1343 stations, and the places on their pages. A name, or a code like G-01.
Where to eat Nihombashi
懐石 is the tea-ceremony meal — Daijisen derives the name from a warmed stone tucked into the robe, food enough to take the edge off hunger, served before tea. 会席 is banquet cooking that grew around sake parties from Edo on, and which the dictionary calls the mainstream of Japanese cuisine today. Most restaurant “kaiseki” is the second.
Digital Daijisen (Kotobank)Since 1902 Nihonbashi Yabukyu日本ばし やぶ久
A soba house that opened in 1902 and, by its own account, has never moved off this plot. It works out of a building put up in 1960, steep old staircase and all, under the fourth generation of the same family.
Since 1879 Yoshino Sushi Honten吉野鮨本店
An Edomae sushi counter open since 1879 and now in its fifth generation, which seasons its rice with lees vinegar and salt and adds no sweetening at all. By the house’s own account, the word toro was born from a customer’s remark at this counter.
Restaurants close and move. Nothing here carries hours or prices — check before you set off.