There are not that many places that you can enjoy street food in Tokyo and Togoshi Ginza would be one of your TOP choice.  Togoshi Ginza Shotengai (shopping street) is *the longest shotengai in Kanto Area (1.3 km!) with more than 400 stores.  I'm sure you will find something you like there. 

*Togoshi Ginza Shotengai is the second longest in Japan. The longest thought out Japan is Tenjinbashi Shotengai in Osaka (2.6km). 

It is nice to see a friendly neighbourhood like Togoshi Ginza in the middle of Tokyo. In this blog, I am taking you to a fun and tasty street food tour of Togoshi Ginza!

You can check out other Street Food spots in Tokyo in Japan Travel Guide | Best 5 Destinations for STREET FOOD in Tokyo.

ACCESS

Right off of Tokyu Ikegami Line TOGOSHI GINZA station or Toei Asakusa Line TOGOSHI station. 

INDEX

TOP 10 MUST-TRY STREET FOOD

#1 Yakitori from Ebisu
#2 Sashimi from Uokazu
#3 Xiao Long Bao from Ryuki
#4 Curry pan from Hoshino Bakery
#5 Ice Cream from Hoei
#6 Oden from Goto Kamaboko
#7 Pork Onigiri Stick from Tontan
#8 Karaage from Karaage Kei
#9 Fried Kibi nago from Satsuma No Kuni
#10 Salt Tasting at Solco

TOP 10 MUST-TRY STREET FOOD

#1 Yakitori from Ebisu

Yakitori Ebisu is one of the popular Yakitori restaurant in Togoshi Ginza. You can make it to-go or sit at the table outside. You can see how popular this place is by bseeing many staff working busy.

I liked Ebisu because the staffs are friendly and it is a perfect spot for day-time drinking!  I mean a glass of beer is the best friend of street food, right? 

Ebisu's juicy yakitori is dipped in a sweet brown sauce.  We got Hinadori (Young chicken), Beef tongue and Negima (Green onion and chicken). They were so juicy and gooood!

Shop Info

Adress: 2-5-3 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3783-6354
Business Hour: 14:00-19:00
Shop Holidays: Mondays and Tuesdays
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#2 Sashimi from Uokazu

Uokazu is a small fish monger loved by locals.  Uokazu sells grilled fish in front of store and sashimi inside. We really enjoyed watching the owner lady cooking fish in the grill.  She is actually very friendly and we were talking and laughing crazy before we actually bought our sashimi. 

We got us an plate of assorted sashimi for ¥780.  It had fat tuna, red tuna, sea bream and octopus.  The store is not really designed for street food but you can make one by asking her to pour soy sauce over it.

She told us that her store is specialized in Tuna. Yup, of course their tuna and fat tuna were unbelievable.  They just melt in my mouth!

Shop Info

Adress: 1-16-12 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3781-7539
Business Hour: 11:00-around 19:30 (12:00- on Saturdays)
Shop Holidays: Sundays
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#3 Xiao Long Bao from Ryuki

I read about xiao long bao at Ryuki on many Japanese street food blogs so we had to try it and it was the right decision.  Ryuki is a Shanghainese restaurant known for its too-juicy fried dumplings. 

I love xiao long bao and have tried many in my life but I can say the one I had at Ryuki was the best one so far!  When you break the skin, hot umami juice pops out.  The filling is super soft and bottom is crispy.  

While I was eating it, I was already planning of when I can come back to eat again.

Shop Info

Adress: 2-6-4 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-6426-8929
Business Hour: 11:00-20:00
Shop Holidays: Opens very day
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#4 Curry pan from Hoshino Bakery

Since Curry Pan (bread) is Paolo's favorite, I wanted to find the best one in Togoshi Ginza Shotengai and I found one at Hoshino Bakery!

Hoshino Bakery is a cute bakery store filled with fun Japanese breads and pastries.  I could tell how popular this place is because the store was FILLED by people and I didn't have enough room to film.  

The curry pan from Hoshino Bakery is filled with flavorful curry with big beef chunks inside. We got ours just off of fryer so it was extremely crispy and delicious!

Shop Info

Adress: 1-7-2 Hiratsuka Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3781-1552
Business Hour: 7:20-20:00
Shop Holidays: Sundays
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#5 Ice Cream from Hoei

Hoei is actually a Gyoza store from Hokkaido and Camembert Soft Cream is their new item. 

Since the store has just opened only 2 months ago, there are not many information on the internet and we didn't even know it existed.  We met this cute girl, Miho, who speak English at the stand and we ended up trying their Camembert Soft Cream on the 7 degree cold day. lol

They use milk and cheese from Hokkaido of course and the soft cream was extremely rich. You can taste the milk and it has a strong and enjoyable cheese flavor.  

Shop Info

Adress: 1-15-14 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-6451-3274
Business Hour: 11:00-19:00
Shop Holidays: Tuesdays and Wednesdays

#6 Oden from Goto Kamaboko

Goto Kamaboko is a fish cake specialty store which has a ODEN stand.  It's always fun to choose from the various menu and what's nice is that the price is reasonable here. (¥80-150/piece)  

We got hanpen, quail egg, mochi in a bean curd bag, konbu seaweed and beef tendan. The soup is fairly light and nice on a stomach. Perfect for a cold day.

Shop Info

Adress: 2-6-8 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3781-5686
Business Hour: 10:00-20:00
Shop Holidays: Tuesdays
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#6 Pork Onigiri Stick from Tontan

Tontan is a charbroil pork bowl restaurant with an 85-year history originally from Hokkaido.  Their pork bowl is too huge to eat other stuff on the street, so we had their street food basic, Onigiri Gushi (pork rice ball on stick). 

Onigiri gushi is grilled after every order, so you can enjoy hot juicy stick.  Sweet soy sauce tare mixed with pork juice goes perfectly with sticky rice.  

Shop Info

Adress: 2-5-1 Togoshi Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3786-5558
Business Hour: 11:00-22:00
Shop Holidays: N/A
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#8 Karaage from Karaage Kei

What kind of Street Food Top 10 would it be without FRIED CHICKEN!? 

Karaage Kei is the most popular fried chicken specialty store on this shotengai.  There are always people surrounding this store. 

They marinate the chicken with pretty thick sauce so you will NOT need any dipping sauce with it. It's garlicky flavor juicy chicken will just make you smile.  

Shop Info

Adress: 2-18-5 Hiratsuka Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3785-1177
Business Hour: 11:30-21:00
Shop Holidays: Wednesdays
*Credit Card Not Accepted

#9 Fried Kibi nago from Satsuma No Kuni

Togoshi Ginza Shotengai has several antenna shops which is shops sell local specialty products from certain prefectures.  Satsuma-no-Kuni is an antenna shop from Kagoshima and kibinago is a kind of fish they catch in the prefecture. 

We had fried kibinago which is my favorite snack for drinking beer!  Kibinago is a bit bitter and kind of similar to shishamo fish. (Kibinago is less bitter than shihsamo and usually has more meat.) 

#10 Salt Tasting at Solco

We are rounding out this top 10, with this shops that takes salt tasting to new level. Solco is a modern and fashionable salt specialty store you can try 45 different kinds of salt from all over Japan. 

So, to do the salt tasting, you buy a rice ball and you can try the salt on the tasting section.  detail cards are laid in front of each salt so you can see where it is from and what kind of food it goes with it. If you like something here, you can buy it. 

I saw a customer (seems like a chef) asking the salt coordinator/owner to find her a perfect salt to use for a certain kind of fish.  She was choosing a few specific kind for him.  I think I will come back (without Paolo) to look for a salt I want to use for cooking some other day. 

Shop Info

Adress: 2-18-5 Hiratsuka Shinagawa Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-6426-8101
Business Hour: 11:00-19:00
Shop Holidays: Tuesdays

We actually ate all of the food in this list in a day so if you are big eater, you can try more than 10 things!  Check out our full video `Tokyo Street Food | Top 10 Must-Try at Togoshi Ginza'. 

- Maiko