Sushisho Masa

First - it’s amazing, incredibly welcoming chef and staff, they explain every dish (in english as well) while you’re in one of six table counter seats while you watch them prepare dishes. if you want to treat yourself, book/pay this in advance (we used pocket concierge). i’ll address some things/ bad reviews that scared us;visiting as a western foreigners: 1) nothing alive/moving/etc. they serve you, maybe out of your comfort zone but will still be tasty. 2) don’t smell bad/ perfume. 5 other people in a tiny room who paid 150+ to smell your overbearing perfume/ aftershave. shameful to give 1 star for that after they kick you out. 3) when you arrive, wait outside/in the staircase down. they’ll come get you when they’re ready. 4) we had two soft drinks and 3 small sake pairings for some dishes each (two sips per), paid 3000 afterwards. if you drink a lot of expensive sake, expect the price. was cheap for us. 5) at around 40 pieces they ask you how full you are, we were pretty full at this point where the chef asked us nicely to make space for 5 more dishes he wanted us to try. it wasn’t as confusing with the “they stuff you until you say stop” for us as other people reviewed. just communicate. 6) remember 5 words of japanese and read an etiquette list before, it’s very simple, visibly makes them happy if you try and doesn’t make us foreigners looks so bad. reading some of these other reviews is embarrassing. 7) locals getting more/different things; we ate faster and more than the japanese couple with us, and the order is different due to them eating slower and drinking. the chef kind of vibes the order of dishes, don’t immediately assume you get scammed. pretty sure we ate a good 15 more plates 😂 it seems intimidating for first time foreigners, some of these reviews scared us but they have no basis. thank you for hosting us, it was an incredible evening.