Best Sushi in Tokyo (2026): By Area, from ¥110 Plates to Omakase
The best sushi in Tokyo depends on where you are and what you want to spend. In Ginza, Sushi no Midori's nigiri sets start at ¥2,200, and the classic counters Sushizen and Kyūbey serve lunch from ¥7,700 and ¥8,250. In Tsukiji, Sushiko's lunch nigiri is ¥1,320 from 11:30. In Shibuya, SUSHI TOKYO TEN's weekday lunch omakase is ¥5,500, and Uobei's plates are ¥110. In Nihonbashi, Yoshino's lunch nigiri starts at ¥2,750. In Asakusa, Kura Sushi's flagship has plates from ¥145. To splurge, book Isana in Nishi-Azabu at ¥18,000 or Udatsu in Nakameguro, where lunch is ¥14,520.
Hours below are regular schedules. Check the venue's calendar for holidays and special closures.
Quick picks: which sushi place should I choose in each area?
Ginza: Ginza Kyūbey Honten, lunch nigiri from ¥8,250, lunch 11:30–14:00, closed Sundays and Mondays. Tsukiji: Tsukiji Sushiko Sōhonten, lunch nigiri from ¥1,320, opens 11:30, closes on irregular days. Shibuya: SUSHI TOKYO TEN, weekday lunch omakase ¥5,500, seatings at 11:00 and 13:30. Nihonbashi: Yoshino Sushi Honten, lunch nigiri from ¥2,750, cash only, closed Sundays and public holidays. Ueno or Asakusa: Kura Sushi's Asakusa flagship, plates from ¥145, open every day until 23:00. Nakameguro or Nishi-Azabu: Isana Sushi Bar, omakase ¥18,000 before tax and service, 18:00–23:00, closed Sundays and public holidays.
Where should I eat sushi in Ginza?
Sushi no Midori for an easy, mid-priced meal. Sushizen or Kyūbey when you want a classic Ginza counter at lunch, for well under the dinner price.
Sushi no Midori's Ginza branch is a busy 82-seat chain shop, popular with tourists, five minutes on foot from Shimbashi Station (Ginza Line exit 5 or the JR Ginza exit), under the elevated road. Nigiri sets run from ¥2,200 to ¥4,180, tax included, and it's open weekdays 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–21:00 and weekends and holidays 11:00–21:00, closed only on January 1. Take a waiting ticket at the shop from 10:00; this branch has no smartphone queue.
Generous-cut sushi · Weekdays 11:00–15:00 (last order 14:00) and 17:00–21:00 (last order 20:30); weekends and holidays 11:00–21:00 (last order 20:30); closed January 1. · Nigiri sets ¥2,200–¥4,180; tax included.
Sushizen's Ginza branch, a Hokkaido sushi house in a basement at 7-8-10 Ginza, is five minutes on foot from Shimbashi Station. Its two lunch courses are ¥7,700 and ¥11,000, tax included, served 11:00–14:30 (last order 14:00); dinner courses start at ¥22,000, with a 10% service charge after 17:00. It's closed Sundays and Mondays.
High-end Ginza sushi · 11:00–14:30 (last order 14:00) and 17:00–22:30 (last order 22:00); closed Sundays and Mondays. · Lunch courses ¥7,700 and ¥11,000; dinner from ¥22,000; tax included; 10% service after 17:00.
Kyūbey is one of Ginza's best-known sushi houses, and its Oribe lunch nigiri at ¥8,250 is the way in without a big bill; dinner nigiri starts at ¥16,500, plus a 10% service charge. Lunch is 11:30–14:00 and dinner 17:00–22:00, and it's closed Sundays and Mondays (including a Monday holiday), at Obon and over New Year. It's five minutes on foot from Shimbashi Station (Ginza Line exit 3 or the JR Ginza exit), and lunch bookings are for 11:30 only.
Historic edomae sushi · 11:30–14:00 and 17:00–22:00; closed Sundays and Mondays (including a Monday holiday), Obon and New Year. · Lunch nigiri from ¥8,250; dinner nigiri from ¥16,500 plus 10% service.
Tsukiji Sushiko's main shop, at 3-16-9 Tsukiji, is three minutes on foot from Tsukijishijo or Tsukiji Station. Lunch nigiri starts at ¥1,320, and the lunch omakase is ¥4,180, tax included, with soup. It's open weekdays 11:30–14:00 and 16:30–21:30 and weekends and holidays 11:30–21:30 (last order 21:00), and closes on irregular days.
Sushi with skilled anago · Weekdays 11:30–14:00 and 16:30–21:30; weekends and holidays 11:30–21:30; last order 21:00; irregular closing days. · Lunch nigiri from ¥1,320; lunch omakase ¥4,180; tax included.
SUSHI TOKYO TEN, in Shibuya Stream at 3-21-3 Shibuya, is the easy first omakase, and the shop itself recommends its weekday lunch omakase for first-timers: ¥5,500, with counter seatings at 11:00 and 13:30. Dinner omakase is ¥9,900, or ¥13,200 for the premium course or the omakase with drinks. It's cashless only, and cancelling on the day costs the full price.
Seasonal omakase counter · Check hours before you go · Weekday lunch omakase ¥5,500; dinner omakase ¥9,900; premium or with drinks ¥13,200.
MISAKI is a conveyor-belt sushi shop inside the Keio Inokashira Line's Shibuya Station, at Dogenzaka 1-4-19, so it works between trains. It's open every day 11:00–22:00, with last order 30 minutes before closing and no regular closing day. It takes cards, transit IC cards and PayPay.
Station-side kaiten sushi · Daily 11:00–22:00; last order 21:30; no regular closing day. · ¥¥
Uobei's Dogenzaka shop is the cheapest seat in this guide. The operator says every Uobei and Genki Sushi shop has at least 80 kinds of plate at ¥110, tax included.
Touch-panel sushi lane · Check hours before you go · At least 80 kinds of plate at ¥110, tax included (all Uobei shops).
Yoshino serves a classic Edomae lunch one minute from Nihonbashi Station, and the shop says it will answer any question about how to order. Lunch nigiri is ¥2,750, ¥3,300 or ¥3,850, tax included and cash only, and evening nigiri starts at ¥4,950. It's open Monday to Friday 11:00–14:00 and 16:30–21:30 and Saturday 11:00–14:00, can close early when the fish runs out, and is closed Sundays, public holidays and a Saturday after a Friday holiday.
Origin of toro nigiri · Monday–Friday 11:00–14:00 and 16:30–21:30; Saturday 11:00–14:00; closed Sundays, public holidays and a Saturday after a Friday holiday; summer and New Year breaks. · Lunch nigiri ¥2,750 / ¥3,300 / ¥3,850, cash only; evening nigiri from ¥4,950; tax included.
Kura Sushi's global flagship, on 4F of Asakusa ROX at 1-25-15 Asakusa, is conveyor-belt sushi as a big, playful outing, with 272 seats and plates from ¥145; it's a chain flagship popular with tourists. It's open 11:00–23:00 on weekdays and 10:20–23:00 on weekends, with last entry 30 minutes before closing, and you can reserve a seat on the web without signing up. After 21:00, take the Kura elevator beside the ROX building.
Festival-themed sushi · Monday–Friday 11:00–23:00; Saturday and Sunday 10:20–23:00; last entry 30 minutes before closing. After 21:00, use the Kura elevator beside the ROX building. · Plates from ¥145 at this branch.
Ueno Sakae is a sushi counter on the 12th floor at 4-4-5 Ueno, one minute from Ueno-hirokoji Station (Ginza Line) or Ueno-okachimachi Station (Oedo Line). Lunch is 12:00–14:30 and dinner 17:00–23:00, with last entry at 21:00, and it closes on irregular days.
Isana is the relaxed splurge: an eight-seat counter at 1-11-6 Nishi-Azabu that welcomes guests from many countries, with omakase at ¥18,000 and a sake pairing course at ¥22,000, before tax and service, over about 2.5 hours. It's open 18:00–23:00, last order 22:00, and closed Sundays, public holidays and some irregular days. There are no vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or no-raw-fish menus.
Omakase counter experience · 18:00–23:00, last order 22:00; closed Sundays, public holidays and other irregular days. · Omakase ¥18,000; sake pairing course ¥22,000; before tax and service charge.
Udatsu, five minutes on foot from Nakameguro Station, is the other splurge: lunch is ¥14,520 and dinner ¥36,300, or ¥30,250 on junior-chef training days, tax and service included, and a vegetarian course is ¥30,250 with at least two days' notice. Everyone starts together, at 12:00 on weekdays or 11:00 or 13:00 on weekends and holidays for lunch, and at 18:00 or 20:30 for dinner. Booking is online only, closing days are irregular, and the head chef is out on Wednesdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Creative edomae sushi · Lunch at 12:00 on weekdays, 11:00 or 13:00 on weekends and holidays; dinner at 18:00 or 20:30; irregular closing days. · Lunch ¥14,520; dinner ¥36,300, or ¥30,250 on junior-chef training days; vegetarian course ¥30,250; tax and service included.
Uobei's plates are ¥110 and Kura's start at ¥145. Sushiko's lunch nigiri starts at ¥1,320, Sushi no Midori's nigiri sets run ¥2,200–¥4,180, and Yoshino's lunch nigiri is ¥2,750–¥3,850. SUSHI TOKYO TEN's omakase is ¥5,500 at weekday lunch and ¥9,900 at dinner. In Ginza, Sushizen's lunch courses are ¥7,700 and ¥11,000, and Kyūbey's lunch nigiri starts at ¥8,250. Udatsu is ¥14,520 at lunch and ¥36,300 at dinner, tax and service included. Isana is ¥18,000 before tax and service.
Which of these open earliest?
Kura Sushi's Asakusa flagship opens at 10:20 on weekends. Sushizen, Sushi no Midori, MISAKI and Yoshino open at 11:00, and Sushi no Midori hands out waiting tickets from 10:00. Tsukiji Sushiko opens at 11:30, so none of these is a market breakfast.
Which of these can I book online?
SUSHI TOKYO TEN takes bookings on TableCheck, Kura Sushi has web seat reservations with no sign-up, and Ueno Sakae books through Foodre. Udatsu takes bookings online only. Kyūbey's lunch bookings are for 11:30.
Where can a vegetarian eat at these places?
Udatsu is the one to book: its vegetarian course is ¥30,250, with at least two days' notice. Isana has no vegetarian or vegan menu.
Which days are these places closed?
Sushizen and Kyūbey close Sundays and Mondays. Yoshino closes Sundays, public holidays and a Saturday after a Friday holiday. Isana closes Sundays, public holidays and some irregular days. Tsukiji Sushiko, Ueno Sakae and Udatsu close on irregular days. Sushi no Midori closes only on January 1, and MISAKI has no regular closing day.
Before you go
Sushizen and Kyūbey close Sundays and Mondays.
SUSHI TOKYO TEN is cashless only, and Yoshino's lunch is cash only.
Isana's prices are before tax and service. Sushizen adds 10% service after 17:00, and Kyūbey adds 10% at dinner.
Tsukiji Sushiko opens at 11:30, so it isn't a market breakfast.
At Sushi no Midori Ginza, take a waiting ticket at the shop; there's no smartphone queue.
At Kura Sushi Asakusa, use the Kura elevator beside the ROX building after 21:00.
