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Tonkatsu Maisen

Omotesando, Tokyo

Tonkatsu Maisen, Omotesando, Tokyo
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Tonkatsu Maisen is the gold standard for tonkatsu in Tokyo, in a converted public bathhouse. The kurobuta (Berkshire pork) set is as good as this dish gets anywhere in Japan.

Nearest station Omotesando (Metro)
Cost ¥¥
Time needed 1 hour
Best time Early lunch

Insider tip

The lunch queue is long but moves fast. The takeaway counter at the front sells katsu sandwiches, which make a good picnic for Yoyogi Park nearby.

What the guides say about Tonkatsu Maisen

Lunch. Tonkatsu Maisen in Aoyama, a former public bathhouse that now serves the best kurobuta pork cutlet in the city. The queue moves fast, and if it doesn't, the katsu sandwiches from the takeaway counter next door are a fine alternative.

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What's on near Tonkatsu Maisen

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tonkatsu Maisen, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.

Illumination Free

Omotesando Illumination

表参道イルミネーション

1 Dec to 5 Jan (dates to be confirmed) Omotesando zelkova avenue, Harajuku

Time Sunset to 22:00

Champagne-gold LED lights on the zelkova trees of Omotesando, put up by the Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki-kai shopping street association, planned for 1 December 2026 to 5 January 2027. In 2025 the trees were lit to 28 December and the low shrubs to 5 January.

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Exhibition Starts in 7 days Free

DESIGNART Tokyo

30 Oct to 8 Nov Shops and galleries across Omotesando, Gaienmae, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Ginza, Omotesando

Japan's largest design and art festival marks its 10th edition, scattering furniture, product, and installation exhibits through shops, showrooms, and galleries across Omotesando, Gaienmae, Harajuku, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Ginza. Most venues are free, and the 2026 theme is Hibiki (resonance).

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Exhibition Free

DESIGNART Tokyo

29 Oct to 7 Nov (dates to be confirmed) Shops and galleries across Omotesando, Gaienmae, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Ginza, Omotesando

Japan's largest design and art festival scatters furniture, product, and installation exhibits through shops, showrooms, and galleries across Omotesando, Harajuku, Shibuya, Roppongi, and Ginza for about ten days each autumn. Most venues are free.

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Market Free

Farmers Market at UNU

Every Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm United Nations University plaza, Aoyama

Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Omotesando (Ginza, Chiyoda, Hanzomon Lines), 5 min walk

Tokyo's best-known farmers market runs every Saturday and Sunday on the plaza in front of the United Nations University, with around 50 stalls of produce, honey, coffee, and baked goods from farms across Japan. An easy, food-truck-fuelled stop between Shibuya and Omotesando.

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Exhibition On now ¥¥

Katsushika Oui: Yoshiwara Lattice Before, Genealogy of Night Scenes

葛飾応為 吉原格子先之図 夜景の系譜

6 Oct to 6 Dec Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Harajuku

Time 10:30 to 17:30, last entry 17:00

Ukiyo-e prints from the museum's collection centred on Katsushika Oui, with a lineup change partway through. The first phase runs to November 3 and the second starts November 7.

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Ota Memorial Museum of Art on a quiet backstreet off Omotesando in Harajuku Shig ISO, CC BY 2.0

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Nearby

Omotesando Hills Shopping · 2 min walk Omotesando Hills is Tadao Ando's spiralling concrete shopping centre, and the building impresses more than anything sold in it. Koffee Mameya Cafe · 2 min walk Koffee Mameya is Eiichi Kunitomo's minimalist bean shop on the site of the famous Omotesando Koffee, stocking 20 to 30 coffees from top roasters... Kiddy Land Harajuku Shopping · 3 min walk Kiddy Land is the character-goods institution on Omotesando, with floor after floor of Snoopy, Sanrio, Rilakkuma, Ghibli and whatever character Japan... Harajuku Gyoza Lou Food · 5 min walk Harajuku Gyoza Lou is a no-frills gyoza joint near Cat Street that has fed Harajuku for more than two decades with fried or steamed gyoza at 395 yen... Design Festa Gallery Museum · 6 min walk Design Festa Gallery is a constantly changing warren of small galleries in the Harajuku backstreets where any artist can rent a wall. Kosugiyu Harajuku Sento · 6 min walk Kosugiyu Harajuku is the Koenji bathhouse's second branch, in the basement of the Harakado building at the Jingumae crossing.

Good to know

How do I get to Tonkatsu Maisen?
The nearest station is Omotesando (Metro). Tonkatsu Maisen is in Omotesando, Tokyo.
How much does Tonkatsu Maisen cost?
Tonkatsu Maisen is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Tonkatsu Maisen?
Plan for 1 hour.
When is the best time to visit Tonkatsu Maisen?
Early lunch.

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