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Sushi no Midori

Tokyo's Legendary Queue-Worthy Edomae Sushi at Local Prices

Prices, ordering steps, payment details, and common mistakes — in one place.

Quick Facts

Feature Details
Japanese name梅丘寿司の美登利 (Sushi no Midori)
CategoryDining / Edomae Sushi, Chef's Counter, Set Menus & Takeout (Sushi no Midori Official Website)
Store Count8 full-service sushi restaurants in Japan: the Umegaoka flagship (Sohon-ten) in Setagaya, Tamagawa, Ginza, Shibuya (Mark City 4F), Akasaka (Biz Tower), Kichijoji (Atre), Nagoya (JR Gate Tower) and Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi; plus takeout counters and standing bars — 31 Japan locations in total on the official shop list, in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Nagoya (Official Shop List, checked 2026-11-11)
Ordering StyleQueue first, eat second: take a numbered ticket from the machine at the door (reception from 10:00), wait to be called, then order sets or piece-by-piece while the chefs shape each piece in front of you; pay at the register after the meal
Membership Required?No membership and no ID required; the same-day numbered ticket is the default, but some seat reservations exist — TableCheck web booking at the flagship (weekdays) and a few other stores, and the Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi store takes reservations online only
Approximate Price RangeSingle nigiri pieces ¥55–¥770 (tax incl.); the signature whole-anago nigiri ¥968; chef's sets ¥2,200 (Jo Nigiri) to ¥4,180 (Cho-Tokusen Nigiri); a filling lunch typically lands around ¥1,500–¥3,000 per person (official grand menu; subject to revision)
Payment MethodsCash, major credit cards (including UnionPay), transit IC cards (Suica, PASMO), QuicPay and iD e-money, and QR payments at some stores (per official store pages)
Multilingual SupportA long-standing favourite of overseas visitors at the central-Tokyo stores; official information is published in Japanese, so bring a translation app for the full grand menu
A Sushi no Midori restaurant in Japan
Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

Sushi no Midori (梅丘寿司の美登利), run by Umeoka Sushi no Midori Sohon-ten Co., Ltd., is the sushi chain Tokyo locals queue for. Born in Umegaoka, a quiet residential neighbourhood in Setagaya, its promise is top-grade Edomae sushi, served until you are full, at prices ordinary people can pay. Fish comes in direct from Toyosu Market and is cut so generously that the topping drapes over the rice: the signature whole-anago (conger eel) nigiri arrives as one entire eel laid across the rice, the sea urchin and salmon roe gunkan overflow their seaweed walls, and the crab miso salad has become a cult side dish. The flagship draws lines so long that it runs a numbered-ticket system from an hour before opening — and people still come. This is not a conveyor belt and not a hushed ¥30,000 omakase counter; it is the boisterous middle ground where chefs hand you piece after piece at neighbourhood prices.

How to order

  1. Pick Your Store (Flagship Pilgrimage vs. Central Convenience):
  2. Umegaoka Flagship (Sohon-ten): The original, 128 seats, 1 minute from Umegaoka Station (Odakyu Line). Weekdays it splits into lunch (11:00–14:30, last order 14:00) and dinner (17:00–21:00); weekends and holidays it runs 11:00–21:00 straight through.
  3. Shibuya (Mark City 4F): 62 seats, open 11:00–21:00 (last order 20:30) with no midday break — the easiest store to combine with sightseeing.
  4. Ginza (82 seats) & Akasaka (Biz Tower 2F): Ginza splits weekday service (lunch to 15:00, dinner from 17:00); Akasaka runs latest, to 22:00.
  5. Get Your Numbered Ticket — This Is the Whole Game:
  6. Queue reception at the store starts at 10:00, a full hour before the 11:00 opening. Go to the ticket machine （発券機） at the entrance and take a numbered ticket （整理券）. That number, not your place in a physical line, is your seat claim.
  7. On busy days the restaurant stops issuing tickets early once it judges that later numbers could not be seated before last order — a sold-out ticket machine at 13:00 on a Saturday is normal, not a malfunction.
  8. The official shop list page shows a live waiting status for the main stores, so check how deep the queue already is before you cross town.
  9. Smartphone Ticket (Shibuya Only, as Officially Documented):
  10. At the Shibuya store you can also queue from your phone: add the Shibuya store's official LINE account as a friend, tap webから順番待ち (queue from the web) in the menu, enter your party size and seat preference, tap issue — your ticket number appears on screen.
  11. Smartphone tickets are issued Monday–Friday, 10:00–19:30, for parties of up to 10 adults, and are only valid within roughly 1 km of the store — you cannot grab a number from across Tokyo.
  12. Do not assume this works elsewhere: the flagship and Ginza pages state plainly that smartphone queueing is not currently accepted there — machine ticket only.
  13. The Reservation Alternative (Limited, Store by Store):
  14. The flagship now takes TableCheck web reservations — weekday slots have been opened up widely, including weekday reservations for the 2nd-floor counter — and also accepts bookings by phone.
  15. Tamagawa takes reservations for table seats only (the counter cannot be booked); the new Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi store takes reservations online only via TableCheck — no phone bookings at all.
  16. Everywhere else, the numbered ticket is the system. There is no general phone booking for a casual walk-in meal.
  17. Wait, Then Eat:
  18. Watch the called numbers and be at the door when yours comes up; at Shibuya the restaurant asks guests to finish within about 2 hours.
  19. Once seated, order a set or call pieces one by one from the menu — the chefs work directly in front of the counter. You pay at the register after the meal.

What to order first

  1. Ganso Anago Ippon Nigiri (元祖穴子一本にぎり, ¥968 tax incl.): The original whole-eel nigiri — one entire simmered conger eel, glazed and laid over the rice, hanging off both ends of the plate. The single most famous item in the house.
  2. Cho-Tokusen Nigiri Set (超特選にぎり, ¥4,180 tax incl.): The top set — two pieces of medium-fatty tuna, seasonal white fish, giant red shrimp, raw snow crab, ark shell, sea urchin, salmon roe, the whole anago, egg and a negi-toro hand roll — with chawanmushi, a mini crab miso salad and dessert included.
  3. Seasonal Itasan Omakase Nigiri (季節の板さんおまかせにぎり): The chefs' seasonal showcase set, refreshed through the year (the winter edition runs from early November at the flagship, Tamagawa, Ginza, Shibuya, Akasaka, Kichijoji and Nagoya) — the easiest way to eat what is best that week.
  4. Kani Miso Salad (かにみそサラダ, ¥660 tax incl.): The signature crab miso salad that regulars order before the sushi even starts; a mini version rides along with the top sets if you want to taste it first.
  5. Gokujo Maguro Zukushi (極上まぐろづくし, ¥3,630 tax incl.): The all-tuna set — two fatty tuna, two medium-fatty, four lean, plus a negi-toro roll, with chawanmushi. Add an overflowing uni gunkan (¥605) or ikura gunkan (¥495) for the full Midori flex.

Payment & practical info

Prices and details checked: November 2026.

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