[4] The restaurant has 55 private rooms furnished in traditional zashiki-style with tatami mats, screens and windows with translucent paper, and leg wells under the table called horigotatsu.

[5] According to architect Makoto Yamaguchi, Tofuya Ukai has Tokyo Tower as its shakkei, which means borrowed scenery or neighboring textures.

[6] Dishes are served in the refined kaiseki stye, full course traditional Japanese cuisine.

[8] According to Condé Nast Traveler, Tofuya Ukai is: "A shrine to all things tofu, often rendered in ways you never imagined.

[9] According to Butterfield & Robinson's The Slow Road Luxury Travel Blog, Tofuya Ukai is among Tokyo's best restaurants.