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Old-school Edomae, upstairs on Pasteur

Nishitsugu keeps it traditional: seasonal fish, warm rice, the chef's hands — served one piece at a time in a dark room built for eating.

You arrive at 108 Pasteur in the evening — past the big street-level signboard, through the door that opens with the PIN given at booking, up the stairs. Then the room goes dark: one long light-wood counter, black chairs, a bonsai alcove glowing faintly. There is no menu to choose from. The chef decides.

The chef's hands finishing fish over binchotan smoke
Binchotan and bare hands

The work is old-school: bluefish finished over binchotan in a breath of smoke, shirako cooked low and slow, sashimi cut thick and clean, and nigiri formed by hand with warm, loosely packed rice. What arrives at your seat is the chef's judgment, course by course.

A sashimi platter: seared bonito, whitefish, shellfish, shiso and fresh wasabi

Dinner is the only service — one evening, 17:30 to 22:30, Monday and Wednesday through Sunday. On Tuesday the room goes dark entirely. Book ahead; the door only opens with your code.

courses
3
courses per guest
9
evening service
17:30–22:30
closed
Tuesdays

Nishitsugu — the hand that forms the nigiri, in the dark on Pasteur.