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Kanda Sudacho Prewar Restaurant Block (Takemura) 神田須田町 戦前建築の老舗街（竹むら）

A rare cluster of wooden shophouses that survived the 1945 firebombing, still serving anko sweets, soba, monkfish hotpot and chicken sukiyaki exactly as they did before the war.

About

Two blocks behind Kanda Manseibashi, the old Renjakucho district escaped the air raids, and its pre-war buildings now house some of Tokyo's oldest food businesses within a minute of each other. Takemura, a 1930 three-storey wooden sweet shop designated a Tokyo historic building, is the star: sit on tatami upstairs for awa-zenzai (millet with hot red-bean paste) or the sesame-oil fried age-manju. Nearby are Isegen (monkfish hotpot, founded 1830), Botan (chicken sukiyaki over charcoal, 1897) and Kanda Matsuya soba. Office workers queue here at lunch, but few visitors realise the whole block is a living Showa-era film set in central Tokyo.

Highlights

• Takemura's 1930 wooden building with tatami seating upstairs
• Age-manju: sesame-oil fried bean buns, a takeaway classic
• Awa-zenzai hot millet and red bean in winter
• Isegen's monkfish hotpot and Botan's charcoal chicken sukiyaki next door
• Wartime survivors designated as Tokyo historic buildings

Tips

• Takemura is closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays, check before you go
• Pair it with mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi two minutes away
• Isegen and Botan are dinner-focused and best booked; Takemura needs no booking
• Photograph the facades from the narrow lane at dusk when the lanterns are lit

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