Things to Do in Marunouchi
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This ‘food theme park’ lets Tokyoites How about a professional-grade magic show Kyoto is renowned for still upholding the a service available in four languages sample succulent skewers from Japan’s seven to spice up your bar night? That's exactly geisha tradition but you don't have to go that (including English) and with hotspots in greatest yakitori hotspots, including Muroran, what you'll get here, complete with the far to experience it. Enjoy full-course Kyoto most of the area's major buildings as Fukushima and Kurume. Zenya Ren Tokyo 3-D chance to see the action happen right at your cuisine right here, made even more special well as in some outside zones. table. Ginza 10 o'clock Marunouchi 2-B on (reservation-only) Maiko Nights, when Wi-Fi Internet access in the Marunouchi area geishas perform for customers. Accommodation 010 Kyoto-style Small Dishes & Ochaya Bar Mamemaru 2-B WHAT'S GOING ON GOING WHAT'S Down a bowl of 005 southern ramen 017 Spend a night Try a refreshing classic in the station Like your ramen with www.youtube.com/user/MEETatMarunouchi thick, savoury soup Having counted literary greats like Yukio Established in 1915, this Tokyo and ultra-thin Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata among its Youtube Marunouchi channel “Meet at Marunouchi” Marunouchi” at “Meet channel Marunouchi Youtube 001 classic underwent an extensive noodles? Then past customers, this old-school pork cutlet facelift before reopening in October you have to try the eatery, founded in 1961, offers a refreshingly @MARUNOUCHIPIX 2012. The refined atmosphere and signature tonkotsu cold version of the classic katsudon (cutlet Instagram Marunouchi official account account official Marunouchi Instagram Stand at the traditional interiors are combined (pork broth) variety over rice) during the summer months. 024 with all the amenities of a modern at this famed eatery, Katsukichi Shin-Marunouchi Bldg. 3-C photo.marunouchi.com/ gates of Tokyo luxury hotel. The Tokyo Station Hotel 3-C hailing from Fukuoka's Escape into the past Hakata district. Ippudo Marunouchi 2-B 014 Marunouchi Photo collection collection Photo Marunouchi Chomp on burritos, This massive and busy transit hub is marked by the attractive red-brick Marunouchi Station 018 sip on cocktails Kill a kebab The glass-and-steel Shin-Marunouchi Building is about the last place you'd look for this kind of connecting with Marunouchi on social media. media. social on Marunouchi with connecting Building which was launched in 1914 and has been designated an Important Cultural Property Showa-era snack and karaoke bar, but Raimuraito bucks the trend. Guys looking to get in have to Keep up to date with the trends and events happening in the area by by area the in happening events and trends the with date to up Keep asset of Japan. Its 2012 renovation brought the structure back to its original form. Tokyo Station 3-C 011 Mexican restaurants are nothing if not fun What could be more satisfying than a juicy bring a female companion. Raimuraito 3-C Fill up on fried goodies and laid-back. Stop by Mucho for a lively, kebab expertly made by a Turkish chef, The social side social The Restaurants An offshoot of Nezu's famed kushiage (deep- cosmopolitan atmosphere and a filling, served with a glass of unusual Turkish fried meat and veg skewers) joint, Hantei is affordable burrito lunch, or experiment with wine? Get it here at this traditional Turkish 002 the perfect place to try this mouthwatering tropical cocktails and Tecate beer after restaurant, which also offers halal options Sit down by the fast food. The chefs serve up fresh skewers hours. Mucho – Modern Mexicano 3-B (reservations required). 022 without a few hours spent in this ultra-modern corner of the city. the of corner ultra-modern this in spent hours few a without water at a rapid pace. Hantei Marunouchi 3-C Topkapi Marunouchi 2-B Taste western modernism 025 of the world’s most sophisticated stores and restaurants. No visit to Tokyo is complete complete is Tokyo to visit No restaurants. and stores sophisticated most world’s the of 006 Start the night right to as many Fortune 500 companies as New York and boasts skyscrapers offering some some offering skyscrapers boasts and York New as companies 500 Fortune many as to Stop by this spacious square 015 Dine on Osaka-style okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) at Kiji, a classy joint known for Although located on the 24th Today the area, which stretches between the Imperial Palace and Tokyo Station, is home home is Station, Tokyo and Palace Imperial the between stretches which area, the Today for a break by the fountain and Choose a Sample the finest B Try a truck lunch 019 its beef and leek-heavy sujiyaki (speciality floor of The Peninsula, this hotel Iwasaki family bought the land and transformed it into a cosmopolitan business centre. centre. business cosmopolitan a into it transformed and land the bought family Iwasaki see the movement of the water white rice Have top-quality, pancake) and extravagant squid-pork-noodle bar isn't as stuck up as you It became the residential area of feudal lords in the Edo era until, in 1868, the renowned renowned the 1868, in until, era Edo the in lords feudal of area residential the became It change with the passage of sky-high The ginshari (white rice) specialists here budget-friendly sushi time. The nighttime light-up is combo, which is known as 'modern-yaki'. might think. Go during happy Best time to visit is lunchtime on will take your rice-eating experience to new also worth a look. Get the full gourmet sushi experience without Okonomiyaki Kiji Marunouchi 3-B hour (Sun-Thu 5-8pm), when Marunouchi roughly means 'inside the castle'. the 'inside means roughly Marunouchi tempura meal weekdays when the centre plays host levels. Especially when paired with fresh, Wadakura Fountain Park 2-C breaking the bank – the ¥5,000 chef's food and drinks are available for a combination of the old Japanese word for castle, maru, and the word uchi (inside), so so (inside), uchi word the and maru, castle, for word Japanese old the of combination a to a range of food trucks with unique seasonal fish, which is preserved and dried ¥800 a pop. Peter: The Bar 2-A offerings. Also be sure to stop by for dinner special features the freshest seasonal shoguns in Japanese history. This heritage is reflected in the name of the area, which is is which area, the of name the in reflected is heritage This history. Japanese in shoguns overnight with Ako salt. the antiques fair on the first and third offerings, while the lunchtime 'bara-chirashi' was transformed under the leadership of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the most powerful powerful most the of one Ieyasu, Tokugawa of leadership the under transformed was Ichiya Ichiya Marunouchi 3-C 023 Sundays of every month – a gem for bowl is even more affordable. Originally part of a cove, Marunouchi district emerged from the sea in the 1590s and and 1590s the in sea the from emerged district Marunouchi cove, a of part Originally Take a comfy and 003 Eat meat like a true Brazilian A Take a rooftop breather vintage furniture, kimonos and more. Manten Sushi Marunouchi 2-B 026 027 quick city tour This Brazilian-style churrascaria restaurant An eminent past eminent An Tokyo International Forum 2-B 016 Survey the late-night scene Sip on an award-winning Recharge after a spot of shopping at Kitte by Bar-hop the regions is the real deal: more than 15 varieties of martini See central Tokyo from the open-air relaxing at the centre's rooftop garden, where chunky barbecued meat are served on giant Engage in people-watching at this high- seats of this double-decker bus, which you can take up a terrace seat and watch Go izakaya-hopping under the railway skewers, with the waiters going from table up bar whose authentic Spanish cuisine is Owned by 2011 Diageo World Class-winning starts one of its approximately hour- the bullet trains arriving and departing from tracks at Yurakucho Station, where seven to table to cut customers pieces of the good as impressive as the view. The right-by-the- bartender Manabu Otake, Royal Bar is where station location also works nicely for power long rounds at the Mitsubishi Building Tokyo Station below. Kitte Garden 3-B Japanese-style pubs representing regions stuff. Barbacoa Classico Marunouchi 3-C you can sip on delicious fruit cocktails or try Although recent movers to their current 35th-floor perch, these fellows have been frying tempura and circles all the way to Ginza.