Mugitoro, Traditional restaurant in Taito City, Japan.
Mugitoro is a multi-story restaurant in Taito City specializing in tororo dishes, featuring grated mountain yam served over barley rice with seasonal ingredients. The building near Komagata bridge houses different dining areas across its floors.
The restaurant was founded in 1926 after its founder discovered a particular yam variety in Akita prefecture. This discovery led to creating a specialized dining spot in Tokyo focused on this ingredient.
The restaurant works with mountain yam as its signature ingredient, preparing dishes that change with each season and reflect what grows locally. This approach to cooking has shaped how people experience food here and connects visitors to seasonal rhythms.
The restaurant is minutes from Asakusa Station and offers multiple dining formats: ground floor buffet, river views on the seventh floor, and Kaiseki service on the second floor. The different levels let you choose based on what you prefer.
The restaurant produces Tororin candies and specialized sweets made from mountain yam, showing unusual applications of this traditional main ingredient. These creations exist only here and represent the kitchen's creative approach.
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