3 Recommended Asakusa’s Eateries Buzzed in Social Media Offering Brown Rice Meal, Freshly Served Rice Cake Balls, and Sweets by Patissier

When in Asakusa, you’ll find countless eateries and shops along hundreds of alleys and streets including Nakamise Shopping Street (仲見世通り) that leads to Sensoji Temple (浅草寺), deciding which one to go is pretty hard even for those who have visited the neighborhood before. So, let this article help you to do so by introducing 3 eateries that are buzzed in social media. All of them can be used on a wide range of occasions such as when traveling with kids. Let’s take a look at the eateries offering brown rice meals with an interesting texture, large freshly prepared rice cake balls with plenty of homemade sauce, and sweets made by a patissier.

Experience matured brown rice together with your choice of a side dish and soup at “YUWAERU Honten”

Though ‘brown rice’ is generally said to contain more than four times as much dietary fiber as white rice and plenty of B vitamins, cooking one is a bit difficult as it easily tends to be crumbly when cooked. At “YUWAERU Honten” (結わえる本店) close to Sumida River, you can experience ‘Nekase Gemmai’(寝かせ玄米®︎, matured brown rice) whose feature is chewy texture and natural sweetness. Brown rice harvested by a contract farmer is cooked in a pressure cooker and left to be well-matured for a couple of days. If you visit during the lunch service, 3 kinds of matured brown rice set meal served with your choice of a side dish and soup prepared with homemade Miso and salted rice malt considering the pairing with the brown rice are available. Don’t worry if you don’t like Miso soup as you can make your choice of soup from a wide range of genres such as yellow curry, vermicelli soup, and hot and sour soup. Each item except the brown rice changes daily, so you won’t be bored no matter how many times you visit.

Opening Hours	11:30AM – 3:00PM (last orders at 2:30PM) for lunch service and 5:30PM – 8:00PM (last orders at 7:30PM) / Closed on New Years Holidays, summer holidays, and every first and second Sunday
Address	2-14-14 Kuramae, Taito City, Tokyo Prefecture
Access	A 10-minute walk from Hotel Gracery Asakusa A 6-minute taxi ride from Hotel Tavinos Asakusa
URL	https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131103/13102272/

Don’t miss freshly made rice cake balls in large portions, homemade bean jam and brown sugar syrup at “Kanmi Mitsuya”

Located in between Nakamise Shopping Street and Asakusa Station (TS01) of Tobu Skytree Line, “Kanmi Mitsuya”(甘味みつや ) offers authentic Japanese sweets prepared with homemade ingredients. It is famous for Shiratama (白玉, rice cake balls) which are about 3 cm in diameter. As it is served as soon as it’s been freshly made, the chewy texture is even more enjoyable. In addition, the Anko (あんこ, bean jam) and the Kuromitsu (黒みつ, brown sugar syrup) that are essential for the flavor of each menu item are full of the restaurant’s commitment to the quality. For instance, the most popular ‘Kuromitsu Kinako’ (黒みつきなこ) is prepared with Kinako (きなこ, soybean flour) made by grinding home-roasted soybeans in every morning while brown sugar syrup is made from boiled juice of sugar canes from Okinawa’s Hateruma Island and Wasanbon (和三盆, refined Japanese sugar). Each ingredient is worth being enjoyed individually.

Opening Hours	Noon – 5:00PM (last orders at 4:30PM) *Open until supplies run out
Address	1-32-13 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo Prefecture
Access	A 5-minute walk from Hotel Gracery Asakusa A 10-minute walk from Hotel Tavinos Asakusa
URL	https://kanmi-mitsuya.jp/

Equipped with an infant room and a doodling canvas; “en café & lounge”, a parent-and-kid friendly cafe offering sophisticated sweets prepared by a patissier

A commercial complex “en” has a cafe on the 1st floor and the 2nd, a select shop on the 3rd, and a wooden deck surrounded by lawns on the rooftop. For those travel with kids, “cafe lounge” on the 2nd floor is truly recommended as the wooden and Westernized Japanese interior with table seats and Japanese style seats create a homey atmosphere, and facilities for babies and kids such as an infant room for changing diapers and doodling canvases for kids are equipped.

Its signature menu item is ‘Cookie & Cream Cheese Cake’ (クッキー＆クリームチーズケーキ ) in which the patissier creates a perfect harmony of sourness and sweetness. As it is not too sweet, even those who are not fond of sweets can enjoy it. Why not pair it with its homemade lemonade or lemons-quash?

Opening Hours	<Weekdays> 1F 8:00AM – 7:00PM (last orders at 6:00PM) / 2F and 3F 11:00AM – 7:00PM (last orders at 6:00PM) <Weekends and national holidays> 1F 8:00AM – 8:00PM (last orders at 6:00PM) / 2F and 3F 10:00AM – 8:00PM (last orders at 7:00PM)
Address	2-6-2 Kuramae, Taito City, Tokyo Prefecture
Access	A 11-minute walk from Hotel Gracery Asakusa A 7-minute taxi ride from Hotel Tavinos Asakusa
URL	https://www.enkuramae.com/global/