Japanese Food Spots in Yamagata Area

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Hagurosan Saikan

4.5

26 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Haguromachitouge 7

This facility offering food and accommodation is located on the grounds of Dewasanzan Shrine, in Haguro Town, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. As a temple originally named “Kezouin,” it is the last remaining building to have been lived in by Haguro mountain priests. One can enjoy the delicate and exquisite taste of seasonal mountain vegetables and mushrooms picked from the foot of Dewasanzan, used in vegetarian cuisine and said to have entertained the poet Matsuo Basho, famous for writing “Oku no Hosomichi” (The Narrow Road to Oku). Accommodation is available but there are few private rooms, most being partitioned rooms amidst a larger one.

Our meal at Saikan came at the end of a weekend getaway for myself and 5 friends. We visited the Temple at the top of Mt Haguro in April. There is still deep snow then and unfortunately, it was...
Yamagatada

4.0

39 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Jounanmachi 1-1-1 Kasagi Central 1F

A one minute walk in an area directly connected to Yamagata Station. An izakaya Japanese-style bar where you can enjoy local Yamagata cuisine and sakes. Relax in the sunken kotatsu-style seating area modeled after a cherry orchard. The Yamagata native chef prepares delicious cuisine using local fish and vegetables with an emphasis on freshness. The restaurant’s courses are particularly popular, giving diners the chance to enjoy seasonal dishes and a main course of pork shabu-shabu made with SPF (specific-pathogen-free) pork. Other seasonal Yamagata cuisine on offer includes imoni taro and meat stew, a local Yamagata specialty, and Yonezawa beef.

場所は山形駅前、ワシントンホテルの1階にある。訪問は5月、旅行も自粛傾向から完全に開放されたわけではないので客もそこそこ。日本酒飲み比べ、山形・米沢牛食べ比べ。芋煮・玉こんにゃく、あけび。飲み食べ比べ、言うことなし！しいて言えばどれもちょっと辛め？傾向。玉こんにゃく、こんなに味がしみ込んでいるとは。アケビ、初めて食す、おいしかった。値段ちょっと高めかな？と思うも山形の味に満...
Sakana Ichi Yamagata Station Main Shop

4.0

24 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kasumichou 1-7-7

This izakaya Japanese-style pub is near to Yamagata Station and focuses on Yamagata products. They offer a variety of Yamagata home-style cooking using fresh Shonai seafood and vegetables, and Yonezawa beef including stewed taros, tamakon konjac balls. There is also a wide variety of local sakes such as Dewazakura, Jokigen and Kudokijozu on the menu bought direct from the brewers by the owner.

They offer almost all the Yamagata Sake so Sake lovers should like this place. However the kind of dishes are somewhat limited and the price is rather expensive. I mean the taste is good but not good...
Beef Restaurant Sukiyaki Tokiwa

4.5

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Chuou 7-2-3 Congested wave beef shop 2F

This Yonezawa beef specialist was founded in 1894. Their flagship dish is sukiyaki, but they also serve shabu-shabu hotpot, charcoal grilled beef, cubed steaks, and many other dishes with Yonezawa beef. They also have a junmai ginjo sake, Tokiwa, brewed especially to match their sukiyaki and other beef dishes.

米沢で一番古い1894年創業の老舗米沢牛専門店。階段で飲食フロアーに、店の歴史が掲示され、米沢牛の看板、期待が高まり入店。ロースと赤身のすき焼き定食を注文。すき焼きの肉が運ばれまずは見惚れる。大きくスライスされた肉はほんのり脂がのっている。腹がグウと鳴る...
Restaurant Marubun

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Ekimae 3-2-18

A well-established restaurant with a history of over 60 years, Marubun is located a one-minute on foot from Yonezawa Station. They offer many dishes, such as Yonezawa beef dishes, as well as local dishes using local ingredients, and soba and udon which use locally-produced soba (buckwheat).
Tokiwa Beef Shop - Noboru

3.5

18 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Kanaike 5-10-21

Noboru is a restaurant specializing in Yonezawa beef. It is located in 5 Chome Kanaike, Yonezawa City. As well as sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, steaks, and other individual dishes, the restaurant has an expansive menu of dishes made with Yonezawa beef, such as the ‘Yonezawa beef Beef-centric dishes’ with all sorts of different beef dishes to enjoy. Other dishes where guests can enjoy the Yonezawa beef include gyudon (a bowl of rice topped with beef), beef plate set, beef hot pot set, and grilled beef bowl, etc.

家族で訪れました。今回は米沢牛づくしで、牛鍋に牛小鉢、ステーキ、焼肉と牛を堪能。落ち着いた雰囲気と心地よいサービスに満足です。
Yonezawa Gyutei Good

4.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Shimohanazawa 1-3-4

This is a specialist Yonezawa beef restaurant located in Shimohanazawa 1 Chome, Yonezawa City. Using only carefully-selected Yonezawa Beef heifers, which are said to be particularly tasty, it serves steaks, shabu shabu (thinly sliced beef dipped in hot soup), sukiyaki (thinly sliced beef cooked with vegetables and sauce) and yakiniku Korean barbeque. There are also individual dishes such as broiled beef sushi and shabu shabu set meals.

米沢牛亭ぐっどに行きました。コロナの影響からかテイクアウトのお弁当も売っていました。小上がりもあります。お客さんは、コロナの影響か少ないです６人がけのテーブルに席を一つ離して座るように言われました。ステーキセットは高級すぎるので、リーズナブルなものにしました。私はちょっと奮発してGOODなお勧めという米沢牛ステーキセット150g3500円にしました。 Mさんはステーキ重1900円 Nさ...
Uesugi Hakushakutei (Uesugi Earl's House)

4.0

39 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Marunouchi 1-3-60 Uesugi Memorial Hall

The Uesugi Hakushakutei (Uesugi Earl’s House), which was built as the residence for the 14th Earl Mochinori of the Uesugi clan on the site of Ninomaru in the former Yonezawa Castle in 1896, was burnt to the ground in the Great Fire of Yonezawa, but the building and the gardens, landscaped by Tokyo Hamarikyu, were completed in 1925. Following this it became the Uesugi Memorial Hall where local cuisine was served and exhibitions were held. It is the only place in Yonezawa where guests can enjoy ‘katemono’, or food items, created by Lord Yozan Uesugi and said to be the origin of Yonezawa’s local cuisine.

I had a wonderful experience at Uesugi Hakushakutei for my first visit in Yonezawa and yet it is still a must-go to place whenever Im in Yonezawa. It is a perfect place to have proper lunch or...
Ogiya Beef Meat Pia

4.5

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Chuou 1-11-9

This restaurant is proud to serve Yonezawa beef, which is famous all over Japan as a leading beef brand, matured at low temperatures. Customers can enjoy this superb beef even for a casual lunch at any time and at a reasonable price. Customers can feel peace of mind with the detailed information provided concerning the beef that is on sale from producers to individual identification. It is around seven minutes by car from JR Yonezawa Station.

ビーフカツを食べたことがなく、調べてみたところ、こちらで食べられることを知り訪れました。すぐ隣に有料駐車場があり、そちらに駐車。無料駐車場がないのは、ちょっと残念。 1階がお肉屋さんで、2階が食事の出来るミートピアとなります。お目当てのビーフカツ定食と牛扇漬け定食にメンチカツを単品で1つ追加。どちらの定食もこの店の人気メニューかと思いますが、お値段的に見てさすがに米沢牛ではないと思いま...
Yamagata Nagaya Sakaba

4.0

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kasumichou 1-8-8 Yamagata Daiichi Building 1F

A place for indulging in Yonezawa beef, local Yamagata sake, and seafood auctioned at the Yamagata City Central Wholesale Market, the Yamagata Nagaya Sakaba features a menu and interior so thoroughly imbued with Yamagata culture, you could get to know the whole prefecture by visiting. You may have trouble deciding which local dish to try first. Every Sunday features a Hanakasa Odori performance as well. As for the local sake, 49 brands of Yamagata sake are available—great for the connoisseur. Four minutes on foot from JR Yamagata Station.

古風な感じの居酒屋で、郷土料理に地酒が楽しめます。お通しが湯豆腐にしゃぶしゃぶと、豪勢です。途中、花笠音頭を踊ったりと山形を楽しめました。
Koi no Rokujuri

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Higashi 1-8-18

At this tastefully decorated restaurant, you can eat cuisine using the best quality carp carefully selected by experts and grown in the clear mountain waters of the castle town, Yonezawa. The restaurant is a traditional Japanese structure, opulent and calm, created by purchasing a 200-year-old merchant hotel in Nakatsugawa and decorating it with old wood. The restaurant’s three special dishes are wonderful, not to mention the lunchtime-only set meals. It is around 11 minutes on foot from JR Yonezawa Station.

脂はすっかり抜けているが、魚の旨味はしっかりと凝縮されている。シャクシャク...と言うかなんと言うか、洗い独特の食感。もし、何も言わずに供されたら、スズキの洗いと判別が付かない方も多いのではないだろうか。それくらい川魚特有のクセを感じない。鯉...こんなに美味しかったっけ？刺身がふた切れほど添えられているが、身が締まって旨味の塊になっている洗いに比べて、刺身はやわらかく、脂も残っている。臭みもとく...
Kaisen-donya Tobishima

4.0

79 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Sakatashi Funabachou 2-5-102F

This restaurant, which opened in 2003, specializes in fresh seafood and marine products. It offers fresh fish caught off the Shonai coast of the Japan Sea for reasonable prices. The “funamori-zen” and “tobishima-zen” dishes, of which only 30 to 50 portions are available daily, offer incredible volume for an amazing price. The other sets and rice bowls are popular for offering hearty helpings of seafood. It’s about a 10-minute drive from JR Sakata Station.

朝定はおすすめ。まず、会計で前払い。並んでいうちにお目当てが売れきれとなり、「無難な朝定食」を選びましたが、大当たり。朝から何千円もする「海鮮丼」は食べる気ないし、良かったです。
Gourmet Plaza Kongokaku Bishamon

4.0

22 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Sakuragichou 3-41

This store in Sakuragicho, Yonezawa City specializes in top-rate Yonezawa beef. Their menu is packed with items like sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, steak, gozen sets, and a la carte dishes. For weekday lunches they offer set meals like their Teppan Yakiniku Teishoku with grilled beef and Sukidon Teishoku with a beef topped bowl of rice. Apart from regular seating, they also have private rooms and banquet halls.

米沢駅よりタクシーで5分、大型の店舗に驚きです。料理ごとにフローが分かれ焼肉は２階でした。半個室に通され、お手頃価格のスタミナランチを注文。カルビ、牛タン、切落し、ミックスホルモン。どの部位も旨味が濃くほんのり甘い脂がたまりません。特製ダレが絡むシロも美味しい。追加で中落カルビ、旨味が増しとろける食感。とにかく美味しい米沢牛、またお邪魔します。
Naa

4.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Fukuda Instep 41

This is a farmhouse restaurant on Prefectural Route 332 in Fukuda, Tsuruoka City. At lunch guests choose between main dishes of fish or meat, served with organically grown Hitomebore rice. In the evening, they offer the bounty of land and sea in dishes such as Shonai pork shabushabu and fresh seasonal fish. Reservations are required at least one day in advance. You can spend the night in their 130-year-old main building as well (limited to 2 groups per night).

鶴岡駅から車で湯野浜温泉へ向かう途中にあります。古民家風のお店です。玄関で靴を脱いで上がります。個室もあるようですが、大きなお部屋のテーブル席でした。昼膳は、メイン2品を選び、また小鉢ふた皿で、1,250円。メインは、豚肉とサメの天麩羅をチョイス。ご飯はひとめぼれと玄米半々で。小鉢は、こちらで採れた無農薬野菜。素朴な感じのお店でした。
Shonai Zakko

5.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Honchou 1-8-41

This washoku Japanese restaurant is in Honcho, Tsuruoka City. They offer exquisite dishes made with seasonal seafood from nearby Shonai Beach, as well as Shonai grown vegetables. Zakko means fish in Shonai dialect and guests dine on local and meticulously selected seasonal fish, as the name suggests. It has counter seating and zashiki floor seating, along with private rooms that make it great for ceremonial occasions.

白魚とわらびの和え物、モズクの出汁和え、姫竹などなど旬の食材を使った珍しいお料理が次から次と出てきました。どれも新鮮でかつ斬新で締めの五目御飯まで美味しくいただきました。大満足です！
Kurayashiki LUNA

4.5

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Shouwamachi 12-23

This is a Japanese cuisine restaurant in Showa Town, Tsuruoka City. This restaurant transformed a historic Edo period sake cellar into a dining place. The antique European furnishings go well with the thick vault doors and dried persimmon stained beams, creating a Japanese-modern atmosphere. Kaiseki fine Japanese cuisine is offered specializing in the local Yamagata beef, Shonai seafood, Shonai vegetables and of course the Yamagata brand rice, Tsuyahime. The space is available for weddings as well.

妻と鶴岡旅行時夕食の食事処として訪問しました[注文したのは月の旅人コース...
Hirata Farm Tonya (Sakata Store)

4.0

34 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Sakatashi Mizuho 2-17-8 Garden Palace Mizuho 1F

This is a pork cutlet and pork cuisine specialty restaurant located along National Route 7 in Mizuho, Sakata City. Insisting on direct to store sales solely from the Hirata Farm, their motto is to serve 'really delicious pork that naturally makes your tummy happy.' The pork cutlet using Hirata Farm sangen pigs, raised in an optimal environment with safe feed, provides a quality taste with the true nuanced flavor of pork.

おいしいとんかつだった。久しぶりにお昼ごはんでご飯をお替りしてしてしまった。とんかつ自体は胸焼けせずさっぱりして楽しめた。
Yoshitei

4.5

21 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yonezawashi Montoumachi 1-3-46

This is a Yonezawa beef specialty restaurant located along Prefectural Route 2 in Monto-machi, Yonezawa City. This restaurant offers various beef dishes such as sukiyaki, shabushabu, grilled steak, and also a full-course menu featuring the regional foods. Even the weekday lunch menu (including holidays and weekends in winter) features the beef extravaganza, the grilled beef or steak dishes.

If I were the owner of this restaurant, I would make one like this. It exists for special customers. The time spent in a limited life is...
Suzumasa

4.0

28 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Sakatashi Hiyoshichou 1-6-18

This sushi bar was founded in 1955 on the current site near Hie Shrine in Hiyoshi-cho, Sakata City. One can enjoy a bottle of microbrew jizake along with seasonal fresh nigiri-sushi or a la carte items. With the omakase chef selection course, 12-13 different items are prepared not only with soy sauce, but salt, citrus pepper, or grilled, as most tasteful at the discretion of the chef.

One of the best Sushi restaurants in Japan , I have been to Today was my second time , last time was a year ago and was very much looking forward to go there again
Takitaro

4.0

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Nishikimachi 8-30

This washoku Japanese restaurant is located in Nishikicho, Tsuruoka City. They offer a variety of dishes made with seasonal Shonai seafood and wild vegetables, providing a unique dining experience with each season. Spring features the local specialty mosojiru soup, and oysters are on the menu in summer. In autumn guests dine on the region's delectable hatahata sandfish, and in winter there is Dongara-jiru soup made with codfish.

吹雪の夜、鶴岡の名物『鱈汁』の定食を頂きました。お酒は要らなかったので、定食でお腹いっぱい堪能しました。鱈汁は、あらゆる部位が入っているのですが、そのお陰でお出汁がたっぷりでていて、美味しかったです。駅からは少し離れていますが、ビジネスホテルが近くにあるのでそういうひとが近くですませるのに良さそうてす。

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Yamagata Areas

Although often overlooked, Yamagata prefecture by no means lacks appeal: the Yamadera temple trail through the mountains, deliciously tender Yonezawa wagyu, and over 100 steaming hot springs, most notably Zao Onsen, await visitors. When winter comes, the snowcapped peaks become dotted with skiers by day and onsen-goers by night, while summer brings the celebration of juicy Yamagata cherries.