In April 2016, Tokyo Street Restaurant was started by a married couple who moved to Finland. They are both passionate about healthy eating and the benefits of healthy cooking. Having visited local restaurants, they realized that it is extremely difficult to find quality food prepared with quality ingredients.

They noticed that there was a vacant space available in Hietalahti market hall and decided to open a small Japanese restaurant with a very different concept: cooking from scratch with organic ingredients wherever possible, and with the highest quality ingredients available on the market.

In 2022, Tokyo Street started over with a new owner, Kenji Yano. Tokyo Street was already a great restaurant for the locals before the new owner took over, so he is focused on preserving the restaurant and the trust of its customers.