Japanese Food Spots in Otaru Area

Area

Hokkaido
- Japan
- Hokkaido / Tohoku
  
  Hokkaido
  
  Aomori
  
  Iwate
  
  Miyagi
  
  Akita
  
  Yamagata
  
  Fukushima
- Kanto
  
  Ibaraki
  
  Tochigi
  
  Gunma
  
  Saitama
  
  Chiba
  
  Tokyo
  
  Kanagawa
- Koshinetsu / Hokuriku
  
  Niigata
  
  Toyama
  
  Ishikawa
  
  Fukui
  
  Yamanashi
  
  Nagano
- Tokai
  
  Gifu
  
  Shizuoka
  
  Aichi
  
  Mie
- Kinki
  
  Shiga
  
  Kyoto
  
  Osaka
  
  Hyogo
  
  Nara
  
  Wakayama
- Chugoku
  
  Tottori
  
  Shimane
  
  Okayama
  
  Hiroshima
  
  Yamaguchi
- Shikoku
  
  Tokushima
  
  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Otaru

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Wakadori Jidai Naruto

4.0

421 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Inaho 3-16-13

Wakadori Jidai Naruto is a sushi and deep fried chicken shop famous for its deep fried half chicken, an Otaru specialty. The half chicken is heavily seasoned with salt and pepper and deep fried in very hot oil, creating a crispy skin with juicy meat, a veritable feast! Eaten together with rice makes for an excellent meal. The wakadori sushi set with deep fried half chicken, seven pieces of sushi and clear soup is a popular dish. The shop has a friendly atmosphere, people eating alone do not feel out of place, and take-outs are possible too. The nearest station is Otaru Station.

The signature half fried chicken is crispy and light, arguably one of the best fried chicken I had. The chicken meat has a tinge of salt taste making it flavourful with every bite. The sushi and...
Otaru Masazushi Main Store

4.0

259 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Hanazono 1-1-1

This famous sushi restaurant, the symbol of Otaru, has been operating for over 70 years. At this restaurant, each sushi is made carefully by hand and the seasonal tastes of Hokkaido are imparted in each delicious offering. It offers nigiri sushi sets, course meals, a la carte dishes and various other menu items.

We came to this restaurant many times but this time was the very first in 3 years because of Covid-19. We did not make reservation beforehand and had to wait for 20 minutes. We got the counter seat...
Isezushi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Inaho 3-15-3

Isezushi is a sushi restaurant founded in 1967 in Inaho, Otaru City, Hokkaido. This well-known restaurant has been awarded stars in the Michelin Guide for Hokkaido and is a perfect place to relax and enjoy some top rate sushi. The seafood, brought in from all over the country, but mainly from Otaru, is as fresh as it gets. The skill and passion of the head chef resonates not only with the Japanese customers but is also felt by the tourists too. The sake chosen by the lady master of sake is also very popular.
Sushiko

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Ironai 2-2-6

In the Otaru area, where there are many sushi restaurants, Sushiko is popular with a reputation for reasonable and delicious food. It is housed in a 90-year old storehouse that has plenty of character. Set meals range from 1,000–3700 yen, and it is also easy to enjoy Otaru sushi from 100 yen for one hand-rolled piece. On the first floor, there are table and bar seats while there is a raised tatami-floor seating area that can accommodate 16 people on the second floor. It is also reassuring that prices are clearly stated with no market prices.
Hokkaido Cuisine Restaurant Kasube

5.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Hanazono 1-8-20

"A local cuisine restaurant located in 1-Chome, Hanazono, Otaru City. The establishment primarily serves dishes made with fresh seafood stocked that very morning. Here customers can enjoy local flavors like the signature ""Troika-nabe,"" a fish and vegetable hot pot; rui-be (frozen salmon sashimi), a local favorite; and dishes made with ray, a fish known as ""kasube"" in the local dialect and the restaurant's namesake."

カップルや夫婦にお勧めの鍋ですトロイカ鍋は、野菜と魚介の旨味がほんのりバター風味の汁に溶け出して優しい味です。これはお薦めです。
Kita no Donburiya Takinami Shokudo

4.0

152 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Inaho 3-10-16 Sankaku Market Nai

"A Japanese diner located in the Sankaku Market in Otaru. This long-standing establishment was opened in 1945 and serves at reasonable prices the kind of fresh seafood only a restaurant owned and operated by a fish dealer can provide. Particularly popular is the ""Wagamama-don,"" a seafood rice bowl topped with your choice of three to four varieties of seafood from a list of 10 selections."

1. Reasonably priced seafood bowls from 1,900 yen to 6,600 yen. 2. Wide variety of seafood with seasonal ones. Must-try are sea urchin, king crab and Botan shrimp. 3. Located inside Sankaku Market...
Sushi Restaurant Saika

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Inaho 1-3-9

This sushi restaurant is located approximately 10 minutes' walk from Otaru Station, on Sunmall Street Ichibangai, in Otaru Stall Village, Roman Yokocho. The restaurant's counter at the very back of Roman Yokocho makes sushi using seasonal seafood. The restaurant is popular due to the owner's recommended Saika sushi. The restaurant's ten variations of sushi are carefully made with fresh seafood from Hokkaido, such as sea urchin, Botan shrimp, red caviar and salmon. The restaurant also has an attractive variety of additional menu items, including seafood chawan-mushi and shirako ponzu, as well as a menu full of unusual items such as a three-choice rice bowl, Ikagoro Ruibe and salted sweet shrimp. The restaurant also has a weekday lunch menu that is limited to 20 items.
Conveyor Belt Sushi Toppi (Otaru Unga-dori Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Minatomachi 6-4

"This conveyor-belt sushi restaurant embodies the concept of ""making delicious food even more affordable!"" In addition to Otaru, it has stores all over Hokkaido, including Sapporo, Chitose and Asahikawa. They are consistently pursuing the most delicious flavors of the season, and the restaurant's main feature is that it focuses on seafood locally sourced in Hokkaido. There is both counter seating and table seating available in the vibrant atmosphere of the restaurant, so customers can come here as a family or with friends and partners. It is also not uncommon for customers to come alone in pursuit of the thickly sliced fresh sushi."
Donburi-Chaya (Otaru Sakaimachi-dori Street Restaurant)

4.5

18 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Sakaimachi 3-24

"A seafood rice bowl restaurant facing Sakaimachi-dori Street, one of the most popular streets to walk in Otaru. Situated midway between Asakusa Bridge, known for its scenic view of Otaru Canal; and Kitaichi Glass, here customers can enjoy seasonal seafood delivered straight from the port. The first Donburi-Chaya restaurant was opened over 20 years ago in Nijo Market, known as the ""kitchen of Sapporo."" Harnessing its location close to a fishing port, customers rave that the restaurant serves the freshest Pacific herring, flounder, sea urchin, sailfin poacher, and other seafood delicacies. Particularly popular is the restaurant's luxurious Marusen-don, which consists of several smaller rice bowls, including the salmon and roe ""oyakodon"" rice bowl; a raw sea urchin and scallop rice bowl; the Tokusen Kani-don topped with snow crab claw meat; and a botan shrimp and tuna rice bowl. Diners who choose this extravagant meal can fully experience all the seafood delights Hokkaido has to offer in a single sitting."

I loved eating here. The food was delicious and we were also able to pray upstairs. The prices are absolutely reasonable and its in the midst of all the attractions.
Urokotei Seafood Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Ironai 1-5-16 Roko Koji 2F

Located in Ironai, Otaru City, Hokkaido is Urokotei, a restaurant run by a fish shop and offering a whole host of fresh Hokkaido seafood, such as sea urchin, shrimp, and salmon roe, etc. You can choose your fish from the fish tanks on the first floor, pay and then take your fish to the restaurant area on the second floor. The restaurant will prepare your fish, either as sashimi, or grilled, or however you prefer to eat it. Their most popular dish is the seafood rice bowl, where you can choose three kinds of seafood topping from a choice of ten. The restaurant is frequented by many sightseers and is a popular choice as a food and drink restaurant for foreign tourists too.
North Ryoba Otaru Unga Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Sakaimachi 53-1

This is a seafood restaurant in the sightseeing area of “Otaru Canal Street” in Otaru City, Hokkaido. It is a shop directly managed by a fish trader and is located in Sapporo’s central wholesale market which is an over the counter market. You can enjoy a rice bowl topped with plenty of sashimi, hand rolled sushi and flame broiled fish made with seasonal seafood from Hokkaido at reasonable prices. A popular dish is the “rice bowl topped with seafood selected by the chef” which boasts of being served topped with 10 types of seafood. There is a food court where you can taste freshly cooked seafood and there is also a sales corner for local specialties, so it prospers as a place for tourist lunches and souvenirs.
Otaru Tatsumi Sushi

4.0

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Sakaimachi 3-15

A sushi restaurant operating in the city of Otaru. There's seating on the first and second floor and both floors have counter seating where you can watch sushi chefs crafting your sushi. Dedicated to the concept of serving fresh Otaru sushi at reasonable prices, the restaurant offers a selection of reasonably-priced set meals. Particularly popular is the Otaru Set, which comes with five pieces of sushi, tempura, chawanmushi savory egg custard, soup, and a mini donburi rice bowl. Tatsumi also has a children's set for families with children.

Like most place along this tourist strip, you will be paying more, for less. While the sushi and kids meals were fine, it was not at all remarkable. We find the Clam Mso soup was a bit odd and...
Masazushi Zenan

4.0

110 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Ironai 1-2-1

One of the branches of a long-standing sushi restaurant. Zenan is notable for its open and modern interior. The restaurant's huge windows offer a view of Otaru Canal. Zenan stocks its seafood from the company's own fish dealer, including whole tuna. Particularly recommended is the 11 piece sushi set. The restaurant also has a full menu of side dishes like tempura. There's a seven piece set of sushi selected by the head chef for those with smaller appetites. Zenan also stocks 80 varieties of awamori liquor from Okinawa which go great with sushi.

First visit was in winter 2013, we had a booking, no queue & wait list. And this is our 2nd visit in summer 2018, we waited 20 minutes because we had no booking. Staff are very friendly and helpful...
Otaru Takeno Sushi

4.5

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Sakaimachi 2-22

This sushi restaurant in Otaru City, Hokkaido is a 10-minute walk from JR Otaru Station. They offer sushi made from meticulously selected Hokkaido ingredients at reasonable prices. This includes their seafood as well as the Hokkaido grown rice blend used for their sushi. They also offer donburi rice bowls. The most popular is their Ainori Bowl where guests choose four toppings from a list of 20. Their sushi menu features nigiri-zushi with Hokkaido place names, a nigiri-zushi of the day, and seasonal varieties. They also sell Japanese sake and shochu.

I always thought Tsukiji had the best sushi...but this is on a whole other level. You’re getting it in the absolute shortest timeframe possible. This particular place is in a convenient location...
Kukizen

4.5

45 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Shinonomechou 2-4 Vista Shinkansen 1F

A sushi restaurant awarded two Michelin stars located on the first floor of Vesta Shinonome building in Otaru City. Here you can enjoy delicious, seasonal seafood from the abundant seas off Hokkaido served on cool glass tableware made in Otaru. The restaurant's large glass windows let in plenty of light, and the establishment has clean and neat counter seating as well as private seating, ensuring even families with small children can have a relaxing meal here. The owner particularly recommends the Kukizen Omakase Nigiri chef's choice nigiri sushi course. The chef will prepare tasty sushi gems using select seafood and other ingredients stocked that day; it's so tasty, just this course alone will satisfy you. The restaurant also stocks an original refined sake bearing its name as well as an abundant selection of local Otaru alcoholic beverages.

Had lunch Omakase for 6600 yen. Very worth it for 2 Michelin stars lunch. The sushi were amazing and must try their own sake.
Minshuku Aotsuka Shokudou

4.5

20 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Shukutsu 3-210

Minshuku Guesthouse in Otaru. Try fresh seafood with freshly caught sashimi, shrimps, shellfish and more. Available as an overnight event space for up to 50 guests. You can also enjoy views of the ever changing Shukutsu Sea.

大満足です！お店の前で、モクモクとニシンを焼いています！それだけで11月の曇の日だったので、テンションアップ！さらに、メニューには、ハズレありませんでした！浜茹でシャコ、牡蠣焼き、うに、ホッケの魚汁、最高でした！ご馳走様！お店の人もとてもとても親切です。 I recommend here because all the food is so nice & the people who works...
Otaru Nihombashi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otarushi Inaho 1-1-4

A sushi restaurant located in the Otaru Sushi Street area in Otaru City, Hokkaido. Here you can eat fresh seafood delicacies caught in the waters off of Otaru. The restaurant is famous for its big pieces of sushi topping and is frequented by many locals as well as tourists. The restaurant also has a large banquet hall and is frequently used for parties and other events.
Sankaku Tei

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Inaho 3-10-16 Sankaku Market Nai
Sushi Yoshi

Gourmet / Alcohol

1-10-9 Ironai , Otaru-shi, Hokkaido
Toriya Otori

4.0

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

1-9-11, Ironai, Otaru, Hokkaido

北海道の鳥料理を初めて食べました。さっぱりとし新鮮レバか焼き鳥は絶品だと思いました。勿論、コラーゲンたっぷりの鍋もおすすめしたいと思います

Hokkaido Otaru

Gourmet / Alcohol Japanese Food

Sushi / Conveyor Belt Sushi Kaiseki/Kappo Traditional Japanese Cuisine Eel Yakitori Grilled Chicken / Chicken Dishes Charcoal/Fireside/Teppan Grilling Okonomiyaki / Monjayaki / Takoyaki Tonkatsu Pork Cutlets Tempura Kushiage/Kushikatsu Fried Skewer Cuisine Crab / Blowfish / Seafood Sukiyaki / Shabu-shabu Hot Pot Cuisine / Oden Hot Pot Creative Cuisine Local Cuisine Kyoto Cuisine Okinawan Cuisine Gyutan Beef Tongue Other Japanese Food

Hokkaido Areas

Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.