Visited mostly by locals. Conveniently located in ginza. However not the easiest to find. It’s located in a ally with a sign directing you to the restaurant. We didn’t make reservations and the place is huge so there is plenty of space. The yakitori is good but not amazing and when we were there there were smokes coming from the grill counter - it can make your clothes stink a bit ... the kamaneshi ( steel pot rice) is quite tasteless and not enough stockings. This place is quite highly ranked though- I guess if you are a local it’s good for casual dining given it’s reasonable price and location but if you are travelling all the way to japan as a tourist and given the limited time / meals , you can skip this one.

The place is specialiced in yakitori and small rice pots. Although they offer only these, there are numerous types of yakotori and rice pots, so you will have a lot of flavors to taste! The service is good and the atmosphear is authentic. Highly recommended!

The yakitori (chicken on skewers) was tender and very nicely flavored. Also excellent were the vegetables on skewers. I was frankly disappointed by the chicken kamameshi. I haven't been to this restaurant in decades, but I remember really thinking back then that the kamameshi was special. I was a bit disappointed. Still the yakitori was great, and I enjoyed scraping the toasted rice off the bottom of the kamameshi container.
Went mid-afternoon, so there wasn't much of a wait to get seated--no more than 10 minutes. Service was friendly and fast.
I would go again and try some of the other items on the menu.

Growing up in Manila loving the food at a local Kamameshi restaurant, I had high expectations going to this Ginza restaurant. There was a long line and that all the more made me think that this was the real deal, where Kamameshi dreams come true. I could almost taste the mouthwatering yakitori and the steamed rice cooked in a kama. But upon getting our orders (chicken, shrimp and chicken with mushrooms), sadly, our expectations were not met. They lacked flavor and we felt that this was not worth going back for on our next trip to Tokyo.

yummy foods,the place small,and crowded,often full and almost always long lines,and there.s a box or something to put the empty dirty skewer