Local Cuisine Spots in Yamaguchi Area

  • Heikejaya Fugu and Japanese Cuisine
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Pref. Shimonosekishi Mimosusogawachou 1-1
    A Japanese restaurant in Shimonoseki City. Come try Japanese cuisine that uses Shimonoseki’s specialties: puffer-fish in the winter and live squid in the summer. The puffer-fish is carefully prepared and served as sashimi with nice texture or in a puffer-fish hot-pot. The mouthfeel and sweetness of the squid is a delight to the senses and is prepared in a variety of ways including raw sashimi, shumai dumplings, and fried tempura.

    特に調べて行ったわけではありませんでしたが、家族の誕生日に出かけ、ちょうどお昼ということで立ち寄りました。予約もしていなかったので混雑しているようなら他所でもいいかなと思っていたところ、2Fの部屋に案内され完全にプライベートランチでした。天気もよく関門海峡を眺めながらのゆっくりとした食事でした。瓦そばがメインですが、他も上品な味でした。

  • Fukunoseki (Kamonwharf Branch)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Pref. Shimonosekishi Karatochou 6-11F
    A puffer-fish restaurant in Shimonoseki City is located inside a mall, Kamonwharf, which is next to Karato Marketplace and Shimonoseki Aquarium, Kaikyokan. Try fresh Japanese produce focusing on puffer-fish and whale. Enjoy a variety of Shimonoseki flavors in sashimi, rice bowl and tempura dishes.
  • Roadside Station Sazanseto Towa Local Cuisine Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Oshima-gun Suooshimacho Nishigata 1958-77 Roadside Station Sazanseto Towa 2F
  • Blowfish and Choshu cuisine KATSUMOTO
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Shimonoseki-shi Tanakamachi 8-11

    出張時の会食で伺いました。 てっさはとても綺麗に盛られ、素敵なお皿の柄が浮き出てました。ざーっと大人のように掬うのは無理でしたが、歯触りも良くとても美味しかったです。 唐揚げやお鍋もとても美味しく、雰囲気も良かったです。 ヒレ酒はあぶらないタイプでした。 身酒と白子酒もあり、珍しさで頼みましたが、やはりヒレ酒にはかなわなかった!

  • Nishikikaro
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Iwakuni-shi Sekido 1-109
    "A souvenir shop and restaurant serving local cuisine and on Prefectural Route 1 in 1 Chome, Sekido, Iwakuni City. While gazing out at the Nishiki River, you can dine on Japanese style gozen meal sets featuring Iwakuni-zushi. The on-site cafe offers sweets such as their Kintai Gokyo Baumkuchen cake and light fare. They also sell souvenirs like folk crafts, Yamaguchi produced sake, and ""hasumochi,"" an Iwakuni specialty sweet with dough made with lotus root."

    近隣の所蔵と、生協とともに春の催しを共同開催していました。お買い物によるスタンプラリーをしていたため、立ち寄ってみました。 一般的な、お土産もの屋さんと飲食のスペースがあり、お土産などを購入するのには良いと思います。

  • Waraji
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi Gofukumachi 1-4
    This restaurant is near Kikuya Yokocho, the old castle town of Hagi. The shop is outfitted with raised tatami floor seats and counter seating, and offers cuisine made with local ingredients. The Unidon Teishoku meal set features a rice bowl topped with loads of fresh Hagi-caught sea urchin with sides of local seasonal vegetable dishes, and is popular for its hefty volume. Their Sansai no Kamameshi Teishoku meal set features local rice cooked in clean spring water with sea urchin, turban snails, chicken, and mountain herbs. The udon is light and refreshing, finished with slices of local natsumikan summer citrus, making it perfect for a quick bite during your castle town stroll. With advance reservations you can also try home-style dishes like Itokoni (chilled clear soup containing shiratama-dango sticky rice flour dumplings and azuki beans), and Noppe Jiru country stew made with vegetables and chicken.

    地元食材の豚カツ定食を注文しましたが、肉の厚さ、ご飯の量がお上品な方向きで足りなかったです。女性や高齢の方にはちょうどいいのかも。食欲旺盛な方には不十分です。もう少し肉の厚みがあるとうれしい限り。観光客相手のお店だからボリュームは期待してはいけないのかも。

  • Kihagi Restaurant
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Hagi-shi
    "This seafood restaurant is inside Roadside Station Hagi Seamart. There is a seafood market connected to the facility, meaning they have access to the freshest fish and more. Their Gokujo Akaunidon rice bowl features lavish servings of red sea urchin, sometimes called the ""phantom urchin"" for its rarity, and is only available from May to October. The elegant sweetness fills your mouth with every bite of this decadent dish! The shop's most popular dish since its founding, though, is the Kihagi Special (seafood rice bowl), which features loads of locally caught fish with a house-made sauce that brings out their natural flavor."

    道の駅「萩しーまーと」にあるレストラン。「来萩スペシャル」という海鮮丼を頼みました。どの魚も新鮮さがあり、甘い醤油と合って美味しかったです。ふぐフライも単品で頼みました。こちらも肉厚でとても美味しかったです!他の料理もとても美味しそうでした。ここはお勧めできるレストランです。

  • Fugu-dokoro Sajika
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Hofu-shi Hachioji 1-23-13
    This restaurant specializes in blowfish and conger eel cuisine and is located just a two-minute walk from the Tenjin-guchi exit of Hofu Station. In the relaxed atmosphere of the shop interior you can enjoy local Suonada natural caught blowfish and farmed blowfish bought from the Shimonoseki Karato Market. The blowfish from Sajika is known for its taste as it is prepared in the morning and then allowed to season for several days to dramatically enhance the flavor. Their Sajika Course meal is a popular way to explore the wonders of blowfish as it includes six different presentations of blowfish including dishes such as jellied fish and blowfish sashimi. From May to mid-September you can also enjoy summer dishes including conger eel.

    防府読売マラソンで訪れました。せっかく遠征してきたし何か地の物をと考えた結果、やはり河豚でしょう、と。ただ、河豚は鍋など大勢で食べるイメージ。一人旅だったこともあり恐る恐る電話で問い合わせてみると大丈夫とのこと。カウンター席で絶品河豚に巡り合うことが出来ました。旬ということもあってお店は次々にお客さんが訪れていたので予約していくのが無難だと思います。

  • Kobo Chaya (workshop and cafe) BASARA GAMA
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamaguchi Yanai-shi Yanai 5275
    A Japanese and Western confectioner with attached pottery workshop. Enjoy their traditional Yanai dishes and original desserts within the classic building that reminds you of a bygone era. Their specialty Cha-Gayu is a traditional Yanai dish made by cooking rice in roasted green tea. Their popular Cha-Gayu Set meal pairs the simple flavor of Cha-Gayu with simmered and pickled side dishes as well as a dessert and its gentle flavor is the perfect way to sooth your tired mind and body.
  • Shirokujichu Hikariten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Aeon light store 2F, Asae, Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi character tree garden 1756-1, 743-0021
  • Wagurume Hofuten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Aeon Hofu store 1F, 1-3, Chuocho, Hofu-shi, Yamaguchi, 747-0802

Yamaguchi Areas

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Heading west along Japan’s largest island, Honshu, the very last prefecture you’ll reach is Yamaguchi, separated from Kyushu by a small strip of water known as the Kanmon Straits, which the far-reaching harbor city Shimonoseki looks over. With water at every turn, the seafood of Yamaguchi is an indisputable highlight, and we’re not talking just the usual fish dishes - the notorious fugu, or puffer fish, is a Japanese delicacy that was discovered in Yamaguchi prefecture, making it the best place to try it out.

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