Shinagawa

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Paul
03-3440-5021

Sandwiches on real baguettes.

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eCute
高輪3-26-27
03-3444-8910

A small food court and take out restaurants featuring a couple of dozen food stands and bakery or sweet shops on the first level. This is also a very comfortably air-conditioned place to wait for a train connection. There are three full-service restaurants on the upper level. A few examples include:

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Ushio Sushi Bar
03-6717-0934
Sets from ¥380
11AM-11PM
On the left just past the main Atre entrance

Cheap sushi by the piece or in sets. There is a bilingual menu and instruction sheet to help you with ordering and payment. There is also a quick take-out window to grab something for the road.

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Andersen
7AM-10PM

If you are making an early departure for Kamakura or points south pick up sandwiches to go

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Near the West or Takanawa Exit

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Yoshinoya
One block to right from Takanawa exit of the JR station

Fast food chain with Japanese style food.

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You don't even have to leave the station to treat yourself to a wide range of affordable restaurants. Inside the ticket barrier you can find:

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Kongariya
03-5421-0431
From ¥150

Select from a wide range of onigiri with interesting fillings like squid and kimchee, miso or shoyu grilled riceballs, or even ones wrapped in Indian naan and baked.

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Near the East or Konan Exit adjacent to the Shinkansen ticket gates

Midrange

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Tikka & Biryani
高輪4-22-11
take Prince Hotel Exit of Shinagawa station, Take your Left after crossing the Road. Its about 7 minutes walk on the highways, take the lane next to Riken kiki co. Ltd. building

Has excellent Indian Mughal Biryani.

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Atre New York Style
Shinagawa Station Konan Exit

A collection of restaurants grouped around a Queen Isetan grocery. Dean & Deluca, on the second floor, has a take-out sandwich and coffee bar which is convenient for supplies to get you through a long Shinkansen ride. The fourth floor has the Lounge Foodium restaurant complex including Grand Central Oyster Bar.

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Beer Restaurant
Across the street and 1/2 block down from the East entrance of Shinagawa station

This is a good, authentic yakatori joint quite popular with Japanese commuters. They also have horse sashimi, something you're unlikely to encounter elsewhere.

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Devi Corner
3-24-21 Takanawa
5 min. north of Shinagawa station

Excellent Indian cuisine.

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Royal Host
First floor of the Takanawa Keikyu Hotel

Popular "family restaurant" chain with surprisingly good coffee but little else that stands out.

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Tsubame
西早稲田3-15-1
across the street, next to the bus entrance of Shinagawa Prince Hotel

Tsubame is famous for its "hamburg" dish. Contrary to belief, lunch special only costs 1150 yen about $10 - a bargain for the excellent quality of food. The "hamburg" dish comes piping hot covered completely in an aluminum foil.

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Giyamantei
Takanawa 4-10-20
+81 03 3442 3160
In Keihin Hotel opposite Station

Authentic Izakaya style restaurant with English language menu.

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Shinatatsu
Takanawa 3-26-20
+81 03 5475 7020
11AM-10PM
turn left from the West entrance of the JR station

Collection of noodle restaurants from the "7 Masters of Ramen".

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Tsukemen Tetsu
West exit Shinagawa station, 2 minutes walk south, i.e., take a left outside the west exit

There are a cluster of quality noodle shops just south of the west exit, nestled under the roadway. Quite a variety of donburi, ramen, etc, some with lines at lunchtime and some without.

Top end
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Kura
Cost really depends on how hungry you are; a light meal is likely to be ¥3000, but stuffing yourself could run to ¥7000
one block South of the East Exit of the JR station

This is an excellent Japan-Korean barbeque, with seafood and vegetarian options. Several waitstaff speak impeccable English.