Tokyo · Updated: 2026-09-28
Around Zoshiki Station (雑色駅) in Tokyo's Ota Ward, six walking spots are clustered together, from neighbourhood Chinese diners and prepared-food shops to a liquor store where you can drink standing up and a public bathhouse. All six list Zoshiki Station as their nearest station: Takezawa Shoten and Moritaya Shoten are a 3-minute walk, and even the farthest, Teru-no-Yu, is 9 minutes on foot. Closed days are split between Wednesday–Thursday and Monday, so decide your day of the week first.
This guide covers 6 walking spots; 6 of them are an average 6-minute walk from the nearest station (3–9 min).
Counted from zorozoro listings when this page was generated. Walking minutes are estimates: straight-line distance to the nearest station × 1.3, at 80 m per minute.
From the station, start with Takezawa Shoten and Moritaya Shoten, both 3 minutes away. Then head south to Taiju and Omasu at 7 minutes, and Meguro Shokuhin at 8 minutes, before finishing with a soak at Teru-no-Yu, 9 minutes from the station. On Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays all six are open.
A prepared-food shop on the Zoshiki shopping street, in business for more than 60 years and a 3-minute walk from Zoshiki Station. It is known for takeout motsu-nikomi (simmered offal) and lemon sour, which you can carry off and eat as you walk. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00, closed on Mondays. The shop is barrier-free and set up for takeout.
Also a 3-minute walk from the station, this liquor store lets you drink on the spot, kakuuchi style. Artwork made by the owner's son and the owner's own collection line the room, which feels like an older friend's apartment. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00–20:00, closed on Sundays and Mondays.
A neighbourhood Chinese diner in Minami-Rokugo, 7 minutes on foot from Zoshiki Station. Gyoza with a half portion of fried rice is the standard order here. Open Monday and Tuesday and Friday to Sunday, 11:30–20:20, closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Another Chinese restaurant in Zoshiki, also a 7-minute walk from the station, now run in the kitchen by the second-generation owner, Takeru Tsushima. The house method steams the gyoza in pork-bone broth rather than water; tantanmen, an order of five gyoza and Kirin Classic Lager are on the menu. Open Monday and Tuesday and Friday to Sunday, 11:30–20:20, closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
A prepared-food shop in Nishi-Rokugo, 8 minutes on foot from Zoshiki Station, marked by the three characters for "oden" out front. There is seating inside, so you can take food away or sit down on the spot. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 12:30–18:30 — an early close — and closed on Mondays.
End the walk at this bathhouse, 9 minutes from Zoshiki Station. It still holds work by the painter who has produced more bathhouse murals than anyone else in Japan, and its signature features are an ancient-hinoki tub filled with the natural "kuroyu" black hot-spring water and a maple tree in the open-air bath. Open Monday, Tuesday and Friday 15:00–22:00 and Saturday and Sunday 10:00–22:00, closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Meguro Shokuhin closes at 18:30 and Takezawa Shoten at 19:00, while Teru-no-Yu stays open until 22:00. Visit the food shops between midday and early evening and save the bathhouse for last, and all six fit neatly into one day.