海鮮
Kaisendon rice bowls, crab, oysters and sea urchin from the morning markets.
Japan's coastal cities each have a market district where you eat seafood that was swimming that morning: kaisendon (sashimi over rice) in Kanazawa and Sapporo, oysters in Hiroshima, crab in Hokkaido, nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch) on the Sea of Japan coast. Tabelog is essential here because the stalls nearest the market entrance are often the worst value and the best places are a few streets away.
Sapporo's two markets, Nijo in the center and the larger Curb Market to the west, serve kaisendon bowls of uni, ikura, scallop and crab from early morning. The highest-rated stalls are not the ones with touts at the entrance; Tabelog separates them clearly.
Nijo Market · Curb Market · Susukino
Hiroshima produces most of Japan's oysters and from November to March the city's oyster bars in Hatchobori and the stalls on Miyajima serve them grilled, raw, and fried as kaki-furai. The top-rated oyster restaurants on Tabelog are year-round and show the sourcing bay on the menu..
Hatchobori · Miyajima · Hondori
Makishi Public Market in Naha lets you buy fish downstairs, including bright blue parrotfish and sea grapes, and have it cooked at the restaurants upstairs. The Tomari fish market on the harbor does sashimi and kaisendon at wholesale prices.
Makishi Market · Tomari · Naha
Omicho Market has been Kanazawa's kitchen for 300 years and its kaisendon stalls pile sweet shrimp, crab, ikura and nodoguro on rice from early morning. Snow crab season (November to March) is the time to visit.
Omicho Market · Katamachi
Kaisendon is the simplest order: a bowl with whatever is best that day. At market stalls you pay per item. For crab, check whether the price is per 100 g before ordering. Oyster bars in Hiroshima sell by the piece, grilled or raw.
Fish names are the hardest vocabulary in Japanese food, but kaisendon makes the decision for you.
Market-area seafood shops are rated harshly by locals who know the real prices; a 3.4 near a market is a strong recommendation and 3.6 is exceptional.
Kaisendon is the simplest order: a bowl with whatever is best that day. At market stalls you pay per item. For crab, check whether the price is per 100 g before ordering. Oyster bars in Hiroshima sell by the piece, grilled or raw.
Lunch: ¥1,500 to ¥4,000 for a kaisendon. Dinner: ¥5,000 to ¥15,000 for crab or a seafood course.
Market-area seafood shops are rated harshly by locals who know the real prices; a 3.4 near a market is a strong recommendation and 3.6 is exceptional.
Market shops: walk-in, early. Crab and course restaurants: reserve.
Sapporo, Hiroshima, Okinawa, Kanazawa each have a dedicated page. Sapporo: Sapporo's two markets, Nijo in the center and the larger Curb Market to the west, serve kaisendon bowls of uni, ikura, scallop and crab from early morning.
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