Address 1F Infoss Cafe Bldg., 3-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005 Opening hours 11:30 - 23:00 Map - Yes Telephone - 5219-1610 Menu - In Japanese and Italian CC - Yes

I was just out with some students yesterday and we ended up at an Italian place in Yurakucho called Scorpione Stazione. It thought it was interesting. We had pasta (big broken up lasagna noodles, you know) with mushrooms and walnut sauce, and tagliatelle with saffron and peppers. Both were very interesting and very good. We also had the most German-looking Italian dish I've ever had: sausage in potatoes, cabbage and beans (very northern Italian?). To end, we had very nice cappucinos and a great cheese plate, maybe the best I've had in Tokyo, real cheese, seven types, all good. The antipasto misto was also very good, nine things, all very different and very interesting. Each was too small to share so we had to go for one each, so I can't say much about the taste of all, though my two were excellent. The staff was friendly and efficient and there was at least one Italian cooking in the kitchen. Five people, two bottles of wine, 22000. Apparently it's run by a fairly large corporation called the Kiwa group. They have a site, but it only has a small map for Scorpione. I was surprised to see how many restaurants they run.

This isn't really a proper review. To be honest, I didn't really get a good look at the menu or the wine list. But I was very impressed with the place and I thought you might be interested.
Marcel