The Solitary Gourmet | HIROKI, Shimokitazawa — Okonomiyaki at the Iron Plate

Season 1 episode 9 of 孤独のグルメ, broadcast on 29 February 2012, follows Goro through Shimokitazawa before he settles at the Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki and teppanyaki restaurant HIROKI. TV Tokyo identifies HIROKI as the featured shop and highlights the seafood-heavy “HIROKI Special” as well as dishes cooked directly on the iron plate. HIROKI’s own current website still lists the Shimokitazawa branch at Honey Shimokitazawa 1F, 2-14-14 Kitazawa, Setagaya, only a short walk from the station. That continuity makes it an unusually strong pilgrimage stop: visitors can still experience the same kind of counter-and-griddle dining that the episode built around. Pilgrimage note: this is a small operating restaurant. Seating, menu details and interior arrangements may have changed since filming; visit to eat, and avoid occupying seats solely for photography.