Apr 23–25.
Research Notes
Sources
Curated from 4 YouTube videos (TabiEats, Samurai Junjiro, Tokyo Cheapo, Ralph & Sam) + 9 Reddit threads synthesised in reddit.md. Tabelog ratings verified. Full research in tokyo/ginza-food.md, tokyo/ginza-tokyo.md, and reddit.md.
Skipped (on purpose)
- Ginza Corridor Street izakayas — Karl doesn't drink
- 300 Bar — drinking
- Pier Marini — couldn't verify (likely mistranscribed in source video)
- Blue Bottle Ginza Six, Nissan Gallery coffee — fine but nothing special
Worth-the-train (other 3 Ginzas)
- Juju Ginza (400m shotengai, 200 shops) — Toidai ¥10 chicken balls, Mia ¥160 beef katsu
- Togoshi Ginza (Tokyo's longest shotengai, 1.3km, ~400 shops) — korokke crawl (closed Wed), Unagi Emo Store soft serve
- Sunamachi Ginza (TabiEats favourite — 4 visits) — Takisawa yakitori (closed Mon), veg tempura park picnic
Skip these unless Karl has a free half-day and the weather's good.
Scheduling notes
- New Torigin: Tue–Fri only, 16:30 open. Key constraint.
- Kunyane: closed Mondays.
- GODIVA Bakery: ticket at 9am or nothing.
- Kabukiza: single-act tickets are the move (4+ hr full plays otherwise).
Proximity clusters
- Ginza 4-chome crossing: Seiko House, Kimuraya, Itoya (2-chome 5 min walk)
- Ginza 5-chome: Senbikiya, Nenrinya, Sony Park, New Torigin
- Yurakucho: GODIVA Bakery, Kunyane, A-sun (Ginza 1-chome edge)
- Higashi-Ginza: Kabukiza, Banana Juice
Notes on ratings
Nenrinya 3.07 reflects Tabelog users treating it as a souvenir shop, not a meal — the baumkuchen itself is legitimately famous. Keep.