Local Cuisine Spots in Kochi Area

  • Tosa Tataki Dojo
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    4.5
    42 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nida 201-2
    This restaurant is inside the Drive-In Katsuobune tourist stop located on the side of the Kuroshio Line in Niida, Kochi City. It is popular for allowing visitors to sear freshly-caught raw skipjack tuna themselves with burning straw. In addition to freshly-seared skipjack tuna, the restaurant also offers a la carte items, set meals, and takeout.

    JALダイナミックパッケージのびっくりオプションで格安だったので訪問。自分で藁焼きの体験が出来、それを食す。この時は生のカツオがあってラッキーとの事。添えてある他のものが若干萎びていながそこそこのお味。 ご馳走さまでした。

  • Shimantoya
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    4.0
    56 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Shimantoshi Yamachi 2494-1
    This souvenir shop is on the bank of the Shimanto River in Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture and contains a restaurant on the second floor. It opened in 1967. The first floor sells processed goods such as natural eel, shrimp, sweetfish, and seaweed from the Shimanto River, which is said to be Japan’s last remaining limpid river. The chef, who is also a river fisherman, offers dishes such as grilled eel and rice, natural salt-grilled sweetfish, fried river shrimp, and other local cuisine. Depending on the season, you may be able to sit outside on the terrace and gaze at the river while you eat.

    Luckily I could have limited available chacoal grilled “Tennen” eel (not farmed eel) which is cooked as Kansai style, however, a bit over cooked but still very tasty. Restaurant located on 2F with...

  • Tosa-no-Kuni Nijuyonmangoku
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    4.0
    30 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Obiyamachi 1-2-2
    This regional cuisine restaurant is located in Obiya-machi 1-Chome, Kochi City. It offers skipjack tuna seared in-house with straw, sushi made with seared skipjack tuna, and regional cuisine that focuses on the delicious food gathered from sea. Customers can try also Kochi’s famous local cuisine, sawachi ryori, which features a variety of dishes piled on a platter.

    高知に来たならば是非食べたかったのが、かつおのタタキです。店頭の案内に美味しそうなかつおのタタキの案内がありましたので、ふらっと入ってみました。かつおのタタキには、ポン酢か塩かを選択するようになっていましたので、塩を選びました。美味しかった!!

  • Kisetsu Ryori Taniguchi
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Shimantoshi Nakamuraohashidori 4-50
    This venerable Japanese restaurant is located near city hall in the center of Shimanto City. Guests can enjoy regional cuisine such as salted seared skipjack tuna and sea lettuce tempura made with local seasonal ingredients. The restaurant also has sets featuring Shimanto City’s delicacies that are gaining popularity.

    四万十市中村にある日本料理店。夕食に、アラ煮定食1100円とカツオのたたき半人前を注文。ブリのあら煮は身が柔らかくて味も良く、ご飯とよく合っていました。カツオのたたきはその美味しさにしびれました。手頃な価格でこの味を出しています。アラを綺麗に食べたら、感心していただき、こちらもうれしくなりました。

  • Local Cuisine Hanazen
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Shimantoshi Nakamurahigashimachi 1-8-19
    This restaurant specializing in regional cuisine is located in Nakamura Higashi-machi 1-Chome, Shimanto City. Its menu features dishes made with seasonal Shimanto River ingredients such as freshwater shrimp, sweetfish, eel, and sea lettuce. Other items include salted seared skipjack tuna, set meals featuring seasonal local ingredients, sushi, donburi (rice bowls), noodle dishes, and a la carte items. Weekday-only daily set meals are also available.

    るるぶに載っていて、禁煙の部屋があることを確認できたので行ってみました。町の中心からちょっと離れていますが、歩いていけました。おまかせセットを注文したのですが、カツオのたたきは塩とたれを選ぶことができました。2人で行ったので両方注文したところ、塩もおいしかったですがたれは絶品でした。高知市内の店とは全然違う味でした。

  • Tosa Ichiba
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    3.5
    38 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Harimayachou 1-3-11
    This restaurant specializing in regional cuisine is located in Harimaya-cho 1-Chome, Kochi City. Its offerings include their famous seared skipjack tuna, a local delicacy, a variety of whale dishes, and dishes made with fresh Tosa seafood preserved in a tank inside the restaurant. Guests can also order Sawachi ryori, a regional cuisine of Kochi featuring a variety of items piled on large plates, without needing a reservation. There is even “Omoide Sawachi” that can be enjoyed by guests dining alone.

    お昼に利用しました。帯屋町壱番街の中で東側の方です。店は通りの角にあり、メニューの写真が多数外にあります。かつおにしようかとも思いましたが、前日の夕食に別の店で藁焼きを食べていたので、しらす丼の定食にしました。うどんがセットでした。しらす丼の方は美味しかったです。海鮮以外のメニューもありました。中央公園駐車場の割引スタンプの対象の店になっていました。地元の方も気軽に利用している店のようでした。

  • Hirome Market
    Travel / Tourism
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Obiyamachi 2-3-1
    This eatery and souvenir shop is located inside the Hirome Market of “yatai” (food stand)” village, food court in Obiya-machi 2-Chome, Kochi City. It offers dishes made with seasonal fresh fish such as seared skipjack tuna and seared moray eel, whale dishes, oden (hodgepodge stew), udon and soba noodles, and other items. The sushi corner, which opens in the evenings and sells sushi by the piece, and nighttime exclusives such as buta no kakuni (stewed pork belly) are very popular. It also offers Kochi souvenirs such as local sake and sweets.
  • Tosa Cuisine Sawachi Cuisine Hon-ikezawa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Honmachi 2-1-19
    This is a local cuisine restaurant opened in 1925 by a well-established fish shop, located in Honmachi, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture. As well as fresh seafood from Kochi Central Wholesale Market, the restaurant boasts cuisine using ingredients from the mountains and the seas of Tosa. The main specialty is a Tosa dish “katsuo tataki-seared bonito,” It is a traditional dish where the raw bonito is seared over strong heat served with plenty of condiments with the delicious flavor of days gone. Sawachi ryouri, assorted local seasonal cuisine served on a large plate is also popular.
  • Warayaki Tataki Myojinmaru Hirome Market Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Obiyamachi 2-3-1 Within the Hirokomeri market
    Myojin Suisan Group’s “straw grilled kastuo-tataki, seared bonito” specialty store is located in Hirome Ichiba-market, in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture. It is a popular store famous for its “fisherman caught, fisherman cooked” catch copy and on holidays, there is a queue as soon as the store opens. “Straw grilled tataki,” the signature menu using rod and line fished bonito, is a delicious dish of freshly grilled thick bonito steaks seasoned with salt or dipped in sauce. Visitors can enjoy the freshness, the volume and the fragrant scent of the dish that can only be experienced at this specialty store located in the home of bonito fishing. Also, dishes such as harambo-marbled bonito, Shimizu mackerel sashimi, and set menus are offered.
  • Tosashokunin Koujiya
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nijudaimachi 7-23 Matsuyoshi Building 2/3F
    About an eight-minute walk from the Hasuikemachi stop on the electric streetcar, this Japanese-style pub offers the local cuisine of Kochi. The hinoki-wood interior features a counter made from a single plank of zelkova wood, with box seating and tatami seating—perfect for families, friends and event dining. You can enjoy a variety of dishes, like nabe (stew), sushi, grilled food made with fresh ingredients each season—the local bonito and Tosa giraud chicken in particular. The a la carte menu is extensive, as is the course dining. You can even dosome sake taste-testing.

    廿代町のグリーンロード沿いのビルの2階です。今回は、高知の地酒と一緒に土佐ジロー等をいただきました。お通しはブリ大根はブリのハラスはトロッと、切身はしっかりと味が染みていました。土佐ジローは、掴むと肉がしっかり絞まっているのが分かりました。塩コショウはしてありましたが、食べる時用に、ゆず胡椒が付いていました。まず、何も付けないでそのままの弾力を感じて食べることをお勧めします。

  • Suigeitei
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    4.5
    36 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Minamiharimayachou 1-17-25
    A three-minute walk from tram stops Harimayabashi Station. A restaurant for enjoying “good, fresh local cuisine and good sake.” Look for the tasteful store sign. Inside, you’ll find a relaxed atmosphere, with private rooms, counter seating and table seating. Enjoy special Kochi cuisine—with its wellspring of great ingredients, like bonito, moray eel, and whale—a la carte, or try rice bowls and meals-of-the-day made with local Kochi rice for lunch, or try course meals for dinner. There is a full lineup of alcohol too, like nihonshu and shochu, to go with your meal.

    予約して訪問しました。 兼ねてから皿鉢が食べてみたくてお邪魔したのですがメニュー見ていたら、あれもこれも魅力的な料理が多く迷いましたがやはり6千円の皿鉢を注文。 カツオは勿論、メニューに載っていた気になる鯨料理もいくつか入っていましたし、ウツボの唐揚げそして土佐巻も載っていてとにかくお腹いっぱいで後から頼もうと思っていた他のメニューにはたどり着けませんでした。これ一皿で土佐料理堪能できました!

  • Tsukasa Kochi Honten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Harimayachou 1-2-15
    Located a brief one-minute walk from Tosa Electric Railway Harimayabashi Station, this old shop—established 1917—serves Tosa cuisine. With a tataki demonstration area immediately next to the entrance, the elegant interior is perfect for families and groups, with tatami rooms, Japanese-style rooms with sunken kotatsu, and Western-style private rooms. During lunch, there’s the Tosa set meal and wateishoku set meal. At dinner, there are tataki sets, Tosa course meals, and many flavors from land and sea. “Sawachi” cuisine is a famous style borne in Nangoku Tosa.
  • Kachu Furusatokan
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Aki-shi Doi 1017-1
    A restaurant tucked away in an idyllic rural area. They offer a variety of items made with local Aki specialties. One of these is chirimen-jako (dried juvenile fish); they offer two types of rice bowls made with this: their regular Kamaage Chirimen Bowl and their Kakiage Chirimen Bowl. The Kakiage Chirimen Bowl is a local specialty, a hearty gem featuring a kakiage fritter made with chirimen-jako and wild vegetables, with even more chirimen-jako layered beneath. Adding condiments such as seaweed, grated radish, and sesame will give it a lighter flavor. The shop also sells souvenirs and specialty products, making it the perfect place to stop while strolling around Doikachu.

    Aki is famous for eggplants and chirimen, and you can get your fill of both here. I recommend the chirimendon or the eggplant curry (only available on certain days).

  • TATAKI KOBO
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Kochi-shi Kerako 860-1
    A shop selling authentic, traditional, straw-roasted bonito. They use fresh bonito purchased daily and sell quick-seared bonito by the gram. Meals also available with a reservation from March until the end of November. They also offer fatty bonito belly, raw bonito mince, and seared fatty tuna belly; their refined Tosa sake and shochu spirits are great for gifts or home use.
  • Shamoden
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Kochi-shi Obiyamachi 2-3-1 Hirome Market
    A restaurant specializing in Shamo chicken, a Japanese game breed. It opened in Kochi City's Hirome Market in 2015. Besides a variety of main dishes made with a Nankoku City-raised Shamo breed, they also serve other local Kochi fare like rare seared bonito and deep-fried moray eel chunks. Don't miss the Shamo chicken hot pot, one of Sakamoto Ryoma's favorites.
  • Morisawa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Tosa-shi Ietoshi 989-1
    Fish is indispensable to dining tables in Tosa. This restaurant is where you can enjoy fresh seasonal dishes with Tosa’s unique brilliant cooking method. The fresh bonito caught off the coast of Tosa is also carefully selected, and their dishes such as “warayaki tataki” straw fire cooking, the Tosa delicacy “utsubo” (moray eel), sarachi large dishes course and so on.
  • Nishimura Shoten To Sanosa To Agri Colet
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Kochi-shi Kitagoza 10-10 To Sanosa To Agri Colet
  • Ajimi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Yakuchichou 4-9
  • Yu Ki Ya
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Kochi-shi Obiyamachi 1-chome 9-25

    大将夫婦と息子さんで切り盛りする小さなお店。 カウンター4席と座敷が2つの店なので、必ず行きたい方は予約が無難。 漠然と戻りカツオを食べに行きたいなと思っていた際に、近くのホテルのポイントが切れるのに気付き、有効期限延命のために泊まるホテルを決めた。 更に徒歩で近いところにカツオを食べに行こうとネット検索し、来店に至った偶然の店。 自分が入店したすぐ後にカップルが入店しており、人気は高いと思われる...

  • Hana Tsuru
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kochi Kochi-shi Honmachi 3-2-45

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The largest of Shikoku’s prefectures, Kochi is endowed with some of the island’s most exceptional sand beaches lining the Pacific Ocean, which narrows into the Shimanto-gawa, a huge river that stretches 196 kilometers into the prefecture, passing verdant mountains and hosting countless riverside activities. Whether you’re a pilgrim or not, Kochi’s 16 Buddhist temples that make up one leg of the Shikoku Pilgrimage are worth a visit, particularly Chikurin-ji for its five-tier pagoda.

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