Matsukawa is found in Shibuya at the most famous crossing in the world.

Go up the stairs from Exit 6-1 of Shibuya Station and you will see the main restaurant of Matsukawa right in front of you. People after people come from all over the world… Once you get out of the crowd and come in through the curtain at the entrance, you'll find yourself in a nice quiet restaurant. Sit down at a relaxing table and enjoy a special moment with a delicious eel dish.

Matsukawa has 2 restaurants. In addition to the main restaurant, we have "Tokyu Plaza Shibuya restaurant". Tokyu Plaza Shibuya reopened in 2019 as a fashionable shopping building directly connected to the railway station.

You can feel traditional Japanese atmosphere near Shibuya Station at all of our 2 restaurants which also have private rooms.

We also provide takeaway service, so you can enjoy the food outside our restaurant alone or with your family, or even buy it as a gorgeous souvenir for your friends, colleagues and relatives.

Kabayaki or broiled eels is one of the most popular dishes in Japanese food culture.

Japanese food was registered as a UNESCO's world intangible cultural heritage in December, 2013. Among the food included, Kabayaki or broiled eel is a traditional food unique to Japan. Japanese people were already eating eels in the Jomon period and they were popular as a nutritious food that gave people energy during the Heian period.

Kabayaki is a cooking method unique to Japan where you slice open eels to remove their bones and broil them with sweet and salty sauce made from soy sauce and mirin until brown. It is said that this method was first used during the Edo period. Sharp knives, fermented seasoning such as soy sauce and mirin and the skills of the professional cooks that make full use of these...Kabayaki is filled with Japanese culture.

Kabayaki is now being mass produced at factories, which makes it easier for people to eat it, but Kabayaki eaten at an eel restaurant is a feast for Japanese people to enjoy on a special day or for a celebration.

Matsukawa is located in Shibuya in Tokyo, the center of a big city, but we have Tateba (a facility to keep eels alive), so we can serve fresh eels at any time. We also have a variety of eel dishes including Shirayaki (eels broiled without sauce), Umaki (Kabayaki wrapped in Japanese omelette) and Yanagawa-jitate (Kabayaki cooked in soy sauce with eggs and burdock). We hope you'll enjoy the delicious flavor of Kabayaki. Sprinkle Japanese pepper on top if you like. Have a good time with our delicious Kabayaki dish and enjoy to your heart's content.