Restaurant in Kanagawa, Japan
Eight seats, cash only, verify before you go.

Mikasa is a cash-only, eight-seat tempura counter in Kawasaki with Tabelog Silver and Bronze awards across nine consecutive years and Tempura 100 selection in 2022, 2023, and 2025. The chef's selection course with sashimi starts at 18,000 yen, with average dinner spend reaching JPY 20,000–29,999. Confirm the restaurant is currently operating before booking — Tabelog lists its status as unconfirmed at time of writing.
If you are planning a serious tempura meal in the greater Tokyo area, Mikasa earns a firm yes — with one critical caveat: confirm it is currently open before making plans. Tabelog's listing flags the venue as on hold, with the closure period undetermined and operational status unconfirmed. That warning aside, Mikasa's track record is hard to dismiss: Tabelog Silver from 2017 through 2019, Bronze continuously from 2020 to 2026, inclusion in Tabelog's Tempura 100 in 2022, 2023, and 2025, a 4.20 score on Tabelog, and a ranking of #322 in Opinionated About Dining's Japan list for 2024 (rising to #336 in 2025). For a counter-only tempura restaurant in Miyamae Ward, Kawasaki — well outside the standard Tokyo restaurant circuit , that credential set is worth the journey, if the doors are open.
Mikasa is an eight-seat counter restaurant in a residential pocket of Kawasaki, two minutes on foot from the north exit of Miyazakidai Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. Chef Hitoshi Doi runs a tight, focused operation: one course, counter only, no private rooms, no credit cards, no electronic payments of any kind. Bring cash. The listed chef's selection course with sashimi is priced at 18,000 yen, with dinner spend on Tabelog reviews averaging in the JPY 20,000 to JPY 29,999 range. At that price point, Mikasa sits in serious dining territory , comparable to destination counters in Tokyo's central wards , but delivered in a neighbourhood format with eight seats and a single parking space.
The room itself is described as a relaxing counter space, non-smoking throughout. The drink program is built around sake, with the venue noted as being particular about nihonshu, and wine also available. This is not a cocktail bar attached to a restaurant , the drinks offering is sake-led, curated to complement the tempura course rather than operate independently. For a guest whose interest is in sake pairing alongside high-precision tempura, that focus works in Mikasa's favour. For anyone expecting an extensive wine list or spirits program, the options will be narrower than at a large urban counter.
The atmosphere at an eight-seat counter like this is inherently quiet and concentrated. There is no ambient noise from a large dining room, no competing tables, no background music to fill space. The format is intimate by design , the kind of setting where conversation stays low and attention goes to the food. That atmosphere suits two people more than a group; the counter is not a format for celebrations that need room to breathe. Google reviews put the rating at 4.3 across 82 reviews, which for a cash-only, appointment-style counter in a suburban neighbourhood represents a consistently engaged and satisfied diner base.
Mikasa is listed in Tabelog's explorer-facing guidance as particularly suited for visits with friends, which is a useful signal: the counter format accommodates small groups who share focus and pacing, rather than large parties expecting flexibility. With only eight seats and private use of the full space available on request, a group of four to eight could theoretically take the counter to themselves , worth asking about if the occasion calls for exclusivity without a private dining room price.
For context on what this award history implies: Tabelog Silver, which Mikasa held from 2017 to 2019, is a meaningful threshold on Japan's most-used restaurant platform, placing a venue in roughly the top 1% of its category. The subsequent Bronze years reflect a high-performing but slightly repositioned rating rather than a decline in quality. Repeated Tempura 100 selection across three cycles confirms Mikasa as one of the hundred tempura restaurants in Japan worth seeking out. Comparable tempura counters in Osaka include Numata, while Mudan Tempura in Taipei represents the format's reach across the region.
For travellers already covering the wider Kanagawa and greater Tokyo area, pairing Mikasa with a meal at 1000 in Yokohama gives two very different counter experiences in the same prefecture. Those extending further can look at Harutaka in Tokyo or Gion Sasaki in Kyoto for comparable precision-counter dining in different cuisine categories. See also HAJIME in Osaka, akordu in Nara, and Goh in Fukuoka for destination-level dining across Japan. Pearl's full Kanagawa restaurants guide covers the broader prefecture.
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Yes — and it is the only option. Mikasa runs an eight-seat counter exclusively, with no table seating and no private rooms available. That format means every seat faces the chef, which suits the tempura counter experience well. Groups larger than eight cannot be accommodated together.
Book as early as possible. With only eight counter seats and a consistently high Tabelog score (4.20 in 2026), demand significantly outpaces capacity. One additional step matters more here than at most venues: confirm the restaurant is currently operating before booking, as Tabelog's listing flags its status as unconfirmed. Contact via the Tabelog page is the documented method.
If Mikasa is unavailable or closed, your best move depends on what you are after. For a different style of serious Japanese dining in the Kanagawa area, Salone 2007 offers an Italian fine-dining alternative. For a more casual, neighbourhood-style meal, Ramenya Iida Shouten is a strong ramen option. Neither replicates a dedicated tempura counter at this price point.
The database does not document a specific dietary restriction policy. Given that Mikasa operates a chef's selection course format and lists a particular focus on fish, guests with shellfish allergies or pescatarian concerns should check the venue's official channels via Tabelog before booking. A set-course counter at ¥20,000–¥29,999 per head leaves little room to improvise around restrictions.
Yes, within limits. Tabelog reviewers specifically flag it for occasions with friends, the format is intimate, and the award record — Tabelog Silver from 2017 to 2019, Bronze since, plus three consecutive Tabelog Tempura 100 selections — gives it genuine credibility as a destination meal. The constraint is practical: eight seats, cash only, no private rooms, and uncertain current operating status mean you need to plan carefully and confirm the booking well in advance.
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