Photo via Google, MAGI/one.1MAGI/one.1
- Hours
- Today: 5:00 – 11:00 PM
- 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.”
What people said recently
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“Mar 14, 2026 Fascinating ingredients made for interesting dishes even if the menu was only ok-ish in terms of the variety of dishes offered. I liked the spicy taro bites, not too spicy at all, and the creative apple caprese. Eggplant with…”
“The scallop and mushroom bowl was so yummy. The sashimi was super fresh as well, we loved all the apps here. Would recommend to anyone looking for a izakaya in shimo kitazawa!”
“I stumbled upon this place with some friends and I could not be happier to have found it! The food was amazing, and the atmosphere was perfect. It’s a bit hidden, but you can just go in and go up the stairs and the staff will greet you…”
