Tempura Kondo
Ginza, Tokyo
- Mon to Sat
- 11:30 to 15:30, 17:00 to 22:00
- Sun
- Closed
Lunch seatings at 11:30 and 13:30, dinner seatings at 17:00 and 19:30. Also closed when Monday is a public holiday.
Source: tempura-kondo.com, checked 9 Oct 2026.
Tempura Kondo is a two-Michelin-star tempura counter on the 9th floor of a Ginza building, where chef Fumio Kondo is famous for what he does with vegetables, including his signature sweet potato, cut more than 10 cm thick. Counter seating only, since 1991.
Insider tip
Book weeks ahead. Lunch courses are far cheaper than dinner for the same frying.
What the guides say about Tempura Kondo
Stay here and you can walk to counters that visitors otherwise cross the city for. Tempura Kondo needs a booking weeks out, but lunch at the same counters costs well under half the dinner price. Bar High Five is the cocktail bar the world's bartenders visit. It doesn't take reservations, so arrive soon after it opens at 5pm. The cheaper, louder end of the district is under the railway arches at Yurakucho Gado-shita, where yakitori smoke drifts across the pavement from late afternoon. If it rains, Itoya Ginza, the twelve-storey stationery store, is the plan for an hour.
What's on near Tempura Kondo
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tempura Kondo, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Kanze-kai Regular Noh, December
12月観世会定期能
Time 13:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), 2 min walk
Noh Mekari, Hachinoki and Ran with Kyogen Fuku no Kami at Kanze Noh Theatre, including a performance by Kanze Kiyokazu. Student seat ¥4,200.
Kanze-kai Regular Noh, January: Okina
1月観世会定期能
Time 13:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), 2 min walk
New Year programme opening with Okina, followed by Kyogen Suzuki Hocho and Noh Tsurukame and Tamura, at Kanze Noh Theatre.
Shiseido Gallery: Komura Settai and Takuro Tamayama
今とはいつのことか―小村雪岱と玉山拓郎
Time Weekdays 11:00 to 19:00, Sundays and holidays 11:00 to 18:00 Station Ginza (Tokyo Metro), exit A2, 4 min walk
An exhibition pairing works by Komura Settai with a new installation by Takuro Tamayama, closed on Mondays and from 21 December 2026 to 11 January 2027.
Takarazuka Revue Moon Troupe: Tenkyu no Artemis and Belle Epoque
月組公演『天穹のアルテミス』『Belle Époque（ベル エポック）』
Time 11:00, 12:00, 13:30, 15:30 or 18:00 depending on the day (one 18:30 new-talent performance); about 3 hours including interval Station Hibiya (Tokyo Metro) or Yurakucho (JR)
The Moon Troupe performs a double bill at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater. The run is the farewell for Hozuki An and Tenshi Juri, with a farewell show after the 15:30 performance on March 27 and the 12:00 performance on March 28.
Tokyo International Film Festival (40th)
第40回東京国際映画祭
Tokyo's international film festival screens premieres, Japanese classics and anime across the Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi and Ginza cinemas for ten days. The 2027 dates aren't announced yet.
Smaller local events nearby
The Waltz of Breath: AIO Solo Exhibition Exhibition
27 to 31 Oct · Whitestone Gallery Ginza New Gallery
Solo exhibition of oil paintings by singer-songwriter and artist AIO at Whitestone Gallery Ginza New Gallery.
11:00 to 19:00 · Map · Source: Whitestone Gallery
Azusa Nozawa Solo Exhibition: Still Fragment II Exhibition
On now, until 28 Oct · Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO, GINZA SIX, Ginza
A solo exhibition by Azusa Nozawa at the Artglorieux gallery in GINZA SIX.
to 18:00 on the last day · Map · Source: GINZA SIX · 野澤梓個展「Still Fragment Ⅱ」
Nearby
Around Ginza
Tokyo's grand shopping street, best at its counters and old coffee houses
Ginza is where Tokyo dresses up. Department stores and flagship boutiques line Chuo-dori, the kabuki theatre has been the art form's main home since 1889, and you'll find some of the most exacting counters in the city here. The trick is to look past the brand facades to the old coffee houses, the stationery tower and the bars upstairs.
Ginza has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 shops, 2 cafes, 1 landmark, 1 restaurant, 1 bar and 1 bathhouse. Read the Ginza guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Tempura Kondo?
- Sakaguchi Building 9F, 5-5-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都中央区銀座5-5-13 坂口ビル9F).
- What are the opening hours of Tempura Kondo?
- Mon to Sat 11:30 to 15:30, 17:00 to 22:00; Closed Sun. Lunch seatings at 11:30 and 13:30, dinner seatings at 17:00 and 19:30. Also closed when Monday is a public holiday.
- How do I get to Tempura Kondo?
- The nearest station is Ginza (Ginza Line). Tempura Kondo is in Ginza, Tokyo.
- How much does Tempura Kondo cost?
- Tempura Kondo is at the higher end, marked ¥¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tempura Kondo?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Tempura Kondo?
- Lunch, reserved in advance.
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