Yaki-ton was a delicious (oy-shi)standing yakitori (grilled meats on a skewer)place near Oakwood Apartments (where we stayed). The chef(and we think also owner)was really friendly, eager to practice his english with us and throughly psyched that we were from NYC. We tried the chicken and pork yakitori. Pork of course comes in different varieties so we had to point to various parts of our bodies to indicate what we wanted because pork loin really gets really lost in the translation. You can have it with a spicy sauce or just salt and pepper, I highly recommend the salt and pepper version.And you can wash it down with an ice cold mug of beer or a yummy sake. As with many of the restaurants in Tokyo reading the menu is pretty much a complete loss, unless they have pictures. Yaki-ton has only a Japanese menu (which I didn't expect anything else, we were in Japan after all)but the chef is really sweet and is happy to help and the food is pretty delicious and inexpensive including the beer.
Yaki-ton
Shinjuku-ku
on Otakibashi-dori
Get off at the Shinjuku Station use the West exit walk straight towards the giant Epson sign. You will cross a big street called Yasukuni-dori(you'll see elavated trains on your right) when you cross over you will see a giant pachinko parlor and a shoe store on the corner, stay on that side (right side) of the street (this is Otakibashi-dori) it's about 3 blocks it will be on your right. Map below, walk toward the Oakwood Apts sign on the map.
Map of Shinjuku
click map for larger view
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