SHIBUYA RESTAURANTS

Shibuya Restaurants -  A guide to some of the many restaurants in Shibuya Tokyo.

Not what you might have expected in fashionable Shibuya - a whale meat restaurant!

Shibuya - Restaurants

You can't turn around without spotting a handful of restaurants here-- from 100 yen noodles to top notch gourmet food.

• Midori Sushi, 03-5459-0002, in the Shibuya Mark City building is a good balance between quality and price. You may have to wait in line unless you go just before meal times. The take-out is excellent if you are too hungry or impatient.
• Kujiraya [13] (http://www.kujiraya.co.jp), Dogenzaka 2-29-22 (Bunkamura-dori, just past 109), 03-3461-9145. The specialty here is whale meat dishes. Don't forget to pick up a pro-whaling propaganda pamphlet on your way out.
• Kyotako (right next to Tokyu Hands) is a famous store for takoyaki octopus balls.
  Murghi, Dogenzaka 2-19-2, 03-3461-8809, closed Fridays and Thurs. eve. Founded in 1951, when the owner decided to serve the kind of curry he had enjoyed in Burma before World War II.
• Tokyu Department Store (right on top of the train station) has a superb food section in the basement with enough free samples to make a full lunch, if you don't mind not having a place to sit.
• Gonpachi 3-6 Maruyama-cho Shibuya-ku (halfway between Shibuya station and Inokashira Line's Shinsen station), 03-5784-2011. Main restaurant 11:30 AM to 3:30 AM, sushi bar 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM. [14] (http://www.global-dining.com/). Trendy eatery specializing in soba, with a separate sushi bar in the back.

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