GranRoof

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The GranRoof opened as Tokyo Station's new landmark in 2013. It is conveniently located at a one-minute walk from Yaesu Chika Chuo Exit of JR Tokyo Station. The building has 16 restaurants and cafes from the basement to the third floor. Each floor has its own theme, and you can enjoy cuisines from all over the world. The theme of the basement floor is Travel, and it offers meat and fish dishes from around the world. On the first and mezzanine floor, Japanese and worldwide cuisine can be enjoyed under the theme of Culture. Health is the theme of the second and third floor, and you can choose from healthy cuisine and French Kaiseki (French food with a traditional Japanese twist).

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Excellent Tempura at a Long-standing Restaurant

The established Japanese restaurant, Tenkiyo, offers the best tempura. Tendon (tempura over rice) and a set menu for lunch are available. For dinner, various kinds of tempura and fresh sashimi with sake (rice wine) can be enjoyed. The restaurant has an appealing tempura menu. They serve tempura of quahog clams, Sakhalin surf clams, abalone and sea urchin that you rarely find at other restaurants.

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Extremely Fresh &Superb Yakitori

Torigen specializes in chicken dishes. You can enjoy a wide variety of chicken dishes featuring every part of a domestic chicken. The must have is their yakitori (skewered grilled chicken). They skewer fresh chicken themselves daily and grill it. Yakitori pairs very well with beer and sake.

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Thick Beef Tongue

The restaurant Date No Gyutan Honpo from Sendai is famous for beef tongue dishes. The authentic, thick beef tongue can be enjoyed at this restaurant. On the menu, there is a popular charcoal grilled beef tongue called "Shin-tan" (inner part of beef tongue). It is very juicy and tender yet it has the right amount of firmness.

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Illumination Expressing "Wind"

The GranRoof has an illumination event every winter. In 2015, Tokyo Colors. 2015 was held from December 1st. Motion sensors detect the wind blowing through the balcony, and a symphony of light and sound is created from its movement. The one-of-a-kind, 3,000 lights referred to as "Buds of Hope" illuminated the balcony. The schedule of this magical event is released in the fall every year.