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JapaneseSushi$$$

Sushi Kawano

GinzaTokyo

8.8

A ten-seat basement counter doing classic edomae work: aged akami, properly warm shari, and a chef who explains each piece without performing. The ¥8,000 lunch omakase is one of Ginza's honest bargains; dinner triples the bill for maybe twenty percent more fish. Book two to three weeks out and don't wear cologne.

Order this

  • Aged akami zuke
  • Kohada
  • Anago with tsume
  • Tamago

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Book ahead or cry — the door list is real

Dietary

No real accommodations here — better to know now than at the table.

Neighborhood

Ginza, Tokyo

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