Japanese Food Spots in Ibaraki Area

  • Kaachan-no-Mise
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8253-20
    Located near “Oarai Fishing Port” in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture, this restaurant is directly operated by the fishermen’s union. It’s a popular spot for trying fresh local fish, even attracting visitors from outside the prefecture. The cooks are usually the wives and daughters of the local fishermen. There are dishes like sashimi and set meals featuring fresh fish like sea bream, flounder, and octopus. The “Nama-shirasu-don” with clear raw sardines is the most popular.
  • Seafood and Rice Bowl Restaurant Kaisen Domburi-Tei
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8253-56
    "A market and seafood restaurant located a 10-minute drive from the Mito-Oarai interchange. The facility's market area sells fresh fish from Oarai and the Kashima Sea as well as processed foods like homemade dried fish and shiokara fermented seafood paste. The restaurant portion of the facility serves an abundant array of dishes made possible thanks to the incredibly fresh seafood available from the nearby fishing port. The ""Ganbappe Oarai Teishoku"" set meal comes with deep fried local fish, fresh broiled clams, and other dishes made with an abundance of seasonal ingredients. Also including shirasu oroshi whitebait and grated daikon radish, rice, and assorted sides, this hearty set meal is sure to satisfy."

    待ち時間は非常に長いです。早くから空いているので、朝食にも利用できます。前回は7時半ごろに並んで食べたのが11時。ランチになってしまいました。 今回は初めからランチ狙い。11時に到着。ラッキーなことに2組待ちだったので、すぐ座れました。相方が食したマグロのカマ塩焼き定食は相変わらずの迫力。大量の刺身も付いているので大満腹。私はマグロステーキ定食。隣の席のマグロのテールの焼き物も気になったので、次回...

  • Otsu Gyokyo Chokuei Ichiba Shokudo
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Sekinamichou Nida 789-3
    "A Japanese seafood restaurant located a five-minute drive from JR Otsuko Station. The restaurant serves a variety of fresh dishes made with seasonal seafood just caught in the sea off northern Ibaraki. The ""Nama Shirasu-don"" rice bowl is particularly renowned-a seasonal item, it is made only with whitebait caught that day so fresh it was not even brought to market. "

    たこのから揚げを注文し、ひとつ口に入れてみたところ中が凍っていたため店員さんを呼び交換してもいましたが、出てきたものの中に先ほど口に入れ歯形のついたものが混じっていました。 客が口にしたものを再調理し提供するような店です。

  • Yamasa Suisan Ichiba-zushi Restaurant
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    4.0
    73 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Minatohonchou 21-3
    A conveyor belt sushi restaurant located close to Nakaminato Fishing Port, one of the largest fishing points in the northern Kanto area. Owned and operated by Yamasa Suisan, the largest fish retailer in the Nakaminato Fish Market, the restaurant's popularity stems from both its large variety of large, fresh sushi and its excellent value. The restaurant's stunning sushi is twice the size of sushi served elsewhere. The restaurant's seasonal seafood comes from the nearby Nakaminato Fishing Port, ensuring it's impeccably fresh. Almost always bustling with customers, inside customers will find a sign indicating the day's recommendations. The restaurant also offers an all-you-can-eat with an advance reservation for a party of 10 or more people.

    Next by fish market nakaminato. This sushi restaurant has good quality not only the cheap. Finally mast careful for not expected credit card on here.

  • Ajidokoro Omori
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    4.5
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 3152-1
    "A Japanese restaurant located in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture. The restaurant offers a diverse selection of dishes made with local fish, focusing in particular on pilchard served sashimi, tataki (seared), and tempura-style. The restaurant's ""Tokusen Kaisen-don"" rice bowl is particularly popular and covered with so much seafood, you can't even see the rice underneath. Another of the restaurant's pluses is that customers can enjoy seasonal Oarai flavors like rock oysters in the summer and goosefish nabe hotpot in the fall. The restaurant's ""Ryoshi no Dobujiru"" seafood miso soup, made without any water added, is limited to just one customer a day. The establishment's monthly special set meals are limited to 10 customers a day. The restaurant also offers omakase chef's choice courses perfect for important and special occasions."

    Excellent raw fish dishes. They are specialized in Sardine with 6 or more different cooking style. We enjoyed Whitebait or icefish just arrived from the fishing boat. Big Oysters you can eat raw...

  • Ichu
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 7812-8
    "A cafe and restaurant located a 10-minute drive from Oarai Town which serves traditional and modern Japanese cuisine made with select ingredients. Outside, the restaurant sports a chic residential exterior; inside, the restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere with jazz music, counter seating, and a living room-like cafe space. For lunch, the restaurant offers an ""Umi no Sachi Kaiseki-zen"" meal made with an abundance of seafood, while for dinner the establishment serves course meals. The restaurant's table seating area offers a view of a beautiful garden, while the counter seating area has a classy atmosphere; wherever you sit, you're sure to enjoy a special meal."

    月曜に、土曜のランチの予約をして訪問しました。口コミがよかったから念のためにです。やはり、評判の店で、全席満員で、我々は、2人でしたので、カウンターでした。しかし、ご主人の調理の手元が見えて、最高の席です。ご主人がこの日20人くらいの料理をテキパキこなしていました。ホール係は奥様と娘さん?だと思います。2人だけです。ですから、大変だと思います。お飲物、給仕。 場所は、案内もない、一軒家ですので、知...

  • Kappo Uomasa
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Daikumachi 2-1-23
    A Japanese restaurant established in 1903 located a 20-minute walk from the north exit of Mito Station on the JR Joban Line. The restaurant serves monkfish, a delicate variety of seafood whose flavor can easily become off if not extremely fresh, paying great attention to the freshness and preparation methods used. Menu selections include monkfish nabe hotpot, vinegared monkfish, and monkfish sashimi, a particular rarity. The restaurant also serves gozen meals which include dishes like tempura made with natto fermented beans from Mito, and squid and natto; as well as traditional kaiseki course meals made with seasonal ingredients such as Hitachi beef and common orient clams from the Kashima Sea.

    水戸市ではあんこう鍋のお店がたくさん並んでいます。一度試せばいいと思ってここにしました。食べ方がよくわからなかったが、スタッフが変わりにやってくれるので、大丈夫です。アン肝が塊のまま食べれると期待していましたが、形のないものですぐに溶けてしまいました。ちょっと残念。 旅の思い出として食べてもいいですが、一度で十分という考え方もあります。安くはないよ。

  • Uoyasu
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Nakaguntoukaimura Muramatsu 214-13
    "A Japanese seafood restaurant which has been in business for over 30 years located a two-minute walk from the ""Masaki Higashi"" bus stop on the bus leaving from Tokai Station on the Joban Line in Naka County, Ibaraki Prefecture. The restaurant serves sashimi, seafood rice bowls, kamani hotpots, and lovingly made using fresh, local seafood and tuna stocked each morning from the market by the owner. The restaurant also offers seasonal goosefish nabe hotpot and goosefish liver in ponzu sauce, as well as reservation-only kabutoyaki broiled tuna head. The restaurant carries several varieties of seasonal sakes and also has courses for parties and Buddhist memorial services."

    Restaurants in country sides are quite different from those in metropolitan cities. First. Their prices are cheap but it doesnt mean that the quality of food is bad. Actually it is sometimes better...

  • Mirokutei
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Fukuroda 195
    A local cuisine restaurant which has been in business for over 70 years located in an area with a view of Fukuroda Falls (also known as Yodo-no-taki) in Kuji County, Ibaraki Prefecture. While taking in the seasonal beauty of the area, diners can enjoy dishes such as oden stew flavored with miso, Japanese pepper, and yuzu; kenchin soba noodles dipped in a miso soup filled with vegetables; kon'nyaku devil's tongue jelly served sashimi style and dengaku style broiled with miso. Beverages on offer include iced coffee and iced green tea made with spring water. The restaurant also offers several desserts, like mitsumame jelly cubes and fruit.

    袋田の滝の橋を渡った先、出口方面の途中にある食堂です。川沿いの席に座ると、袋田の滝の下の方が見渡せます。紅葉の時期に行きましたが、風情があります。注文したのはつけそばで、薬味が紅葉の上にのっているなど、いきな感じです。出てきたお茶も、薬膳ぽいものでした。混雑している袋田の滝見学から、一服できる場所です。

  • Janome Zushi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Okushichou 2087
    "A restaurant serving original goosefish sushi and local fish nigiri sushi located in Okushi-cho, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Focusing on local fish from the Nakaminato Fish Market and the Port of Oarai, the restaurant offers dishes made with ultra-fresh life seafood. Diners can enjoy seasonal goosefish sushi and seafood rice bowls and nigiri sushi made with select fish personally stocked by the owner. The restaurant also offers slightly unusual selections like the ""Sushi Deco,"" a sushi assortment resembling a decorated cake (reservation required)."
  • Renkonya
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Ushikushi Kamiya 1-6-8
    A restaurant serving creative cuisine created by a chef who trained in Ginza and the United States located a 15-minute walk from the east exit of Ushiku Station on the JR Joban Line. The restaurant serves hasamiage lotus root fill-and-fry made with fresh, crisp lotus root from a specially contracted farm; sweet potato buns; and harihari nabe hotpot made with Mizuna greens and Shurei pork raised in Ibaraki Prefecture. Diners can also taste fresh fish personally stocked by the owner at the market served sashimi style and grilled with yuzu. The restaurant also offers a variety of courses for a girls night out, going away event, or other party.

    This is one of the famous place in this location. They use pretty fresh seasonal vegetables, raw fish and seasonal recommended Sake they surve. Food and sake matching is sofisticated.

  • Komatsuya
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Yamatomachi 5-3
    A boxed lunch shop selling eel and tsukudani foods boiled and preserved in soy sauce. Established in 1916, the shop is located a three-minute walk from the west exit of Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line. The shop's kabayaki, made only with eel from trusted sources, is deep steamed and grilled by an experienced chef, resulting in meat that is plump, tender, and clean-tasting. In addition to kabayaki, the shop also offers Unaju (grilled eel and rice boxes) and bento box lunches, as well as anago (garden eel) bento box and chirashi sushi crafted with the skills of a long-standing eel cuisine purveyor. Other selections include Yawatamaki rolls made with burdock from Ibaraki and kimoyaki grilled liver, plus foods sold in sealed vacuum packs like tsukudani perfect for giving as a gift. The shop also has a space where customers can eat top quality, fresh-grilled Unaju during lunchtime.

    家族でうなぎをと土浦に遠征。 以前にも訪れたことのある小松屋さんへ。 特上、並をお願いし、じっと待つ。 この時間もまた良いのです。

  • Mukashiya
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Fukuroda 178
    "A soba noodle restaurant located a 10-minute drive from Fukuroda Station on the JR Suigun Line. Operating out of a stunning, elegant countryside manor built 200 years ago which was moved to this location, a large waterwheel greets customers out front. The birthplace of kenchin soba noodle, a local specialty, the restaurant is stubbornly dedicated to serving good, old-fashioned foods regardless of prevailing tastes. The ""Tokusei Mukashiya Soba,"" which comes with chilled soba noodles, shredded daikon, and hearty, piping hot kenchinjiru soup for dipping, is one of the restaurant's most popular items."

    茨城県久慈郡大子町袋田にある袋田の滝 袋田の滝で2軒目のお店 本当は滝の見学してからお蕎麦のお店をピックアップしていたのだが 時間的に遅くなり 食べログ検索をすると検索した場所から近い場所にいいお店を発見 そこで口コミをみるとマイレビュアーさまの風の宴さまが口コミを書いていたので それを読むとがっぺ御膳(梅)がいいらしいとい事が判明! ★がっぺ御膳(梅)1350円 これを注文 以下 風の宴さ...

  • Masubuchi Gyoen
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Hanakawachou Hanazono 469-3
    A restaurant located a 30-minute drive from the Kitaibaraki interchange on the Joban Expressway. The restaurant serves dishes made with edible wild plants and mountain stream fish like masu trout, char, and rainbow trout. The restaurant has a fishing pond on the grounds and customers can have the fish they catch prepared and cooked for them on the spot. Pole rental and bait are free. The restaurant's set meals, which come with seasonal edible wild plants and tempura, come in hearty portions. The restaurant also runs a farmhouse bed and breakfast licensed to make its own doburoku unrefined sake, and customers are encouraged to try this tasty beverage as well.

    北茨城インターから延々と山道へ。花園渓谷を目指す。 竹林、川のせせらぎ、釣り堀、ロッジ風の建屋。ここで既にテンションあがります。 肝心のお料理は、今日は ・ヤマメの塩焼き ・ニジマスの刺身 ・野菜の天ぷら(ムカゴとか舞茸とか) ・山菜のお惣菜(うど、わらび、ぜんまいなど、4種でました) ・ご飯 ・味噌汁 味噌汁ひとつ、山菜のお惣菜ひとつひとつ、どれもくっきりと素晴らしい味で、素朴で贅沢です。 ニ...

  • Ohamamaru Uoriki
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Otsuchouidura 1-131
    A Japanese seafood restaurant located a three-minute walk from the lighthouse stop on the city loop bus. The establishment is located in a superb location with a view of the vast Pacific Ocean spreading out before it. Here, in winter, diners can enjoy dishes made with goosefish, a local Ibaraki delicacy. The restaurant's goosefish nabe hotpot, made with goosefish liver and miso slow-stewed in a doburoku unrefined sake broth, is free of off and foul odors and is even recommended for those who don't like fishy smells. Another popular dish is the luxurious goosefish liver, garnished only with wakame seaweed from Otsu Port.

    魚力と言えば豪華な魚力定食! しかし今回目を疑いました。2年前とは全く違う姿に変貌してしまった魚力定食⤵ とりわけ刺身などは当時の半分にも及ばない盛の量!料理人が代わったのか? わざわざ遠くから出掛けるところではなくなりました。

  • Tonkatsu Hakkai
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    3.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Kasaharachou 600-54
    "A tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet restaurant located close to the Ibaraki Prefectural Government Building. The restaurant's cutlets are made with Ibaraki's famed Rose Pork covered with a breading consisting of panko bread crumbs prepared at a dedicated factory which adjusts its production methods based on the time of year and weather conditions. The restaurant is dedicated to serving tonkatsu that is delicious, safe to eat, and which won't cause heartburn. The abundant menu includes selections such as tonkatsu topped with Mito natto fermented soybeans and the restaurant's own ""Hakkai Tonkatsu"" flavored with garlic butter. The restaurant also offers fillet and pork loin tonkatsu set meals, plus a large lunch menu."

    県庁から歩いて5分位の所に有るとんかつ屋さんです。ランチで利用しました。茨城ローズポークかつが売りです。今回はロースかつ定食を頂きました。肉厚で衣もサクサクッとしていてとても美味しかったのですが、仕事が丁寧過ぎて料理が出てきた時には時間が殆ど無く、ゆっくり味わえませんでした。また食べに来たいです。

  • Yuba-no-Sato Tosen
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Hanawa 734
    This restaurant specializing in cuisine featuring yuba tofu skin is in Hanawa, Daigo Town, Kuji County. They make their yuba with traditional methods using prefecture-grown soybeans and spring water from the Yamizo Mountains. They have a variety of meals available including their Mamesen Bento boxed lunch that's packed with yuba and seasonal cuisine. Their gozen Japanese style meal set features yuba and shabushabu, thinly sliced meat boiled with vegetables and dipped in sauce. The gozen set must be ordered in advance. They also have a shop that sells yuba, tofu, and other items.

    ゆばと豆腐の工場見学後、買い物、その後に食事をしました。豆腐の食べ放題がついた豆仙弁当は2300、ゆばのお刺身や天ぷら、シューマイ風、豆乳入りの茶わん蒸し等食べ応えありお勧めです。併設の売店は茨城県民にお得なサービス実施、いばらきkidsカードやシニアカードの提示で5%引きになります。

  • Hitachi Minami Drive-in
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    Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Owadachou 2173
    This roadside rest area can be reached by taking the Hitachi-minami Ota Interchange on the Joban Expressway, heading towards Hitachi, taking a right at the Owada intersection on National Route 6, and traveling a further 500 meters. Owned and operated by local marine products company Tobikan Suisan, the facility carries an abundance of fresh seafood literally just brought in at Kuji Fishing Port and other fishing ports in Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility's restaurant serves vaunted, fresh seafood; a deep fried, breaded shrimp combo meal made with huge shrimp; and, from December to February, goosefish hotpot. A variety of events are also held here, such as a monthly tuna butchering show.
  • Katsuretsu-Tei
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Takahagi Kasugacho 2-71
    A tonkatsu pork cutlet restaurant in Kasuga-cho2-Chome, Takahagi City. They make their tonkatsu with Rose Pork, an Ibaraki brand characterized by its rich flavor. Dine on crispy fried thick tonkatsu cutlets with their house sauce.

    In this restaurant you can eat the typical Japanese dish called Katsu (breaded meat with or without filling) elavorado with organic meat from the area.

  • Tempura Kappo Tenya
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Kashima-shi Miyatsudai 4755-11
    A shop specializing in tempura on Mikasa-dori Street in Miyatsudai, Kashima City. They offer tempura made with seasonal ingredients such as seafood harvested off the Kashima coast and vegetables grown in the prefecture. At the counter you can dine on a freshly fried tempura course with items selected by the chef or of your own preference. For lunch you can get a gozen Japanese style set meal with tempura and sashimi, regular meal sets, or tempura on rice. They also have bento boxed lunches that change daily.

    調理人の年齢によるのか?飯が柔らか過ぎて気持ち悪い。おまけのつもりなのか、2度訪ねて都度盛り込まれた「鯵」の天ぷら。鮮度が落ちていて…臭い。 定食は色々盛り沢山で、見た目は楽しいが 残念。

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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