Tested by two flight attendants from Brazil — one on her second trip to Japan, one on his very first. Every impression from the guests who experienced this restaurant is recorded on video.
| Nearest station | JR Yurakucho Station — 1 min walk (about 220 m). Hibiya subway station — 1 min |
| Budget (per person) | Lunch: ¥2,000–¥2,999 / Dinner: ¥3,000–¥3,999 (rough guide only) |
Traveler checklist
| Online reservation | ✓ Yes — via the booking page below |
| Card payment | ✓ Yes — VISA / Master / JCB / AMEX / Diners (per the official listing) |
| Free Wi-Fi | ✓ Yes (per the official listing) |
| Private rooms | ✓ Yes — fully private rooms for 2 to 30+ guests |
| Smoking | Separated — both smoking and non-smoking private rooms available |
| English menu | — Not yet confirmed, please ask when booking |
| English-speaking staff | — Not yet confirmed, please ask when booking |
| Vegetarian options | — Not yet confirmed, please ask when booking |
Information may have changed — please confirm the latest details on the official site before you go.
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About this review
We visited Inanowa in person, ordered from the regular menu, and filmed the whole meal. Every quote below is taken word-for-word from the video — impressions are our guests’ real, unedited reactions. This time our guests were two flight attendants from Brazil: Amanda, back in Japan for the first time in two years, and her colleague, eating his way through Japan for the very first time.
🥇 If you order only one thing: the chicken tsukune with raw egg yolk
The tsukune arrives glazed in a sweet-savoury tare, with a raw egg yolk for dipping. From our video (14:20)
Asked for the best dish of the day, our guest didn’t hesitate: “The chicken was amazing. I will dream about that.”
What to order at Inanowa
Kinpira gobo — the appetizer (きんぴらごぼう)
Thin-cut carrot and burdock root simmered with soy sauce, mirin and sake, topped with sesame. From our video (6:30)
The meal opened with a small classic izakaya appetizer. It set the tone straight away:
Sashimi with sesame-soy sauce (刺身の胡麻醤油がけ)
Fresh sashimi dressed with a sesame-soy sauce, nori and spring onion. From our video (7:43)
Both guests compared it to the raw-fish dishes they know from South America — and the freshness won:
“I need to go back to Japan to eat again.” — from our video (8:41)
Oden — daikon radish and egg (おでん)
Inanowa is an oden specialist — the daikon comes soaked through with dashi. From our video (10:40)
For his first-ever oden, the daikon radish was the discovery: it soaks up the broth so completely that every bite floods with dashi.
The moment the daikon landed. From our video (11:13)
Japanese sake — the staff’s pick (日本酒)
His first sake in Japan — chosen on the staff’s recommendation. From our video (14:05)
Chicken tsukune with raw egg yolk (鶏つくね)
The star of the visit (see the pick above). The tsukune is soft to the point of surprising both guests, and the yolk rounds the sweet-salty glaze:
From our video (14:38)
Grilled black cod saikyo-yaki (銀鱈西京焼き)
Black cod marinated in sweet saikyo miso, grilled and served with grated daikon and lemon. From our video (16:45)
“I could eat this every day.” — from our video (16:54)
Dassai — a famous Japanese sake (獺祭)
Dassai, one of Japan’s best-known sakes, from Yamaguchi Prefecture. From our video (19:34)
Charcoal-grilled chicken (鶏の炭火焼き)
Chicken grilled over charcoal — crisp outside, soft inside. From our video (20:28)
Unagi kamameshi — eel & sansho rice pot (うなぎ山椒ご飯)
The kamameshi is cooked to order in its own iron pot — this one with eel and sansho pepper. From our video (21:45)
The finish of the meal, and the dish the restaurant is named for. Amanda had eaten eel on her previous trip to Japan and recognised it immediately — this time as a freshly cooked rice pot:
“Oh, this is amazing.” — from our video (22:07)
Watch the full visit
By the end, the verdict was unanimous: “I will definitely come back. Every time when I’m in Japan, I will come back.” — and, in her words, “Japanese food is I think it’s the best in the world.”
Getting there & booking
The entrance sign — the restaurant is on floor B1 of the Kokonoe Kaikan building. From our video (2:18)
| Name | Inanowa Yurakucho (個室完備 稲ノ和 有楽町店) |
| Address | B1F Kokonoe Kaikan Bldg., 2-3-6 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Hours | Daily 12:00–24:00 (may change, check when booking) |
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Restaurant information may have changed since our visit — please check the latest details on the booking site.
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