One of the most indispensable sightseeing locations in Tokyo is "Tokyo Skytree." The tower is right outside of Skytree Station, just one stop from Asakusa Station on the Tokyo Skytree Line.
Surrounding the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree are a variety of shops and facilities, plenty to pack into a full day of sightseeing.
This time we will be introducing our recommended restaurants around Tokyo Skytree.

"Yakitori Omino" is a popular yakitori restaurant in Yokohama, located about a 3-minute walk from Oshiage Station.
It's a newly opened restaurant from the owner-chef of one of Japan's most highly praised restaurants, "Torishiki."
Its serving style is the same as "Torishiki": guests are given the chef's recommended skewers one after the other until the guest tells them to stop.
You can enjoy as many delicious yakitori skewers as your heart desires here, from the tasty staples like tsukune, heart, and breast meat to rarer cuts like back liver, hock, and Achilles tendon.
Their liquor lineup is also quite robust, with great selections of beer, sake, shochu, and champagne.
Be sure to enjoy this delicious yakitori alongside a drink of your choice!

◆Yakitori Omino
Address: 1-38-4 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-5619-1892
Hours: 17:30-23:00
Budget: 8,000-19,999 yen
Closed: Sundays, holidays
Credit cards accepted （VISA、MASTER、JCB、AMEX、Diners）

This cafe serves coffee made with house-roasted beans and is known for its cat-themed 3D-art drinks.
Its most popular drinks include their "House-Roasted Soy Au Lait" and "Dark Syrup and Brown Sugar Matcha Soy Au Lait," (650 yen each) made with foamed soy milk that's shaped into a cat.
The soy milk is foamed up beautifully, and each and every cup of artistic drink is irresistibly perfect.
The cafe's "House-Made Cat-Shaped Cookies" are the perfect pairing with these drinks!

◆Oshiage Nyanko
Address: 3-10-9 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Toyko
Phone: 03-3617-7471
Hours: 12:00-17:00
Budget: ~999 yen
Closed: Mondays-Wednesdays
Credit cards not accepted

This chic wine bistro is incredibly popular among locals to the neighborhood.
They have a selection of about 15 types of wine, both white and red, available every day from 500 yen per glass.
One of their popular dishes is their "Risaburo Special! Assorted Meat Appetizer (1980 yen)," packed with the satisfying combination of pâté, dry-cured ham, and liver mousse.
Be sure to enjoy a refined glass of wine here at "Endo Risaburo Shoten" after a day out sightseeing!

◆Endo Risaburo Shoten
Address: 1-33-3 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-6657-2127
Hours: 18:00-24:00
Budget: 6,000-7,999 yen
Closed: Never
Credit cards accepted (VISA、JCB、AMEX）

This long-standing gyoza restaurant has been beloved by Tokyo locals for the 62 years since its opening.
They serve nothing but pan-fried gyoza, and each plate is amazingly priced at just 250 yen!
On holidays, there's a constant line out the door of people in search of cheap, delicious gyoza throughout the morning.
The outside of the gyoza is crispy, while the inside is juicy and packed with veggies. These delicious gyoza go perfectly with a beer!
We highly recommend a quick visit before your sightseeing around Tokyo Skytree!

◆Kameido Gyoza Main Store
Address: 5-3-4 KAmeido, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3681-8854
Hours: 11:00-18:30
Budget: 1,000-1,999 yen
Closed: Never
Credit cards not accepted

This izakaya's claim to fame is the marriage between its hand-made soba, made in-house, and its sake.
Its signature soba dishes include the classic "Seiro," served on a wicker tray, as well as others like "Black Soba," made with coarsely ground buckwheat, and "Aged Soba" that has rested for several days.
We recommend their omakase (chef's choice) courses, priced at 3,800, 5,800, and 7,800 yen.
Their variety of dishes made with fresh seafood, purchased daily by the owner at Tsukiji Market, pair amazingly well with sake.
The noodles used in all their courses are, of course, their Japanese soba noodles, the pride and joy of "Yamasuke."
Slurp up these firm and delicious noodles to your heart's content, then continue on with your sightseeing around Tokyo Skytree with a full stomach and happy heart!

◆Yamasuke
Address: 3-20-6 Higashikomagata, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 050-5590-4311
Hours: 18:00-23:00
Budget: 10,000-14,999 yen
Closed: Sundays
Credit cards accepted

This long-standing sweets shop is famous for its smooth-textured "kuzumochi," mochi cakes made of kuzuko.
Their "kuzumochi (450 yen)" is made with high-quality wheat starch that is aged for 15 months with underground spring water, giving it a refreshing and refined taste.
Any exhaustion you might have from walking around is sure to disappear when you taste it with some rich kinako or thick brown sugar syrup.
Their sweets menu is packed with delights like "Special Anmitsu with Kuzumochi (450 yen)," "Funabashiya Special Mame Agar-Agar (464 yen)," and "Funabashiya Special Jelly Strips (380 yen)," and you're sure to find something for you!

◆Funabashiya Kameido Tenjin-mae Main Store
Address: 3-2-14 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3681-2784
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Budget: ~999 yen
Closed: Never
Credit cards not accepted

This restaurant is located less than 10 minutes on foot from Asakusa Station. "Restaurant Azuma" is a yoshoku (western-style food) restaurant with a long and honorable history, having first opened in 1913 (2nd year of the Taisho Period).
It is famous not only for its food, but also its dedication to good service.
Their most popular dish is their "Sendai Sosaku Omurice (3500 yen)," a mindblowingly delicious combination of chicken rice and half-cooked egg!
Their show of bringing out the freshly-cooked eggs to cover the rice before your eyes is truly a fun experience.

◆Restaurant Azuma
Address: 2-7-8 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3622-7857
Hours: 17:30-20:30
Budget: 3,000-3,999 yen
Closed: Wednesdays, Thursdays
Credit cards not accepted

This unagi specialty restaurant is located right in front of Honjo-Azumabashi Station off the Toei Asakusa line.
Their pride-and-joy kabayaki (unagi eel broiled in sauce), prepped with a quick steam before being fragrantly broiled over charcoal, is perfectly prepared to a luxuriously fluffy finish.
The lightly sweetened tare sauce pairs beautifully with the unagi's flavors, sure to stoke your appetite so much that you finish every last grain of rice.
Their unaju, unagi served over rice in a lacquered box, is made over the course of an hour, starting with the prepping of the eel.
We recommend visiting before or after your sightseeing with plenty of time to spare.

◆Unazen
Address: 3-6-18 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3624-0475
Hours: 11:00-20:00
Budget: 6,000-7,999 yen
Closed: Mondays
Credit cards not accepted