Tempura Kondo
Ginza, Tokyo
- Mon to Sat
- 11:30 to 15:30, 17:00 to 22:00
- Sun
- Closed
Lunch seatings at 11:30 and 13:30, dinner seatings at 17:00 and 19:30. Also closed when Monday is a public holiday.
Source: tempura-kondo.com, checked 9 Oct 2026.
Tempura Kondo is a two-Michelin-star tempura counter on the 9th floor of a Ginza building, where chef Fumio Kondo is famous for what he does with vegetables, including his signature sweet potato, cut more than 10 cm thick. Counter seating only, since 1991.
Insider tip
Book weeks ahead. Lunch courses are far cheaper than dinner for the same frying.
What the guides say about Tempura Kondo
Stay here and you can walk to counters that visitors otherwise cross the city for. Tempura Kondo needs a booking weeks out, but lunch at the same counters costs well under half the dinner price. Bar High Five is the cocktail bar the world's bartenders visit. It doesn't take reservations, so arrive soon after it opens at 5pm. The cheaper, louder end of the district is under the railway arches at Yurakucho Gado-shita, where yakitori smoke drifts across the pavement from late afternoon. If it rains, Itoya Ginza, the twelve-storey stationery store, is the plan for an hour.
What's on near Tempura Kondo
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tempura Kondo, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Kanze-kai Regular Noh, December
12月観世会定期能
Time 13:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), 2 min walk
Noh Mekari, Hachinoki and Ran with Kyogen Fuku no Kami at Kanze Noh Theatre, including a performance by Kanze Kiyokazu. Student seat ¥4,200.
Kanze-kai Regular Noh, January: Okina
1月観世会定期能
Time 13:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), 2 min walk
New Year programme opening with Okina, followed by Kyogen Suzuki Hocho and Noh Tsurukame and Tamura, at Kanze Noh Theatre.
Shiseido Gallery: Komura Settai and Takuro Tamayama
今とはいつのことか―小村雪岱と玉山拓郎
Time Weekdays 11:00 to 19:00, Sundays and holidays 11:00 to 18:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), exit A2, 4 min walk
An exhibition pairing works by Komura Settai with a new installation by Takuro Tamayama, closed on Mondays and from 21 December 2026 to 11 January 2027.
The World of No. 6: tracing Shion and Nezumi's journey
NO.6の世界展 －紫苑とネズミの軌跡をたどる旅－
Time Store hours; some sessions timed entry Station Ginza (Ginza, Marunouchi, Hibiya Lines), direct
Exhibition following Shion and Nezumi's journey through the world of No. 6, at the Ginza Mirai Museum on the 2nd floor of Matsuya's Namiki-dori building.
Ginza Kimono Fair
「銀座のきもの」市
Station Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines), connected to the store
A kimono fair on the eighth-floor event space at Matsuya Ginza.
Smaller local events nearby
KOGEI WALK Exhibition
23 Oct to 5 Nov · Participating shops in Ginza, Nihonbashi and Omotesando
A walking event across 27 lifestyle shops in Tokyo selling traditional crafts chosen from the regions where they are made.
Map · Source: Ginza official site (Zenginza-kai) · KOGEI WALK 2026開催
Ginza pedestrian paradise (Chuo-dori) Festival
Every Saturday, Sunday and public holiday. Next: Sat 24 Oct · Ginza Chuo-dori, 1-chome to 8-chome
Vehicles are banned on Ginza-dori on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Performances, sales and bicycle riding are not allowed, and the police decide on cancellations in bad weather and over the New Year.
Free · 12:00 to 17:00 from October to March, 12:00 to 18:00 from April to September · Map · Source: Ginza Street (Ginza-dori Rengokai) · 銀座 歩行者天国
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Around Ginza
Tokyo's grand shopping street, best at its counters and old coffee houses
Ginza is where Tokyo dresses up. Department stores and flagship boutiques line Chuo-dori, the kabuki theatre has been the art form's main home since 1889, and you'll find some of the most exacting counters in the city here. The trick is to look past the brand facades to the old coffee houses, the stationery tower and the bars upstairs.
Ginza has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 shops, 2 cafes, 1 landmark, 1 restaurant, 1 bar and 1 bathhouse. Read the Ginza guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Tempura Kondo?
- Sakaguchi Building 9F, 5-5-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都中央区銀座5-5-13 坂口ビル9F).
- What are the opening hours of Tempura Kondo?
- Mon to Sat 11:30 to 15:30, 17:00 to 22:00; Closed Sun. Lunch seatings at 11:30 and 13:30, dinner seatings at 17:00 and 19:30. Also closed when Monday is a public holiday.
- How do I get to Tempura Kondo?
- The nearest station is Ginza (Ginza Line). Tempura Kondo is in Ginza, Tokyo.
- How much does Tempura Kondo cost?
- Tempura Kondo is at the higher end, marked ¥¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tempura Kondo?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Tempura Kondo?
- Lunch, reserved in advance.
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