Tsubaki Shokado in Hiroo is the best place in Hiroo to get a home cooked Japanese meal for lunch or dinner. From grilled fish meals (teishoku) to oden you have an amazing choice of food that Japanese folks enjoy at home if they have time and skill to cook. Local neighborhood ladies, constructions workers to foreign embassy works fill this restaurant each lunch between 11:00 – 16:00.

Tsubaki Shokudo, Hiroo – Best Japanese Home Cooking in Hiroo

Why this restaurant is one of my favorite in Tokyo for home cooked food is that all the workers are Japanese women who seem to put their love and skill into every recipe. I have actually never had a bad meal at Tsubaki. My kids also love Tsubaki since they can order a la cart for their favorite foods from simmered seaweed (hijiki) to fried tofu (age dashi tofu). Most meals are 800 – 1,200 JPY, and a la cart dishes 400-600 yen. There is little to no English, but you can point and end up with a great meal.

The restaurant is child friendly but the seating is tight so strollers have to be left outside.

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Tsubaki Shokado Details

Address: 5-1-23 Hiroo, Shibuya 150-0012, Tokyo

Business Hours: Lunch 11:00 – 16:00; Dinner 17:00 – 22:00

Access: 5 min walk from Hiroo Station on the Hibiya Line

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Tsubaki Shokudo, Hiroo – Best Japanese Home Cooking in Hiroo

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