Naru

Neighborhood: Shibuya 渋谷
Style: Japanese
Kanji Name: 成る
Website: http://www.asia-kitchen.co.jp/naru.html

This is my favorite of the places I've discovered in Tokyo. Naru is right near Shibuya-eki, and it's subtitle is "fusion cuisine". To be honest, I'm not sure what it's a fusion between -- the food seems entirely Japanese -- but we had a good time there anyway. I found this with Sveta and her crew one night, it's on a second floor as you leave Shibuya-eki headed towards Ebisu (i.e., it's on the South-east side of the station, not where most of the stores/nightlife are).

They had a whole variety of Japanese food, which ranged from good to very good with our limited palettes. We ordered two of the daily set, plus two other combos off the menu. That was all good, and the sake that we ordered after a conversation with the waiter was awesome as well (alas, we didn't have the presence of mind to take a picture of the bottle).

I'll definitely be back to Naru! The best place to sit is the "private room" -- see the rightmost picture on the website.