MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop

MISOJYU, a miso soup specialty restaurant, was established in Asakusa on June 5, 2018. I personally think that the establishment of such a restaurant in Asakusa, Tokyo, where many foreign tourists visit, is a favorable trend in terms of promoting Japanese food culture….

Aside from that, MISOJYU offers a morning menu from 8:00 a.m. every morning, and I visited the restaurant for breakfast one day during my stay in Tokyo. What kind of miso soup can I enjoy at this miso soup restaurant? I was really looking forward to it and headed for Asakusa…

Already a breakfast spot for foreign tourists…MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop is a restaurant like this…

I arrived at MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop at around 7:20 in the morning on a weekend. At this point, there was one customer in front of me, and people started to gather after me. However, more than half of the people who gathered at this time of the day were foreigners. I can’t put it into words, but I feel that this is a great time….

By the time the store opened at 8:00 a.m., the line had already grown to more than 30 people. The kitchen and six small tables for one person are on the first floor, and there are also tables on the second floor up the stairs at the back of the restaurant, The space on the second floor is also used as a gallery, where you can enjoy a meal while feeling the stylish Japanese atmosphere. This may be one of the reasons for the restaurant’s popularity among foreign tourists.

How was the breakfast set I tried at MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop, a miso soup specialty restaurant in Asakusa?

Let me introduce the breakfast set I ordered at MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop (priced at 770 yen including tax). Click here to see the picture…

The basic configuration consists of onigiri (rice ball), miso soup, half a boiled egg, and oshinko (pickles), and for an extra charge, you can add onigiri and other items. The miso soup came in a large bowl used for pork miso soup. Onigiri on the other hand…

You can choose from six types of onigiri: shio, mentaiko cheese, salmon, ume, brown rice, and spicy tuna, and I chose the spicy tuna.

First of all, in contrast to the large onigiri at the famous Onigiri Bongo in Otsuka, this onigiri is a size that an adult male would be able to eat in a single bite. The onigiri is so soft that it almost crumbles in the hand, and offers the sensation of the rice grains loosening in the mouth.

The miso soup is the star of this menu… On this day, there were three kinds of ingredients: eggplant, mushrooms, and mitsuba. The eggplant was cut into large pieces and came out not too overcooked and soggy, so even though it was miso soup, I could feel the freshness of the eggplant. On the other hand, the miso soup is based on red miso paste, but even taking into account that it is a breakfast dish, I think it is a bit light… I can feel a hint of bonito flakes and kelp broth, but I think it could be a bit thicker.

The breakfast set at MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop is a reasonable and good menu in the sense that you can enjoy rice balls and miso soup easily. However, if we Japanese want to enjoy a different kind of miso soup, this breakfast set is not the one we would choose. If it is after the morning meal, we Japanese can enjoy miso soup that makes us say, “Whoa!”. Therefore, I recommend that you visit MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shopafter lunch time.

There is a second store in Tokyo Solamachi… Access to MISOJYU Asakusa Head Shop is a 4-minute walk from the nearest station, Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express.

In addition to the Asakusa Head Shop, MISOJYU operates a second store at Tokyo Solamachi in Oshiage. This second store opens at 9:00 a.m., one hour later than the main store. According to the official information, the second store has 35 seats and is on one floor, so it seems to be more relaxing than the main store in Asakusa. It is probably better to use it as a place to take a break when you are tired from sightseeing at Tokyo Skytree, rather than to fill your stomach with guts. Here are the details of the restaurant…

From Asakusa Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, it is a 5-minute walk.