Tsubasan is a Niigata-themed izakaya run by Matsui Foods, a Niigata pork producer that built the restaurant around its own Echigo Mochibuta pork brand. The signature dish is pork shabu-shabu, served alongside pork steak, tonkatsu, and slow-simmered motsu offal stew, all paired with Koshihikari rice grown using compost from the same pigs as part of a circular-farming system. The drink list leans into Niigata sake to match the regional cooking. It's an unpretentious, budget-friendly spot popular with local office workers for weekday lunch sets as well as after-work drinks.
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Japan, 〒107-0052 Tokyo, Minato City, Akasaka, 3-chōme−15−６ HPビル B1
