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A small, reservation-only vegan restaurant in Asakusa serving a chef's 10–14 course tasting menu. It seats only a handful of guests and opens a limited number of days per week, so reserve ahead.
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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?
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Details
- Nearest station
- Asakusa Stn
- Cuisine
- Vegan course (reservation-only)
- Price
- ¥¥
- English menu / support
- ✓
- Signature
- Multi-course vegan tasting menu
Veganic Monkey Magic is a seven-seat, reservation-only vegan counter on the ground floor of a small Asakusa guesthouse, where one chef — known to regulars as "Monkey-san" for the full monkey costume she cooks in — builds a 10-to-14 course tasting menu around whatever pesticide-free, naturally grown vegetables arrived that week.
There’s no printed menu, no fixed courses: you eat what the market gave her, plate by plate, at a narrow counter that seats only a handful of guests. A recent sitting moved through a carrot potage, a natto-and-banana monaka, maitake mushroom over rice, and a daikon "steak," seasoned with the naturally fermented, additive-free condiments she uses instead of bottled sauce. It’s part of a broader philosophy: fertilizer changes how a vegetable tastes, so she buys only from growers who’ve farmed naturally, without it, for years.
She’s less interested in "vegan" as a label than in vegetables that taste like themselves, which is part of why the room reads more like a one-woman performance than a restaurant: expect her, in costume, to talk to the counter between courses. It’s one of the more theatrical vegan meals in the city, built for travelers who want a genuine chef’s-choice evening rather than a buffet workaround.
Reservations are essential — by 3pm the day before, through the restaurant’s bilingual (English/Japanese) Google Form — and it only opens Thursday through Saturday, dinner-only on Thursdays. Each guest is asked to order one drink, alcoholic or not, alongside the meal, and the bill is settled in advance: once you book, the chef emails a payment link rather than charging you at the table. Budget roughly ¥6,000–7,000 per person as of early 2026, and reconfirm pricing when you book, since the menu — and presumably the bill — changes with the season.
Last verified Jul 2026
Hours and details can change — please confirm before you visit.
