NIHONBASHI WITH KIDS

Sometimes spelled in English as Nihonbashi and other times “Nihombashi.”
Personally, it is, to me, Nihonbashi.

This area is near Tokyo Station, Ginza and Hibiya. So use my Ginza with kids and Tokyo Station Area with kids articles in order to see additional kid-friendly restaurant, playground and shopping areas nearby.

If you are looking for Gluten Free soy sauce in Nihonbashi then I recommend going to the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Food Court (just north of Tokyo Station) for gluten free Tamari.

WHERE TO EAT IN NIHONBASHI WITH KIDS?

DEAN & DELUCA Cafe Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. is a good option for coffee, cookies and sandwiches. (Open from 7:30am on weekdays and 10:30am on weekends.) They accept most major credit cards and the whole cafe is non-smoking.

Izakaya
Japanese izakaya & hot pot restaurant Iinoji is also a fabulous place to go to eat Japanese food as a family. As with almost all izakayas in Japan, the idea is that you order lots of small dishes to share and then order more as you go (of the same things you enjoyed or different dishes.) I recommend ordering the wagyu beef sukiyaki bowl (this dish is actually designed to be one per person,) the sweet potato or shrimp tempura, edamame, wagyu sukiyaki croquette, the grilled miso rice ball. You can see the full Iinoji dinner menu here.
You can see the full lunch menu for Iinoji here.
This restaurant welcomes babies and children. They also have space for strollers. This is a wonderful place for parents to try different types of sake (hot and cold.) They accept most major credit cards. There is a 550 yen per person cover charge on top of your bill when you dine after 5pm. When eating lunch here, I recommend budgeting for 2000 yen per adult and more like 6000 yen per adult for dinner. You can make a reservation via table check here. When making a reservation, you can choose to sit at a table at a counter, at a counter or at a booth. I don’t recommend a counter seat with kids – with smaller kids, get a booth and seat kids on the inside so they can wriggle a bit more and colour etc.
To get to Iinoji, take a train to Mitsukoshimae Station or Shin-Nihonbashi Station (you can walk underground from both stations directly to the restaurant.) It is 14 mins walk from Tokyo Station or 11 mins in a taxi from Ginza Station.
IINOJI
日本橋室町3-2-1 コレド室町テラス 1F
GROUND FLOOR, COREDO MUROMACHI TERRACE, 3-2-1 NIHONBASHI MUROMACHI
OPEN EVERYDAY FOR LUNCH 11AM-3PM
OPEN EVERYDAY FOR DINNER 5PM-10PM (UNTIL 11PM ON FRIDAYS)

Izakaya with Wagyu on the menu (walking distance from Tokyo Station)
For lunch or dinner, I recommend dining at Japanese izakaya restaurant Nihonbashi Ichi no Ichi no Ichi.
Like most izakaya in Japan. The idea is that you order lots of small dishes and share – and then order more of the same or more of other small dishes as you go. It’s a great way for everyone to try new foods. At dinner time, I recommend ordering the dashi-maki (rolled Japanese omelette, cooked with a little fish broth), fried chicken, crab miso and charcoal grilled wagyu beef. See the full english dinner menu here.
While for lunch (Sat and national holidays only) , I recommend ordering the tempura or the sukiyaki lunch set. See the full lunch menu here.
This is also a fabulous place for the adults at the table to try lots of different hot and cold sake. This restaurant welcomes children. When you are making a reservation (use tablecheck link here) you can ask for seats on the terrace, in the booth or at a table (I recommend the booth if you have smaller kids as you can put them on the “inside” and they can do some colouring or stand up sometimes on the seats (with shoes off “) if they need to.
I recommend budgeting 6000 yen per adult at dinner time and more like 3000 yen per adult for lunch. This restaurant accepts most major credit cards.
The entire restaurant is non-smoking.
Nihonbashi Ichi no Ichi no Ichi is 1 min walk from exit B9B of Nihonbashi Station. It’s 10 mins on foot if you’re coming from Tokyo Station.
If anyone in your family studies Japanese – take note of the address and try and work out where they got the name from…
NIHONBASHI ICHI NO ICHI NO ICHI
日本橋1-1-1 国分ビルディング 1F
GROUND FLOOR, KOKUBU BUILDING, 1-1-1- NIHONBASHI
OPEN WEEKDAYS 5PM-11PM
OPEN SAT & NATIONAL HOLIDAYS 11:30AM-3PM & 5PM-10PM
CLOSED SUNDAYS

THE POKEMON CAFE
The Pokemon Cafe in Tokyo is located inside department store Takashimaya in Nihonbashi.
See here for information on how to book the Pokemon Cafe in Japan.
Please don’t stress if you miss out on a reservation here – as instagrammable as this place may be – the food is notoriously average and it’s a hard place to go with kids as many of the customers are actually hard core poke-adults. Here are some other pokemon related things you can do instead.