Time-Honored Flavors and Hospitality Carried on Through Generations

Asakusa Oden Otafuku

Tabiiro’s picks: signature dishes

A course featuring the long-established restaurant's traditional flavors and seasonal specialties

Assortment of the restaurant's specialty oden, passed down since its founding

Oden with daikon radish, octopus, and other ingredients infused with the restaurant's secret broth

House-made minced sardine balls with a light, tender texture

"Individual Serving" Course with Oden and Seasonal Japanese Dishes

Centered on an assortment of the restaurant's specialty oden, "Individual Serving" also includes seasonal Japanese dishes such as sashimi, meat dishes, and chawanmushi. The oden assortment is served on a tabletop burner, keeping it piping hot while bringing out the aroma of the kombu and bonito broth. The assortment and other dishes vary with the season and party size, offering something new with each visit. It is well suited for a meal while sightseeing in Asakusa, dining with someone special, or celebrating an anniversary.

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  "Hot Pot" Course Shared Around a Tabletop Pot

  Choose your favorite oden from the large copper pot in front of the counter seats, or share a tabletop pot with friends. Gathering around the steaming pot naturally gets the conversation flowing.

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  An Extensive Selection Beyond Oden

  Beyond oden, the menu offers a wide range of dishes, including sashimi, grilled fish, seasonal specialties, rice dishes, and desserts. A broad selection of sake and shochu is also available, making it easy to choose dishes and drinks to suit the occasion.

Popular pairings

House-made "tsumire" infused with the restaurant's secret broth

Oden served individually plated

The popular "tsumire" retains the same flavor as when the restaurant first opened

"Tsumire" - Minced Sardine Balls

"Tsumire" preserves the traditional flavor of "Asakusa Oden Otafuku" unchanged since its founding. Made with sardines and no other main ingredient, fresh sardines are cleaned, cut into pieces, and ground into a paste to create a soft, fluffy texture. As the name "tsumire" derives from "tsumi-ire," meaning to pinch off and drop in, portions of the sardine paste are dropped into the pot and left to slowly absorb the broth. Simmered in the restaurant's secret kombu and bonito broth, the "tsumire" develops an even deeper umami flavor.

Must-try signature dish

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  "Assorted Sashimi"

  The "Assorted Sashimi" features seasonal seafood sourced that day and arranged by skilled chefs. Enjoy it with sake and the restaurant's specialty oden for an even fuller taste of Japanese cuisine.

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  "Simmered Beef Tendon"

  "Simmered Beef Tendon" is slowly cooked in a sweet-savory sauce, bringing out the beef's rich umami and melt-in-your-mouth tenderness. It pairs especially well with sake, shochu, and other alcoholic drinks.

Restaurant highlights

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  Secret broth made with selected kombu seaweed and bonito flakes

  Prized House Dashi, Delicious Even on Its Own

  The secret broth has been continuously replenished and preserved since the restaurant's founding. Made from kombu and bonito flakes and seasoned with light soy sauce, it is neither Kanto- nor Kansai-style, but a recipe unique to "Asakusa Oden Otafuku." Longtime regulars love it so much that they say, "I'd drink the broth on its own."

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  Warm hospitality from a long-established restaurant that welcomes every guest with care

  Hospitality Beloved for More Than 100 Years

  Guided by the wish to "bring greater happiness to more guests," this long-established restaurant carries on a tradition of warmly welcoming each person. Whether for a casual meal, a business dinner, or a meal to round out a day of sightseeing in Asakusa, its attentive hospitality creates a warm experience that makes guests want to return again and again.

Interior

A calm, inviting space warmed by natural wood tones

Private rooms for enjoying a meal in privacy

Spacious table seating

Renovated in 2019, the Japanese-style interior features counter seating, spacious tables and round tables, as well as private rooms. Soft lighting and warm wood accents create a calm atmosphere, while playful touches include faucets in the second-floor restrooms shaped like oden.

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  Playful Touches from Artisans of Tokyo's Traditional Downtown

  Renovated in 2019, the interior incorporates playful touches by artisans from Tokyo's traditional downtown neighborhoods. Along with oden-shaped faucets, "hidden oden" decorations are tucked into the walls and ceiling for guests to discover.

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  A Renowned Restaurant with the Character of Old Tokyo

  A long entrance approach with indirect lighting builds anticipation before stepping inside. A large white lantern bearing the restaurant's name greets guests, while just to the right is a model faithfully recreating the restaurant through the years, evoking nostalgia among longtime regulars.

From the Tabiiro Editorial Team

"Asakusa Oden Otafuku" is located in Asakusa, Tokyo, a lively destination for travelers from Japan and abroad. Inside, models faithfully recreate the restaurant as it appeared through the years, alongside paintings and photographs that offer glimpses of its past, creating a nostalgic sense of stepping back in time. Guests are welcomed with the same traditional oden served since the restaurant’s founding and warm hospitality.