A warm Shabbat table in the middle of Tokyo.
Since 2000, Rabbi Mendi and Chana Sudakevitch have welcomed every Jew living in or travelling through Japan — locals, expats, business travellers and backpackers. Reserve a meal, find kosher food, or just come as you are.
- Candle lighting6:14 pmFriday, 14 August
- Kabbalat Shabbat6:19 pm5 min after candle lighting
- Shacharit10:00 amSaturday, then Kiddush
- Shabbat ends7:11 pmHavdalah
Book your seat at the table
Friday dinner, Shabbat lunch and Seudah Shlishit — home cooking, with locals and travellers around the same table. Reservations help us cook the right amount.
- 1Pick the Shabbat from a calendar — no typing dates.
- 2Choose your meals and rate; add vegetarian portions.
- 3Pay on a secure checkout page. We never see your card.
Per person, all three meals
Jewish life in Japan goes back more than a century
Chabad Lubavitch of Japan opened its doors in Tokyo in 2000. At our Shabbat table you will meet Jews living the expat life in Japan, young Israelis travelling the world, and business travellers from Europe, the United States and South America.
Strengthen local Jewish life
A synagogue, a Hebrew school, adult classes, a mikvah and a community that meets every week.
About Chabad JapanWho it is forEvery Jew in Japan
Every service and program here is open to every Jew, whether or not they are a member. Nobody is ever turned away for not being able to pay.
Life cycle eventsWhere we areTakanawa, Minato-ku
Five minutes from Sengakuji station, at the top of Gyoran-zaka hill, next to the Isarago crossing.
Access and mapEverything kosher in Tokyo, on one page
Two kosher restaurants, an Israeli grocery, the two supermarkets that carry imported hechshered products — and the fish list that tells you what is kosher at a Japanese market.
Chana’s Place
Kosher meals for every weekday, plus challah on Fridays. Pickup or UberEats.
- Order
- Pickup · UberEats
- Challah
- Fridays
David’s Deli
A kosher restaurant a seven minute walk from Chabad — the easy option for weekday meals.
- Distance
- 7 min walk
- Order
- Online
Aretz
Imported Israeli food and Judaica. Everyone who comes on Friday also gets a fresh challah.
- Open
- Fri 11:00–15:00
- Other days
- By WhatsApp
The kosher fish list
Every kosher fish sold in Japan in Japanese and English, and the ones to avoid — so you can show the fishmonger the name.
- Example
- 鰤 / ブリ · Buri · yellowtail
Where to buy imported kosher
- National Azabu
- 4-5-2 Minami-Azabu
- Nissin World Delicatessen
- 2-34-2 Higashi-Azabu
- Delivery
- Both deliver locally
Where to stay, and how to get here
Hotels ranked by walking distance and by how well they work on Shabbat — electric key, usable stairs, no lift needed. Plus our own apartment, one minute away.
Getting to Chabad
One minute from Chabad
Two bedrooms upstairs, a dining room that converts to a third, washing machine, two toilets.
- 1–2 guests
- $250 / night
- 3–4 guests
- $300 / night
- March–May
- +$50 per tier
Filtered for Shabbat
Sorted by walking distance, with the details that matter: electric key, usable stairs, a kitchenette.
- 5–15 min
- 6 hotels
- 15–25 min
- Shinagawa Prince group
- Budget
- 20–30 min walk
Mikvah Mordechai
Built to halachah, with modern design and comfort. Appointments are arranged privately with Chana.
- Booking
- Private form
The High Holidays, and how to join
One calendar drives this page, the holiday pages and every RSVP form — so a date can never be right in one place and wrong in another.
Rosh Hashanah — first night dinner
Tokyo American Club, 2-1-2 Azabudai · Friday evening · locals $100 · visitors $150 · children from $65
RSVP openYom Kippur — meals before and after the fast
Chabad Center, Takanawa · seats reserved for Chai Club members
RSVP openSimchat Torah — hakafot and meal
Chabad Center, Takanawa · families welcome
RSVP openEvery service here is open to every Jew, member or not
Providing them costs money. Give once, or become a Chai Club partner and keep the doors of the shul open all year.
Card details are entered on the payment provider’s page, never on ours. Receipts are 501(c)(3) tax deductible in the US through Friends of Chabad Japan, Inc.
Chai Club — monthly partners
Set it once. It runs quietly in the background all year.
- 10% off every event and program, Shabbat dinners and Sedarim included
- Reserved High Holiday seats
- A Lulav and Etrog set for Sukkot, a box of Shmurah matzah for Pesach
- Tzedakah given automatically on your behalf