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best grill spots in Tokyo 2026: smoke & stone worth it?
smoke and stone's worth it once but book the counter, and honestly the shibuya yakiniku u already go to prob beats it on value
yeah the counter's the whole point, you get to watch them work the binchotan up close, but book like a week out cuz walk-ins get turned away
Binchotan's the draw, Shibuya spots run gas
Value point holds, their harami is thinner than Shibuya.
their karubi set is what keeps me going back to Shabu, honestly hard to beat
reserve the counter seats tbh
counter seats go fast, call right when they open or you're stuck at a table
Tables by the window get the street noise, skip those.
Ocean Center in Tokyo still worth a visit in 2026?
The 2024 reno mostly added deeper tanks and a small cafe upstairs, nothing huge. tbh the outdoor penguin area is the best part now and that side rarely gets packed. Weekdays after 2pm are dead quiet if u can swing it.
Penguin feeding at 1:30 is the real draw.
Cafe upstairs closes at 4 though, so dont count on coffee if u show up late.
Weekend entry tickets sell out online by Friday night, so book ahead even for a Saturday morning.
Honestly the outdoor bit being quiet tracks with what I saw, but the indoor tanks felt just as busy as before to me. Maybe I went at a bad time.
weekday arvos r dead quiet but check the school holiday calendar first, that flips fast
go on a weekday morning if u can, saturdays after 11 the touch pool area gets mobbed by strollers
yeah sat mornings right at opening, 9:30ish
true, and the stroller wall gets worse around the jellyfish tanks cuz thats where everyone parks. fwiw my kid still loves teh touch pool so its worth the early start.