7 best meal kits in Tokyo that ship across Japan

This long-established restaurant in Akashicho has been serving traditional Japanese cuisine since 1931. Its kaiseki-style course meals usually cost anywhere from ¥25,000 to ¥55,000, but its newest delivery meal kit (¥15,000) works out to ¥5,000 per person if split with three people.

For appetisers, you’ll receive a seafood broth soup, soft boiled octopus and karasumi mullet roe marinated in miso, plus 250g of sukiyaki and saikyo miso flavoured wagyu roast beef each. To top it off, the kit comes with a real wasabi root, so you can grate it fresh on top of the meat just like at the restaurant. 

The restaurant’s famed mizutaki hotpot packed with onion and premium cuts of Awa-odori chicken from Tokushima prefecture is also available as a meal kit. You can order a small size (¥5,940) which serves two to three people, or get a bigger size (¥8,640) that feeds up to four. These meal kits are made so fresh that you’ll have to make sure to eat them within 14 days of delivery.

Shipping costs vary from ¥1,600 to ¥2,100 depending where you live in Japan.

Looking to feast on a luxurious meal in the comfort of your own home? Akasaka’s members-only Japanese restaurant Sousaku Washoku Jun celebrated its eighth anniversary in 2020 by offering its famed uni (sea urchin) broth shabu shabu for delivery. 

You can order a set for two (¥11,800) which comes with eight crab legs and plenty of creamy uni broth for dipping, or a four-person meal for a bigger crowd (¥19,800). We recommend purchasing additional veggies and other seafood to make sure the broth doesn’t go to waste.

Union Square Cafe in Tokyo Midtown serves all-American cuisine including gigantic salads, burgers and smoked steaks. You can now order a set of its premium Tankaku wagyu beef burgers (¥4,800 for two, ¥8,600 for four) which includes everything you need to craft these gourmet beauties.

Just grill the beef patties to your liking and sandwich them between the buns with a slice of cheddar cheese that’s included in the box. The set even comes with a packet of frozen fries and the restaurant’s special condiments like mustard pickles and smoked ketchup.

Note that if you like some fresh veggies on your burger, you’ll have to purchase and prepare them yourself.

Once a week, Piao Xiang delivers ingredients to prepare a multi-course Piao Xiang Deluxe Box Sichuan meal (¥15,000) that serves two to three people. The menu includes spicy cashew nuts, soup, stewed spicy beef cheek, spare ribs marinated in black vinegar and seafood dumplings that are ready-to-eat from the package. 

It also comes with three additional sauces to prepare steamed chicken, mapo tofu and shrimp chili, but you’ll need to purchase the main ingredients for each of those dishes yourself.

Social Kitchen Toranomon collaborates with local chefs to create exclusive dishes, and have recently launched an Ouchi de Gohan (which means ‘eat at home’ in Japanese) series, which features a set of its special meals. 

The first curry set (¥5,400) comes with a range of flavours, each created by five partner chefs. You’ll get a European-style curry that goes well with pickles and some katsu on the side, a vegan-friendly coconut veggie curry, a sweet and sour pork curry, a white curry with scallops and turnips, and a dark black keema curry filled with all kinds of spices.

Note that this kit is just the curry roux – you’ll need to provide your own veggies, meat and rice to complete the meal.

This stylish taqueria in Sangenjaya puts a twist on Mexican tacos with Japanese ingredients. Its popular tacos are now offered as a Survival Taco Kit (¥9,800) which includes handmade tortillas, four kinds of fillings, salsa, soup, tamales, dessert and drinks – enough to feed four people. 

This is perfect for the lazy chef, because everything is already cooked and prepared, so all you need to do is assemble your ideal taco and chow down. You can order this kit on the restaurant’s official website and schedule a pick-up at the store or have it shipped to your home.

Bean-to-Bar chocolate brand Minimal has started a series of dessert meal kits using premium cacao beans sourced from select producers around the world. The very first kit is offered from May to June and features two different types of scones plus plenty of indulgent extras to pair them with. 

One set costs ¥4,644 and comes with two chocolate chunk scones, two premium cocoa scones, milk sorbet, chocolate blueberry sauce, cacao nib honey, and two tea bags, so it’s a perfect treat for two. You can order one now on the online store and best of all, it’ll keep in the freezer for up to 12 days.