At Yakitori Restaurant Torien, Visit Tokyo Without Leaving New York City - AFAR

"An intimate 17-seat Tokyo yakitori institution helmed by a shokunin chef celebrated for his mastery of skewered chicken, this tightly booked restaurant is widely regarded as one of the city’s finest places for yakitori. The chef’s work has been praised internationally—Food & Wine called him “the world’s greatest yakitori chicken master” and local press has noted that “nowhere does it better”—and the kitchen relies on prized binchotan charcoal for its clean, smoke-free burn and an exacting, artisan approach that makes seats extremely hard to come by." - Katherine LaGrave