Japanese Food Spots in Ishikawa Area

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Ishikawa
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- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
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  Nagasaki
  
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  Oita
  
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  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

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- Kanazawa City
- Hakusan / Komatsu
- Kaga City
- Hakui / Kahoku
- Nanao
- Wajima
- Suzu

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Daikoku-zushi

4.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nishichouyabunouchidori Ri 31 Kanazawa Omi-machi Market Tokamachi Tousen

A small sushi restaurant with just 10 counter seats located right next to the Omi-cho Market’s Jikken-machi entrance. Daikoku-zushi is renowned for its nigiri-zushi and maki-zushi made with fresh, Hokuriku seafood such as blackthroat seaperch and sweet shrimp. The Ume Course is particularly popular and comes with 12 pieces of nigiri-zushi as well as maki-zushi chosen by the chef. The chef prepares the sushi in line with the speed of the diner, serving two pieces at a time. This popular restaurant is frequently visited by tourists and people on business trips to the area.

近江町市場の十間町口からすぐのところにあるお寿司屋さん。おすすめメニューしかなく飲んだり摘んだりして長々と過ごす感じではなく、二種類づつ結構いいペースで握りが出てくるのでちゃっちゃと寿司をいただく感じです。何度か訪問していますが、小ぶりのしゃりに少しだけ厚目のネタ、控えめな大将、まともな価格、好きなお店です。
Kuroyuri

4.0

164 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kinoshimbomachi 1-1 within Kanazawa Junichi Town 'Ann'

A Kanazawa oden restaurant embraced by a wide array of fans, from tourists to people on business trips to local regulars. Kuroyuri is located inside the Kanazawa Hyakubangai Anto shopping mall, which is connected directly to JR Kanazawa Station. The secret to the restaurant’s popularity is its secret recipe oden, which has been continuously replenished and made the same way for over a half-century. Some of the oden options include kurumabu baked wheat gluten rings which gush out broth with every bite, daikon radish slices, boiled eggs, and ganmo deep-fried tofu and vegetables. The restaurant also offers a full menu of local Kaga sakes and a la carte dishes made with Kaga vegetables and seafood stocked from the Omi-cho Market.

It was our first experience eating Oden, the staff were very friendly and helpful. They helped us with our selections. As noted in the other reviews, there was a line up but it moved quickly. The...
Higashiyama Mizuho

4.0

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-26-7

A restaurant located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture easily identifiable by the blue noren business curtain hang out in front of the entrance to the old townhome out of which it operates. Mizuho’s most renowned dish is perhaps its rice, made with select, Ishikawa-grown grains, and here you can enjoy Delicious Kanagawa “obanzai” cuisine with plump white rice freshly cooked in an earthenware pot. All-you-can-eat rice can be popularly added as an option to the restaurant’s lunch set meals for a small extra fee. Mizuho serves the tastes of Ishikawa in a casual environment, including dried blackthroat seaperch, free range eggs, and mackerel pickled in rice bran.

Every nice and high quality restaurant. Perfect for a lunch. You can try 6 different small dishes for 1.600 yen. Drink and dessert included.
Sushi Yoshi

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Idamachi 15 -25

This sushi restaurant serves nigiri-zushi and seafood bowls made with natural seafood, and also individual dishes. It is located in Iidamachi, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Not only does it use a generous amount of freshly caught local fish in its sashimi and nigiri-zushi, but its summer-only Noto-don bowl, with its rich natural Iwakagi oysters is also very popular. When crab is in season, the Shifuku no Kobako-don, with its enormous three servings-worth of Kobako crab meat (female Tanner crab) and crab miso is also very popular. This popular spot is particular about using only local products, from the soy sauce to the salt, its gourmet food is unique to Suzu.

雌のズワイガニは資源保護のために漁期も短期間に限られているので、現地にいくら出向いてもいつでも食べられる訳ではありません。それだけにこの貴重な機会を見逃す訳にはいかないと、わざわざ遠回りをしてお店に出向きました。寿司吉さんは夏場は地元産の岩牡蠣丼を出したり香箱ガニの漁期にはカニ丼と特色ある丼を提供してくれます。至福の幸箱丼はご飯の上に香箱ガニの身と内子・外子がびっしりと載っています。聞けばなんと丼...
Honami

4.5

15 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kiyokawamachi 3-11

A long-standing ryotei restaurant standing on the bank of the Sai River and one of only a very few restaurants still operating today which serve traditional Kaga ryotei cuisine. Housed in a mansion built at the end of the Meiji period, the restaurant has six private rooms as well as a banquet hall, each of which has a different but elegant atmosphere. All rooms offer a view of the restaurants garden, and diners can enjoy picturesque seasonal scenery with their meal - cherry blossoms in spring, fresh verdure in summer, fall foliage in autumn, and a charming snowscape in winter. The restaurant’s tasteful and extravagant Kaga kaiseki course cuisine, incorporating seasonal local ingredients and seafood, is like art. Here you can taste first-class cuisine with an emphasis on “omotenashi” - hospitality - the greatest of care has even been put into the tableware used. Suginoi was listed in the Michelin Guide Toyama Ishikawa (Kanazawa) 2016 Special Edition. The nearest station is Nomachi Station.

ミシュラン２つ星を取得されて、ゴエミョ２０２０でもなかなかの評価なことも、大変うなずけます。素敵な本館のしつらえに、美味な上に美しいお皿の数々には瞠目いたしました。
Asaichi Sakaba

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Kawaimachi 1-91

This standing Japanese-style bar (Izakaya) is located on the first floor of WACCA, which can be found along the morning market street in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. They are popular for serving fresh fish caught the same day from Wajima harbor, and their “sashimi kebabs” are loved as well. There’s also the “Noto rice bowl,” which has pickled seafood and yam, a seafood rice bowl, the Sakaba set, which includes both sashimi and grilled fish, and more. Enjoy the bounties of the sea along with some sake or canned beer from 7:30 a.m. until 15:00.
Niwatoko

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 1-9-7-1

This is a hideaway restaurant in the middle of the shopping district in Owari Town, Kanazawa City, about a three minute walk from Kanazawa’s classic sightseeing spot “Omi-cho Market.” The old tenement house has been renovated in a Western style, and has become a calm space filled with light streaming in from outside. A weekly satisfying lunch that is made carefully with local seasonal ingredients, and goes well with rice, is popular. The cafe offers sweets such as pancakes made with rice flour or wheat flour as well as sweet bean desserts.
Ichiba Meshi Amatsubo

4.0

29 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimotsutsumichou 38-1

Ichiba Meshi Amatsubo is a Japanese-style restaurant located near the M’za exit of the Omicho Marketplace in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, a two-story, traditional Kanazawa machiya (townhouse) with an attractively peaceful atmosphere. It serves creative traditional Japanese cuisine made with fresh seafood purchased at the market and local Kaga vegetables. Its most famous dish is Kanazawa Oden, a stew that is served at both lunch and dinner. Other popular dishes include the local country-style dish Duck Jibuni Stew and Kaga Lotus Root Dumplings made with local vegetables. The restaurant also carries a full line of local saké from the Hokuriku region and attracts large numbers of both local people and tourists.

金沢市近江町市場内にあります、金沢の居酒屋あまつぼの近江町市場店です、近江町市場ほとんど店が午後6時には店が閉まりますがここはやっています、金沢の郷土料理からおでんまで何でもありますリーズナブルです。
Gallery & Bistro Bengaraya

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Yamashironsen Through 59

This gallery and café is located in the Yamashiro hot spring, in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The bistro café, which has a view of the hot springs from the Bengara lattice windows, is a highly characterful space with Western-style tables set out. For lunch, the Bengara Ohitsu Zen course, which uses Kaga vegetables and Koshikari rice from contracted farms, is a popular choice. The café has a wide range of items on its menu, including the Kaga Fresh Vegetable Parfait, which uses Kaga siphon coffee and five-layers of Kaga vegetables, perfect for customers who want to take a load off their feet. Exhibits and events displaying works of artists from both within and outside the prefecture can be found in the hotel gallery.

The staffs correspondence is good. And, the meals are very delicious! I want to come here againn. Thanks for the service.
Kuroya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Honmachi 2-6-24

This well-renowned Japanese-style restaurant is proud to purchase its locally sourced fish not only from Kanazawa, but also from Toyama Bay and Noto Peninsula. The dishes made by the owner, who was born in a fishing town and gained experience working at a famous Japanese-style restaurant, range from simple sashimi dishes to uniquely arranged dishes. The restaurant is well-known for its traditional local dishes, which use Kaga vegetables, and allows its customers to enjoy Hokuriku sake with snacks found only in Ishikawa. The well-cooked Black Wagyu beef stew is also very popular. The nearest station is Kanazawa Station.
Ootomorou

4.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Oyamamachi 2-27

This Japanese restaurant is representative of the “Kanazawa Ryotei,” which convey the traditions of the Kaga Hyakuman-koku Clan. It is located in Oyama Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This long-established restaurant served the Kaga Domain’s Maeda Clan for generations, with its Gozen cuisine and ritual dishes. The restaurant proudly serves dishes such as “Otai-no-Karamushi (Chinese-style steamed sea bream)” and “Shiki no Jibu (duck meat simmered in soy and broth soup)” in its course meals, and even carefully selects the vessels it uses in its “Shokado Bento” lunches. The building and furnishings are historic, and there is a stunning four-seasons Japanese garden. Reservations must be made to dine at the restaurant.

金沢市尾山町にあります、金沢でもとびっきりの日本料理の老舗ですここは金沢駅の駅弁の大手です今日は新しく出来た一井庵で加賀れんこんのわらび餅です変わっていて美味しく頂きました。
Restaurant and Guest House Muroya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Takojimamachi Naval section 123

Muroya located near Takojima fishing port in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture is a guest house with a restaurant that boasts dishes using fresh fish landed in the morning of the day. The guest house is popular for the heartfelt welcoming gestures of its owner and his simple seasoning focused on the deliciousness of the fish itself. In the restaurant, there is a wide range of unique local menu items including Notodon rice bowl topped with plenty of seafood, a sashimi set meal, kamameshi (rice cooked with meat and vegetables in a pot), and ramen noodles with iwanori seaweed. The guest house is a traditional Japanese building so you can enjoy a somewhat nostalgic atmosphere as if you are visiting your country relative’s house.
Morimorisushi Omicho Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Aokusamachi 88 Omicho Market 1F

Morimorisushi Omicho Branch in Omicho Market, a famous tourist place in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, is a popular sushi-go-round restaurant where there is a queue during peak times. As it is located in the market, the freshness of ingredients is outstanding and there is a wide variety including fresh fish delivered from fishing ports in Noto and Kanazawa as well as local fish purchased in the market. “Morimori santenmori” topped with a Botan shrimp, sea urchin and a slice of large fat tuna and “Omicho santenmori” which is offered only at the restaurant are popular. It has a true Japanese style interior and has counter seating as well as table seating. It opens at seven o’clock in the morning so you can also eat your breakfast there.
Hibi Sakanazuki Toboku

4.5

31 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Konohanamachi 1-6

At this Japanese cuisine restaurant, you can indulge in “Kanazawa-esque Seafood and Sake,” made by the owner who trained in Kyoto and Tokyo. Focusing on local ingredients, the owner’s proud seafood features only fresh items from local ports or from morning auctions at the market. Combining these in a unique way with in-season ingredients or traditional Kaga vegetables results in course meals with a great sense of the season. The lunch set is popular featuring several sides like rice, miso soup, grilled fish, or sashimi. The nearest station is Kanazawa Station. Seating is limited so reservations are recommended.

We were lucky to get the last two places in this small restaurant - it has one table and a counter so best to reserve if you want to get in. We had an outstanding evening. The traditional Japanese...
Wajima Sushi Restaurant Shinpuku

4.5

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Kawaimachi 5-41-23

Wajima Sushi Restaurant Shinpuku in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture is a popular sushi restaurant not only for tourists but also for locals. The owner who worked as a fisherman is a true connoisseur and uses only natural ingredients caught from the local sea. It is famous for Noto asaichidon, a rice bowl topped with fresh seafood landed at the port in Noto. The nigiri set meal using local ingredients and Noto local cuisine are also popular. You can feel free to have lunch and also enjoy sushi and a la carte dishes with local sake in the evening.

ご主人は元漁師さんというお寿司屋さんです。紅ズワイ、白子等能登の美味しいネタをいただけました。お寿司は価格明示、お酒やつまみの類は昔ながらの時価ですが良心的と感じました。元々能登の日本酒が一番好みなこともあり地酒の数々も美味しかったです。
Mawaru Toyamawan Sushitama (Kanazawa Station Shop)

4.0

182 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kinoshimbomachi 1-1

This “conveyor belt” sushi shop is located inside “Kanazawa Hyakubangai,” a commercial center just past JR Kanazawa Station. Popular enough to draw in not just local shoppers, but tourists as well. They offer primarily the bounty of Hokuriku’s sea acquired that day from Ishikawa and Toyama ports, all at a reasonable price. Their pride and joy may be the sushi rice which features a combination of Noto koshihikari rice with vinegar from a classic shop. Besides sushi, there are great dishes like fresh sashimi, rare tastes of Hokuriku and famous Toyama white shrimp.

Found this place by accident as I was looking for food when I arrived by train. it was busy at lunch time but the food kept coming and it was fresh with plenty of variety. Staff were very...
Akame Sushi

4.0

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Honmachi 1-9-15

Famous shop for sushi and local cuisine, located a five-minute walk from Kanazawa Station. They have a diverse array of in-season seafood and traditional Kaga vegetables, focusing on local items. They are particularly confident in their “iki kawahagi (filefish cooked while it is still alive)” —sent directly from Kanazawa Port—offering it as sashimi, sushi, or in miso soup. With unique sweetness to enjoy, the liver is popular with sushi. Bounty of the ocean includes sweet shrimp, Iwagaki oyster, rockfish, crab. The popular “Hyakumangoku no sushi” is a good set that comes with 10 pieces of sushi, tempura, and miso soup.

Was recommended by Nikko hotel conceirge that this is best sushi in Kanazawa - they also recommended Yamashita which we tried the night before & since we were on way back to Tokyo, got the guide to...
Kanazawa Gyokusen-tei

4.5

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Koshoumachi 8-3

Kanawaza Gyokusen-tei located in Kosho Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture is a garden restaurant overlooking Gyokusen-en which is a chisenkaiyu-style (strolling around a pond and a fountain) garden with a history some 120 years longer than Kenroku-en Garden (one of the three famous gardens in Japan). The restaurant adding a modern essence on a house built in the late Edo period (1615-1865) is enhanced with an elegant atmosphere from table seating with a fusion of Japanese and European style to a private room which duplicates Kan’untei, a Kyoto Urasenke style tea room. You can enjoy delicious kaiseki ryori (a sophisticated Japanese multi-course meal), meticulously cooked seafood from the Japan Sea, and seasonal Kaga vegetables.

This is the kind of kaiseki that other establishments might strive for, and hope to attain. The atmosphere, the service, as well as the food all rate top scores. My friends and I had a very memorable...
Kanazawa Maimon Sushi Kanazawa Station Branch

4.0

200 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kinoshimbomachi 1-1 Kanazawa Hundred Street Aun and

Kanazawa Maimon Sushi Kanazawa Station Branch located in Kanazawa Hyakubangai Anto in Kanazawa Station is a sushi restaurant. It offers local sake and nigiri (formed sushi), including local fish such as blackthroat seaperch and Japanese glass shrimp. You can enjoy reasonably-priced local fish at lunchtime as it offers a Hokuriku Mankitsu lunch menu which is a nigiri set meal with blackthroat seaperch, Japanese glass shrimp and northern shrimp as well as a Jizakana Nigiri Nodoguro Temaki lunch menu which is seven nigiri with a blackthroat seaperch sushi hand roll.

Traditional sushi in Kanazawa are wonderful but wonderfully expensive. This place is great place to eat sushi and not get indigestion at the check. Staff very friendly and sushi masters excellent. I...
Notomae Ko Sushi

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ishikawa Pref. Housugunanamizumachi Omachi Chi 37-4

A sushi shop about one minute on foot from Anamizu Station. They sell sushi made with in-season Noto fish. Popular is the “Noto Anamizu kaisen don” with an assortment of 20 items, like in-season fish, or delicacies like “konowata” and “kuchiko” in sea cucumber. It is registered as a “Noto don” that gives you a taste of deep Oku-Noto.

昼は豪華にという事で奮発して食べましたが、値段はそれなりに高いが沢山の種類の魚が食べられ満足でした。魚のあら汁もとても美味しかったです。お店の前にも２~３台の車が止められますが穴水駅前の駐車場に車を止めさせてもらいました。駅前からあるいて5分くらいです。

Ishikawa

Kanazawa City Hakusan / Komatsu Kaga City Hakui / Kahoku Nanao Wajima Suzu

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Ishikawa Areas

Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.