Monjayaki in Tsukishima: 6 restaurants on Monja Street, with hours and booking

Monjayaki (もんじゃ焼き, often called monja) is a runny savory batter that you cook on a hot plate at your table. In Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, the Nishinaka-dori shopping street (西仲通り商店街) in Tsukishima has many monjayaki restaurants. The street is called Monja Street (もんじゃストリート). The Tsukishima Monja Association (月島もんじゃ振興会協同組合) lists 48 member restaurants on its website (checked October 5, 2026). This guide compares six of them on opening hours, distance from the station, payment, smoking and booking.

Hours are from each restaurant’s page on the association’s website. Tap a name to see details.

Restaurant	Hours	Closed	Walk from Tsukishima Station
Temari	Weekdays 17:00–22:00; weekends and holidays 12:00–22:00	Mondays (open if a holiday)	About 1 min, Exit 7
Kaisen Monja Kataoka	Weekdays 17:00–22:00; weekends and holidays 12:00–22:00	None	1 min, Exit 8
Kazuki	Mon–Sat 17:00–22:00	Irregular	1 min, Exit 10
Daruma Ikina Mise	Mon–Fri 11:00–23:00; Sat, Sun, holidays 10:30–23:00 (last order 22:30)	None	2 min, Exit 7
Kondou Honten	Weekdays 17:00–22:00; weekends and holidays 11:30–22:00	None	3 min, Exit 10
Monkichi Honten	11:00–22:30	None	5 min, Exit 7

The names above follow the association’s store pages. Menu prices on these store pages include tax.

1. How do I get to Monja Street?

Tsukishima Monja Association

Take Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line or Toei Oedo Line to Tsukishima Station (月島駅). Nishinaka-dori shopping street begins right outside Exit 7. From Kachidoki Station (勝どき駅) on the Toei Oedo Line, the association gives a walk of about 7 minutes.

If you drive, the association lists routes from the Ginza or Shintomicho exits of the Metropolitan Expressway Inner Circle Route. All six store pages say there are coin parking lots nearby and do not list a parking lot of their own.

The association’s phone line is 03-3532-1990 (11:00–20:00). It says the line can be busy at times, and you may need to call again later.

2. How do I book a table?

Depends on the restaurant

All six store pages link to Web booking on Monnyan Club (monnyan.com), which is in Japanese. Booking works like this, based on Kataoka’s page:

1. Open the restaurant’s page on Monnyan Club. Each restaurant has its own page, such as Kataoka’s.
2. Choose the date and the number of guests. The page shows the times you can book (予約可能時間).
3. Pick a plan. “Seat only” (席のみ予約) costs ¥0 and holds your seat; you order food and drinks when you arrive. Kataoka’s page also lists course plans (コース) priced at ¥2,000–¥4,500, most for 4 or more people.
4. Enter your contact details. The page we read does not show the full form, so follow the screen.

3. Temari (てまり)

Station Exit 7

Temari is about a 1-minute walk from Exit 7. It is closed on Mondays, but it opens when Monday is a public holiday. The page says the restaurant was renovated in 2023 and has a wood-toned interior. Its store details say non-smoking, but a tag on the same page says smoking is possible, so ask when you book.

• Seats. 54 seats (nine 4-person tables and three 6-person tables).
• Budget. ¥2,000–¥3,000 per person.
• Menu examples. Nira (garlic chive) and pork monjayaki ¥1,200, spicy mapo monjayaki ¥1,200, beef tendon monjayaki ¥1,400.
• Payment. VISA, American Express, Diners Club and JCB cards.

Address: 1-8-1-106 Tsukishima, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島1-8-1-106). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3531-7114.

4. Kaisen Monja Kataoka (海鮮もんじゃ 片岡)

Station Exit 8

Kataoka is a 1-minute walk from Exit 8, or 2 minutes from Exit 7. It has no regular closing day. It is non-smoking and takes VISA, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and PayPay.

• Seats. 65 seats (ten 2-person tables and eight 4-person tables).
• Budget. ¥2,000–¥3,000 per person.
• Menu examples. K’s monja ¥1,980, tomato monja with minced meat, cheese and curry ¥1,672, and plum monja with small dried fish and seaweed ¥1,672.

Address: 1-25-9 Tsukishima, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島1-25-9). Google Maps. Phone: 03-5560-8989.

5. Kazuki (一樹)

Station Exit 10

Kazuki is a 1-minute walk from Exit 10. It is open Monday to Saturday 17:00–22:00 and closes on irregular days, so check before you go. The page says smoking is allowed at all seats while you eat.

• Seats. 28 seats (four 4-person tables and two 6-person tables), on the first and second floors. You can rent a whole floor: from 20 people on the first floor and from 10 on the second.
• Budget. ¥2,000–¥3,000 per person.
• Menu examples. Grilled harami (skirt steak) ¥715 and pork tempura ¥880, tax included.
• Payment. Cashless payment, including PayPay.

Address: 3-10-3 Tsukishima, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島3-10-3). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3533-0063.

6. Tsukishima Monja Daruma Ikina Mise (月島もんじゃ だるま粋な店)

Station Exit 7

This restaurant is 2 minutes on foot from Exit 7, inside MID TOWER GRAND. It opens at 11:00 Monday to Friday and at 10:30 on weekends and holidays, and it closes at 23:00. Last order is 22:30, and there is no regular closing day.

• Seats. 60 seats (twelve 5-person tables). The page says a private hire fits 35–60 people.
• Rules and access. Non-smoking. The page says strollers and wheelchairs are fine.
• Budget. ¥2,000–¥3,000 per person. Courses are ¥2,500–¥4,000.
• Payment. VISA, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and PayPay.

Address: 1-22-1 Tsukishima, MID TOWER GRAND 123, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島1丁目22-1 MID TOWER GRAND 123). Google Maps. Phone: 03-5534-8128. The restaurant also has its own website (Japanese).

7. Kondou Honten (近どう 本店)

Station Exit 10

Kondou is a 3-minute walk from Exit 10, 6 minutes from Exit 7, or 6 minutes from Exit A1 of Kachidoki Station. It has no regular closing day and is non-smoking. It is the only one of the six whose page lists Alipay and LINE Pay. It also takes VISA, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and PayPay.

• Seats. 60 seats (twelve 4-person tables and two 6-person tables).
• Budget. ¥2,500–¥3,500 per person.
• Menu examples. The house monja (特製近どうもんじゃ). A 2022 notice on the page says okonomiyaki (from ¥810) and yakisoba (from ¥800) can be taken out.

Address: 3-12-10 Tsukishima, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島3-12-10). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3533-4555.

8. Monkichi Honten (もん吉本店)

Station Exit 7

Monkichi is a 5-minute walk from Exit 7. It is open 11:00–22:30 with no regular closing day. The restaurant is non-smoking inside, and the page says you can smoke in front of the shop.

• Seats. 82 seats (one 2-person table and twenty 4-person tables).
• Budget. ¥2,000–¥3,000 per person.
• Menu examples. Monkichi special monja, camembert baby monja and pork and mushroom monja, each ¥1,500.
• Payment. Cashless payment is accepted. The page does not list the brands.

Address: 3-8-10 Tsukishima, Chuo Ward (東京都中央区月島3-8-10). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3531-2380. The restaurant also has its own website (Japanese).

9. What if I have never cooked monjayaki?

Tsukishima Monja Association

The association’s “how to cook” page says staff will cook it neatly for you, so first-time visitors can enjoy it. The basic steps on that page are: fry the toppings on an oiled hot plate, shape them into a ring (a “levee”), pour the batter into the middle, mix it, then spread it out and eat it as it browns. The page says cabbage is cut into coarse strips for Tsukishima monja.

Sources (checked October 2026)

• Tsukishima Monja Association: member restaurants and the pages for Temari, Kataoka, Kazuki, Daruma Ikina Mise, Kondou Honten and Monkichi Honten (Japanese)
• Tsukishima Monja Association: access and contact (Japanese)
• Tsukishima Monja Association: group booking (Japanese)
• Tsukishima Monja Association: how to cook monjayaki (Japanese)
• Monnyan Club (booking site) and Kataoka’s booking page (Japanese)