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name: "Asakusa Imahan Kokusai Street Head Restaurant"
lat: 35.713932
lng: 139.792252
official_url: "https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/"
fee: "Lunch (11:30-14:30) starts at 2,200 yen for the Hundred-Year Gyudon, with the Meiji sukiyaki bowl and the sirloin steak bowl at 3,300 yen each — twenty servings a day for each. The sukiyaki or shabu-shabu lunch set is 5,390 yen. On the grand menu, the marbled sukiyaki or shabu-shabu set is 9,680 yen. All prices include tax; a 10% service charge is added when one person's bill passes 5,500 yen, and grand-menu diners are served beef tsukudani as an appetiser at 440 yen a head. Private rooms cost nothing extra, but they come with a minimum course: 16,500 yen and up for the second-floor rooms, 18,700 yen and up for the special rooms. Takeaway bento start at 2,160 yen."
last_verified: "2026-08-13"
---

# Asakusa Imahan Kokusai Street Head Restaurant

Born in Asakusa in 1895, it has served sukiyaki and shabu-shabu for over 130 years. Its beef is black wagyu, female cattle only, chosen across Japan by buyers who go and look. It is a licensed Kobe beef dealer with two contract farms in Hyogo. Sukiyaki here takes Senju negi, called the scallion among scallions, with shiitake picked thick. The building has three floors; the first has chair tables and a raised tatami area. It stands next to exit A2 of Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express.

- Area: tokyo_asakusa
- Type: restaurant
- Hours: Open 11:30-21:30 (last order 20:30), every day of the year. For the time being there is a break from 14:30 to 16:00 while they set up for dinner. Last entry is 19:00. Lunch is served 11:30-14:30 and can end earlier when it is busy or the seats run out. The tsukudani (simmered beef) counter is open 10:30-19:30, and the phone is answered 10:30-21:00.
- Last verified: 2026-08-13

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child entry policy | Some areas not allowed | Children are welcome, but not everywhere in the building. Guests with a child below junior-high age cannot use the second-floor private rooms, the second- and third-floor special rooms, or the third-floor hall — they are seated on the first floor, which has chair tables and a raised tatami area. | 2026-08-13 (web) | [source](https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/) |
| Tatami seating | Yes | The first floor has a raised tatami area — three tables for up to four people each — alongside chair tables (three for six, four for four). This is the floor families with children below junior-high age are seated on. The second-floor private rooms have sunken hearths, but those are not open to guests with younger children. | 2026-08-13 (web) | [source](https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/) |
| Private room | Yes | Private rooms on the second floor (sunken-hearth rooms for four and for two, chair rooms for eight and for four) and special rooms on the second and third floors, up to eight each — the two third-floor rooms join into one for sixteen when the movable wall comes out. No room charge, but each grade carries a minimum course: 16,500 yen and up for the second-floor rooms, 18,700 yen and up for the special rooms. Midday bookings only on weekends and holidays; from 16:00 on weekdays. Guests with children below junior-high age cannot use them. | 2026-08-13 (web) | [source](https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/) |
| Crowding (guide) | Yes | A guide, from the restaurant itself: lunch can stop early when it is busy or the seats run out, and several lunch dishes are limited to twenty servings a day. There is also a break from 14:30 to 16:00 for the time being, and last entry is 19:00. | 2026-08-13 (web) | [source](https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/) |
| Stroller access notes | Yes | Two things to settle before you go. Getting there: the restaurant is right beside exit A2 of Asakusa station on the Tsukuba Express, 7 minutes' walk from exit 3 of Tawaramachi (Tokyo Metro Ginza line), 10 minutes from the Matsuya exit of Asakusa station on the Tobu line, and 14 minutes from exit A4 of Asakusa on the Toei Asakusa line. There is no car park; the restaurant asks you to use paid parking nearby. Inside: the building has three floors, but nothing official says how you get up them — no mention of a lift, steps or an accessible toilet anywhere on the site. Families with children below junior-high age are seated on the first floor in any case. | 2026-08-13 (web) | [source](https://www.asakusaimahan.co.jp/kokusai/) |
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