Sometaro Asakusa: A 1937 Okonomiyaki House Where You Grill It Yourself
Sometaro opened in Asakusa in 1937 and has operated as a DIY-style okonomiyaki restaurant for most of its history, seating guests at low tables built around tabletop griddles so each group can cook its own order. Okonomiyaki is a savory, cabbage-and-flour-batter pancake associated mainly with Osaka and Hiroshima, but Tokyo also has its own long-running okonomiyaki houses, and Sometaro is one of the most frequently cited in Asakusa. According to widely repeated accounts, the shop's house specialty, shumai-ten -- a dumpling-topped variation -- was created by its founding proprietress, alongside a version topped with a soft-boiled egg known as oshoyaki.
- Okonomiyaki
- Asakusa
- ¥1,000–3,000
Good to Know
- Budget per person
- ¥1,000–3,000
- Hours
- Exact current hours were not independently confirmed in this research; multiple travel-media sources describe it as a long-running lunch-through-dinner okonomiyaki house. Confirm locally before visiting.
- Address
- 2-2-2 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo
- Nearest station
- Asakusa Station (Ginza Line)
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- Okonomiyaki (the savory, build-it-yourself pancake)
- The house specialty dumpling-style item known as shumai-ten, created by the shop's founding proprietress, and a soft-boiled-egg version called oshoyaki are both frequently mentioned as signatures.
How to Order
- Order ingredients and a batter mix at low tables with built-in griddles
- Cook it yourself -- a hands-on, DIY-style meal. Okonomiyaki is a savory pancake made from a flour-and-cabbage batter, griddled with a choice of toppings and finished with a sweet-savory sauce, bonito flakes, and dried seaweed.
First-Time Visitor Guide
- Tourist-friendliness: 3 / 5
Location
2-2-2 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo
About a 10-minute walk from Ginza Line Asakusa Station, Exit 1, in the Nishi-Asakusa backstreets. (Asakusa Station (Ginza Line))
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I get to Sometaro Asakusa?
- About a 10-minute walk from Ginza Line Asakusa Station, Exit 1, in the Nishi-Asakusa backstreets. (Asakusa Station (Ginza Line))
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