The 10 Best Sushi Restaurants You Must Eat in Shibuya, Tokyo

Shibuya in Tokyo is bustling every day a wide-awake town for 24 hours. It is a town in which you never get bored, by doing shopping and playing at the amusement facilities with excitement! Also you can enjoy various delicious gourmets in Shibuya. Among the innumerable restaurants in Shibuya, I’m introducing 10 carefully selected sushi restaurants for recommendation! I hope it will help you choose.

1. Hugely popular in Shibuya! It is not a conveyor-belt-sushi, but it goes around. [Uobei]

The sushi shop which is so popular that people make a long queue at weekends is [Uobei]. It is a 3-minute-walk from the Shibuya station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon line as well as the Tokyu Denentoshi line. It looks like a conveyor-belt-sushi shop, but it doesn’t go around! What this means is that you order with the touch panel and then your order will come around on the rail.

It doesn’t go around for ever, so the toppings don’t lose their freshness. The price is ￥108 per one piece of sushi which is reasonable! This shop is popular even among foreigners. Please try it!

2. The popular sushi restaurant where you can eat the fresh toppings for a reasonable price! [Shunkashuto]

The [Shunkashuto] which is a 2-minute-walk from the Shibuya station on the Keio-inokashira line offers the unique fresh sushi. This restaurant has been run by the tuna wholesaler in Tsukiji, so the taste is guaranteed. Although it is a full-scale sushi, the price is reasonable. The party-course with 4 dishes costs ￥3,240. The Kachiuma-nigiri (￥540) is recommended.

As the nigari (hand shaped sushi) menu has a wide variety, you may be confused which one you should choose. When you would like to taste the fresh sushi, please try this restaurant.

3. Have a gorgeous night with the full-scale Edomae-zushi (Tokyo-styled sushi) which focuses fully on everything. [Sushi Suga]

You can have a conventional sushi at the [Sushi Suga] which is a 2-minute-walk from the JR Shibuya station. Each item of sushi is elaborately created just like an art form. They are really genuine Edomae-zushi. Outside the restaurant, the cherry tree is quietly standing and you can see the best scenery in spring.

The recommended course dish is ￥8,200. I’m sure you will be satisfied! You can also rely on the head chef’s choice which sounds special. Please visit this restaurant in Shibuya.

4. Feel the gentleness and the matured atmosphere. Enjoy the sushi which doesn’t go around. [Omotenashi]

The [Omotenashi] which is quietly standing in the town of Shibuya was opened in September 2016.
You can enjoy sushi in the brand-new atmosphere. They have both the counter-seats and the table-seats, so you can use it adjusting the usage to the scene such as a dating, on your own, a business entertainment or a party.

The menu has variety such as a silver-skinned fish like sardine (￥400), gizzard shad (￥350), prawn (￥900), sweet shrimp (￥500) and the white meat fish such as sea-brine (￥350) and striped horse mackerel (￥500). It is a recommended sushi restaurant where you can enjoy the delicious sushi without any sense of hesitation or doubt.

5. The sushi restaurant in Shibuya where you can enjoy the sophisticated taste of sushi. The restaurant is reservation-only [Kurosaki]

The [Kurosaki] has a good reputation for providing the exquisite sushi in Shibuya. It is a reservation-only restaurant. When you hear of reservation-only, you may feel hesitant to go to, but nevertheless, I really want you to have the experience. The recommended menu is the chef’s choice. You can enjoy various ingredients in which the original tastes are brought out.

Although it is a fairly new restaurant which opened in 2015, it has already gained popularity in the Shibuya area. They are particular about even It is so popular that you need to make an early booking!

6. Have sushi for a reasonable price [Sakanatori]

The restaurant [Sakanatori] is a 5-minute-walk from the Shibuya station on the Underground Hanzomon line. Speaking of sushi, some people might think that the full-scale one seems to be very expensive, but this [Sakanatori] is a tavern as well, so you can have the full-scale sushi for a reasonable price. The fatty hand shaped tuna is ￥300 for 2 pieces of sushi. What would you say?

The Kobore-zushi (crab, salmon-roe, sea-urchin, leek and fatty tuna) is ￥1,500. The lunch menu has also a variety, but the one-coin-dish (assorted seafood on a bowl of rice) is available. Please visit this sushi tavern, when you go to Shibuya.

7. Enjoy sushi quietly, viewing the lovely scenery [Gonpachi SUSHI]

At the [Gonpachi SUSHI], you can taste the sushi which were made, using the seasonal ingredients and the fresh toppings. They have the menu which fascinates the sea-urchin lovers. You can have 3 different kinds of sea-urchin eating comparison for ￥3,000. (When it’s gone, it’s gone.) You may find the uniqueness, because the sea-urchin eating comparison is very rare to be offered.

They are also using the fresh toppings for the regular red-tuna, medium fat-tuna and fatty-tuna. As they have their original Japanese sake, let’s have it with the sushi! Once you visit this sushi restaurant, you can’t help going back again.

8. The restaurant which reminds you of an ancient town! You can’t believe that it is in Shibuya [Wadatsumi]

The place where you can enjoy sushi in an extraordinary atmosphere is this [Wadatsumi].
Although you are in the town of Shibuya, you feel as if you are in another world. At this restaurant, you can have the Japanese cuisine, the sushi using plenty of seasonal ingredients to start with.

The sushi course starts from ￥8,000. You can enjoy the sushi which are hand shaped with the highest care one by one. You can view their patio with the pond, the lantern and the arched bridge from the table-seats. Let’s have the exquisite sushi at this serene place, forgetting about the noise of daily life.

9. It’s good just to pop in for a short time. When it comes to stand-up-eating sushi, it should be the [Uogashi Nihon-ichi Stand-up-eating sushi]

When you visit Shibuya and you want to go home, finishing your evening meal quickly, the recommended shop is the [Uogashi Nihon-ichi Stand-up-eating sushi]. As the name shows, it is a stand-up eating sushi shop. This shop has the right for bidding at the Ohta market in Tsukiji, so you can enjoy very fresh toppings. The hand shaped sushi is ￥75 (￥81 with tax) per a piece of sushi, so even if you eat them until you are full, it’s easy on the wallet.

The seats are all arranged at the counter and you can directly choose your favourite topping, as all the sushi ingredients are in front of you! When you have time, please pop in!

10. The fashionable sushi-bar emerged in Shibuya! [KINKA SUSHI BAR IZAKAYA]

The sushi is the representative of the Japanese styled cuisine, isn’t it? It is so popular that even people overseas are familiar with it, saying [sushi]. However, at the [KINKA SUSHI BAR IZAKAYA] which is a 4-minute-walk from the JR Shibuya station, you can experience the atmosphere abroad without thinking you are staying in Japan. It has just opened in 2016.

The lobster-sushi which originated in Canada is going through the first trial in Japan. Most menus have English descriptions, so it is just right for the foreign residents as well as the foreign sightseers. They have a lot of original alcoholic menus, such as SUSHI Matini and Japanese-styled Moscow Mule. It is an interesting sushi-bar!

Let’s have a delicious sushi in Shibuya!

What was your impression about this article? I’ve introduced the 10 recommended sushi restaurants in Shibuya. They are all superb ones, so you may be undecided which one to choose. Shibuya has a lot of sightseeing spots as well as Tokyo. When you come to Tokyo, please visit Shibuya as well! Let’s enjoy Shibuya to the full!