarashina soba, served with a choice of light and dark dipping broths.
Daily stone-milled handmade soba, charcoal skewers, tempura
The towering wooden-beamed izakaya that inspired Kill Bill's House of Blue Leaves, where lantern light conjures an Edo-era warehouse over plates of fresh soba and charcoal skewers.
Organic macrobiotic cooking incl. vegan sushi of vinegared brown rice and seasonal vegetables
One of Tokyo's oldest natural-food restaurants, open in Harajuku since 1976, serving organic, additive-free cooking with strong vegan and macrobiotic options. It is well used to foreign diners and offers an English menu.
Vegan plates and desserts (lunch sets)
A 100% vegan restaurant near Omotesando Station serving Mediterranean-influenced plant-based dishes and desserts across breakfast, lunch and dinner, from the team behind the former Pure Cafe.
Seasonal brown-rice set (ichiju-sansai) and steamed vegetables
An organic, plant-centered Japanese canteen by Neal's Yard Remedies near Omotesando Station, open since 2003. It serves seasonal brown-rice set meals (ichiju-sansai) and steamed vegetable plates.
Chopstick-tender kurobuta fillet katsu & the famous katsu sandwich
Housed in a former public bathhouse off Omotesando, Maisen serves chopstick-tender fillet tonkatsu that has defined Tokyo's gold standard since 1965.
Farmer's vegan salad & vegetable omelette
A bright Omotesando flagship where a 'field evangelist' sources produce from 100 farms, plated into vivid vegan, gluten-free and athlete bowls.
