18 places to eat with a verified description
Tokyo · Certified kosher
The community synagogue in Hiroo: a mikveh, a library and a meat kosher kitchen. Friday night dinner for guests by sign-up on the website until Wednesday at 14:00, and after that with a ¥1,000 surcharge. You can also order challah for pick-up on Friday.
Price checked October 2026
Photo: Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Tokyo · Certified kosher
Tokyo's kosher restaurant since May 2025, in place of Chana's Place, which closed: shakshuka, schnitzel, hummus, falafel and shawarma, glatt kosher certified by Japan Kosher Services according to the restaurant (in 2025 the supervision was reported as that of the chief rabbi of Chabad Tokyo). At Mita 5-13-13 in Minato, about seven minutes on foot from the Chabad house. Sunday to Thursday 11:00 to 15:00 and 17:00 to 22:00, Friday 11:00 to 15:00, closed on Shabbat. There is also delivery through the website or Uber Eats, for orders placed by 18:00.
Price checked October 2026
Tokyo · Certified kosher
The Chabad center of Japan in Takanawa (Minato), with a synagogue, a mikveh, and Shabbat and holiday meals by advance booking. The kosher restaurant David's Deli is about seven minutes on foot from there. Book ahead through the form on the website.
Price checked October 2026
Tokyo · Certified kosher
The kosher kitchen of Chabad in Tokyo: meat and fish bento, sandwiches, breakfasts and Shabbat meals, delivered or eaten on site. Order at least four days ahead, and there is a surcharge for delivery far from Tokyo or at certain hours. Good for stocking up before a trip between cities.
Price checked September 2026
Some shops carry imported products with a hechsher, but the shop itself is not necessarily supervised. Check the label on every product.
Tokyo · Kosher groceries
An international supermarket in Tokyo that stocks a range of imported products, sometimes including products with a kosher certification. It is not a kosher supermarket, so check the kosher mark on each product separately.
Price checked October 2026
Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Tokyo · Kosher groceries
A delicatessen at Chabad Tokyo with Israeli and imported products, from packaged kosher food to Jewish ritual items. Open on Fridays 11:00 to 15:00, and on other days you arrange a visit in advance on WhatsApp.
Tokyo · Kosher groceries
Another international supermarket in Tokyo with imported products, sometimes including items with a kosher certification. It is not under supervision, so check every package and do not rely on the name of the store.
Price checked October 2026
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
A fully vegan restaurant since 2009, right next to the Kabukiza theater. The signature dish is a gluten-free rice-flour pancake at ¥2,550, and lunch dishes cost ¥2,200 to ¥3,900. On weekends there is also breakfast from 8:00. Vegan is not kosher, so this is a choice only for those who are satisfied with a plant-based diet.
Price checked October 2026
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
Vegan ramen at Tokyo Station. Since 1 August 2026 it has been on floor B1 outside the ticket gates, to the right of the GranSta north underground gate, and you no longer need a platform ticket. Ramen from ¥1,250, and there is no kosher supervision. Especially convenient before a Shinkansen.
Omotesando · Vegan, not kosher
A vegan and organic restaurant near Omotesando, with Japanese lunch trays of brown rice, miso soup and side dishes, from ¥2,500. Fully vegan, but not kosher, and it serves alcohol.
Price checked October 2026
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
A vegan Japanese cuisine restaurant in Jiyugaoka. There is a lunch menu by advance booking and there are dinner menus, with no meat, fish, eggs or dairy.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
Vegan ramen in the plaza of teamLab Planets in Toyosu. Entry requires a ticket to teamLab Planets, so you combine it with a visit and do not come specially.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
Buddhist shojin cuisine in Akihabara, in the CHABARA market under the tracks: no animal ingredient at all, no white sugar, and no garlic, onion or leek. The chef trained at Kencho-ji temple in Kamakura. Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 to 19:30.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
A plant-based cafe and restaurant in Ginza, with omurice, curry and desserts. Especially good for a quick meal in a shopping area.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
Vegan falafel and soy milk soft serve, in Nakameguro, about five minutes on foot from the east exit of the station. A falafel sandwich or a salad bowl for a light lunch.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
A vegan izakaya on the basement floor of Shibuya Parco, in the Chaos Kitchen food hall: soy karaage that looks and tears like chicken, gyoza and izakaya drinks. You order by QR code, and at busy hours there is a wait.
Tokyo · Vegan, not kosher
A vegan cafe in Asakusa, about a quarter of an hour on foot from Senso-ji, with a colorful curry that changes every month and desserts. Closed on Mondays.
Negishi · Vegan, not kosher
Handmade vegan gyoza in 11 flavors, in the Negishi neighborhood, about a five-minute walk from Uguisudani Station, near Ueno. Wednesday to Sunday 12:00 to 21:00, last order at 20:00, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Not gluten-free. Cash only.
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