MAGI/one.1
4.7(265 on Google)Logged by Murray
- Getting there
- Up a flight of stairs, a short walk from Shimokitazawa Station
Why it’s in the log
MAGI/one.1 is a tiny second-floor izakaya in Shimokitazawa specialising in Miyagi Prefecture cooking — coastal Tohoku dishes that are genuinely uncommon to find in Tokyo, paired with sake chosen from the same region.
It's a counter operation, small enough that a handful of tables fill it, and the appeal is as much the pours as the food — staff who can talk through the sake list dish by dish rather than just handing over a menu.
Book ahead if you can. A few seats and a strong local following make it easy to arrive and find no room.
“Tiny counter, Miyagi cooking you won't find elsewhere in Tokyo, and sake picked to match it — worth seeking out over the bigger izakayas nearby.”