Premium Sushi in Ginza

Ginza Kyubey was founded in 1935. A sushi restaurant with a history of more than 80 years, it's also known as the pioneer of gunkanmaki (warship roll) sushi, made with uni (sea urchin). This restaurant is admired by many Japanese, and many sushi-lovers hope to eat there at least once in their lives.

A variety of freshly prepared sushi (L) and gunkanmaki sushi roll filled with sea urchin (R).

Indeed, it's such a premium restaurant that when the president of the United States recently came to Japan, he ordered sushi to be delivered to his hotel from Kyubey. Today, about 20% of its customers are foreigners. Many of them come from Thailand, Indonesia, and other Southeast Asian countries. "It used to be that these customers would only order the fish that they were familiar with. Nowadays, they eat a wide variety of fish, just like our Japanese customers," explained Kagehisa Imada.

Kagehisa Imada – the third generation head chef of Kyubey.

Indeed, Kyubey considers these worldwide customers as fans. Chef Imada describes the restaurant's Omotenashi (warm and friendly hospitality) as follows, "We keep everything clean, always. We don't fuss excessively over the customers, we give everybody the same, fair service, we keep flavors at a constantly high level, and we charge reasonable prices. We believe that Kyubey's Omotenashi is a collection of all of these criteria combined."

Warm and friendly hospitality for every customer.