Address Ogikubo Hakusan Jinja-Mae Open From 11 am to 10:00 pm Telephone 3391-7812 Map See directions CCs No

I am one of those rare birds who do not hold Japanese cooking in very high esteem. Tonkatsu, although of European ancestry, is now a Japanese dish of good standing, and it seems to me not nearly as tasty as the Wiener Shnitzel from which it clearly derives. ALso, cabbage strips are hardly the stuff of my dreams, when it comes to side dishes. Still, to beef up the site and draw a reliable culinary map of Ogikubo for those who need it, it might be worth it to tell you people about Tatsumi Tei, because it's as good as they get. Prices range, with one exception, from 1500 to 2000, meat is tender and juicy, the miso Shiru is excellent and you get as many free candies as you wish at the counter. If you like this sort of thing, go. You won't regret it.

Get out of Ogikubo's west exit, turn left and go straight ahead for about three hundred meters. Tatsumi Tei is right in front of the Torii marking Hakusan Jinja temple's entrance.