Japanese Food Spots in Mie Area

  • Sazanami Toba Store
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    4.0
    112 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 3-5-28
    This Japanese restaurant that offers seafood from Ise Shima is located a seven-minute walk from the Kintetsu Railway Toba Line's Toba Station. The marker for this restaurant is a long signboard with 漣 (Sazanami) written on it. Their signature menu item is a dish with three deep-fried shrimp that are about 20 centimeters long. In addition, they have many menu items using local food ingredients such as deep-fried horse mackerel and simmered abalone. They put a lot of work in their sashimi, and their set meals with them are also popular. They also offer set menus like their Akoya Gozen where you can eat both their deep-fried and sashimi dishes.

    Very delicious food. One of my best meals in this trip. Had a big lobster, row (sashimi) and it was so good. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.

  • Sumibiyaki Unagi
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    4.5
    78 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Shimashi Agochougata 4032
    This unagi eel restaurant with a lantern marked with the characters for charcoal grilled is located in the Ugata, Ago-cho area of Shima City, Mie Prefecture. Every morning, they slowly grill a fresh Japanese eel cut open that day over high-grade charcoal to seal in the savoriness, and the surface becomes crisp while the inside is soft and fluffy. The chemistry between it and the slightly sweet secret sauce is amazing. The chef's recommendation is the unagi-don joju (high class bowl of rice topped with grilled eel). This dish consists of four pieces of plump and savory eel that are large enough together to completely cover the rice it is placed on. With a spacious Japanese style tatami room, the restaurant is recommended for eating with families.

    What a nice quality of taste for budget. I paid 2500yen for my Unagi rice though I thought average were double price. Incredible tasty...

  • Wadakin
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    4.0
    171 Reviews
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    Mie Matsusaka-shi Nakamachi 1878
    This meat cuisine restaurant, standing on Prefectural Route 60, is located in Naka-machi, Matsusaka City. The longstanding establishment opened in the Meiji period and serves sukiyaki, steaks, and amiyaki grilled foods using Matsusaka beef raised on company-owned farms. The restaurant's sukiyaki, sauteed on an iron skillet over a charcoal fire, has been a signature dish since it first opened its doors, and those who order it can savor the delicious flavor and aroma of Matsusaka beef laced with smooth, high quality fat.

    Booked on their web site and got a confirmation within 1 hour. It is convenient for foreigners. Their staff speak little English. Yet the quality of steaks does the talking. Sukiyaki is also...

  • Owase Seafood Ototo
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    4.5
    45 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Kodonochou 2-10
    Managed by Owase Bussan Co., Ltd., Owase Seafood Market Ototo is a direct sales outlet located in Kodono-cho in the city of Owase, Mie Prefecture. Being owned by a marine products company, it sells an array of freshly caught seafood and processed seafood at favorable prices. It sells a wide selection of things that are available nowhere else: dried seafood made with care by local experts, Tuna Ramen, other products typical of a seafood-oriented city like Owase, special products of Owase and other parts of the eastern Kishu region, and local vegetables. Inside the shop in the back is a self-service restaurant, Owase Uo Shokudo. It is so popular that local office workers frequently visit it for lunch on weekdays.

    We had a sumptuous meal today at Ototo seafood market. A huge display of freshly prepared food lines the counter ending at the cashier. So you look and I know dishes as you walk towards the cashier...

  • Unagi no Hatsune (Hatsune Eel Cuisine)
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    Mie Pref. Kameyamashi Sekichoushinjo 898-1
    "Hatsune Eel Cuisine is located near the Sekijuku Roadside Station in the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, just below Suzuka Pass. The restaurant's carefully prepared ""secret sauce"" has been handed down from the time Hatsune opened until the owners decided to specialize in eel. The basted eel is roasted over black ridge oak charcoal, and all dishes, including various varieties of eel on rice, are made to order."
  • Shintamatei
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Tsushi Marunouchiyouseichou 5-1
    Shintamatei is a long-standing restaurant, founded in 1890, that specializes in charcoal-broiled eel. It is located about an 11-minute walk from Tsu-Shinmachi Station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. The eel is basted with a traditional sauce made of boiled soy sauce, mirin, and rock sugar that is allowed to sit for a wake before being used. Customers can enjoy broiled eel that is crispy on the outside and soft and light on the inside. The live eels are kept in natural well water, which reduces any stress that might have a negative influence on their flavor. The rice is locally sourced, and the restaurant takes great care to ensure that customers can feel that their food is safe and of high quality. Customers can become members of the Unachan program, which entitles them to occasional e-mail announcements from Shintamatei and hidden menu items that are available to members only.

    外はカリッとよく焼けていて香ばしいです。 ふわふわより、よく焼いてたっぷりのタレがかかっている鰻が好きなので、ここはお気に入りです。 一階た二階があり、席数はたくさんありますが、すぐに満席になるので、予約してからがおすすめです。

  • Yashiro
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    5.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Prefecture Shima City Hamashima cho 1776-4
    The owner of this restaurant in Hamajima-cho, Shima City, Mie Prefecture, also is the local fixed net fishing fisherman. You can try fresh seafood that was caught just that morning from the Kumano-nada Sea, in a rich variety of dishes such a rice bowls, sashimi, set meals, a-la-carte, and more. Popular dishes include their luxurious Ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster) Seafood Rice Bowl made with seasonal sushi and Ise-ebi and their Special Seafood Rice Bowl piled high with spectacular sashimi. This restaurant has even appeared in a number of magazines.

    ガイドブックを見て訪れました。漁師さんが経営しているお店なので、朝とってきた新鮮なおさかなが食べられます。オススメの伊勢エビの大漁丼は、なんと活きづくりの伊勢エビが乗ってきます!そのほかのお刺身も新鮮で美味。最後は伊勢エビの殻をつかった赤だしをいただけます。とても満足度のたかいお食事でした。一点だけ、クルマで訪問する場合、駐車場停車が難しいのと、周辺の道が狭くわかりづらいので要注意です。(複数名で...

  • Matsusaka Maruyoshi (Kamada Main Restaurant)
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Kamadachou 239-2
    This butcher shop with its own restaurant specializes in Matsusaka beef. It is a 10-minute walk from the north entrance of Kintetsu Matsusaka Station. They offer truly delicious Matsusaka beef chosen not according to grade, but with a skilled eye cultivated over the 50 plus years since their founding. Their hallmark item is their top-class Matsusaka Ribeye Only Beef Steak carved from the center of the sirloin, the highest quality cut. Frequently associated with Matsusaka beef, their sukiyaki (thin beef slices cooked with vegetables) and shabu-shabu (thin sliced beef quickly boiled with vegetables and dipped in sauce) are also popular. They also have children's menus, as well as dishes that are only available there.
  • Uta Andon Main Restaurant
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    4.0
    36 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Edomachi 10
    This venerable udon noodles shop uses a dashi broth recipe over 140 years old in its delectable kamaage dipping udon. They also use locally harvested hamaguri clams in their popular hamaguri kamaage udon, and for grilled hamaguri. The shop's interior drives home the long history with a traditional Japanese atmosphere, perfect for slow, relaxed meals. They have table seating, and small and large tatami-mat room seating.

    After our visit to Nobana No Sato, we were heading to kakiyasu for lunch. As we cant get a seat there, we chance upon Utaandon which is right across the road. No regret in fact, this was one of the...

  • Toba Kaisen Ichiba (Umi no Eki Kuroshio Osatsu Shop)
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Tobashi Adakochou 127-27
    Toba Seafood Market is a seafood and souvenir shop located about 15 minutes by car from JR and Kintetsu Toba Station. Its most famous dish is Kaisen Don (seafood over rice), an abundance of freshly caught seafood served on top of hot rice, imparting the fragrance of the sea and the natural savory flavor. Other dishes on the wide-ranging menu include a standard item, Tenkomori Kaisen Don (rice bowl topped with seafood) and Kin no Kyukyoku no Kaisen Don, which has spiny lobster and abalone laid out in their original shapes. Midori no Kyukyoku no Kaisen Don, which has horse mackerel laid out in its original shape, is served only at the Osatsu restaurant. The souvenir section sells products unique to this store as well as famous products of Ise.

    パールロード店に行こうと思っていましたが、神明神社の次に検索すると近くにあることがわかり、お昼ごはんにいただきました。 海鮮は新鮮で特にマグロが美味しかったです。活きえびは妻のエビが元気で飛び跳ねていました。捌くのに手間を要しました。 メニューが種類も多く、値段も差が大きいですが、お手頃だと思いました。

  • Chacha (Suzuka Sanroku Shop)
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    Mie Pref. Miegunkomonochou Komono 4673-6
    This restaurant located just outside Obane Station specializes in cuisine that features jinenjo, Japanese mountain yam. You can enjoy the healthful cuisine they've excelled at since their founding in a relaxed, old-fashioned Japanese home-like atmosphere. Heaping the grated jinenjo prepared with dashi stock on a small amount of rice and adding condiments on top is one recommended way to eat it. Some of their meals include their Tororo Gozen Japanese set meal, Tororo Meshi with rice, and Tororo Soba, noodles made with buckwheat flour and yam. Their sweets such as jinenjo pudding and jinenjo zenzai (red bean soup) are also popular.
  • Sushi-kyu
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    4.0
    169 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 20 (Okage Yokochi inside)
    This is a restaurant for local cuisine located in the middle of Oharai-machi, in Ise City’s Okage Yokocho. From the large wooden building constructed in Japanese style with old pieces of lumber from Ujibashi Bridge after the Shikinen Sengu (rebuilding ceremony), guests can enjoy a full range of Ise Shima’s tastes while enjoying a view of the clear streams of the Isuzukawa River, cherry blossoms, and colorful autumn foliage. A popular item on the menu is tekone-zushi, in which skipjack tuna is marinated in their secret soy sauce and then combined with Mito-mai (celebrated local koshi-hikari rice). Seasonal offerings such as takenoko gohan (bamboo shoots and rice) and chilled duck somen noodles are also very popular.

    Came here to try the Marinated Tuna dish that this area is famous for, after visiting the Ise Jingu Grand Shrine. The food was presented well and atmosphere of the restaurant was nice. A bit...

  • Hamaguri Ryori Hinode
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    4.5
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Kawaguchichou 19
    To reach Hinode Clam Cuisine, a traditional-style restaurant, visitors to Kuwana should proceed west across Kita Ote Bridge and turn right at the T-intersection. Reservations are required, and the restaurant is open for lunch only on Sundays and a few other days through the year. Founded over 100 years ago, this venerable restaurant has been featured in magazines and other media. Hamaguri clams are a famous product of Kuwana, and Hinode serves many kinds of dishes that feature this shellfish: hamaguri nabe (hot pot) and hamaguri kaiseki cuisine. The restaurant also sells hamaguri nabe gift sets. It also offers seasonal exclusives such as eel and whitefish dishes and sukinabe (hot pot with sliced fish).

    久しぶりに伺いましたが、 今回はコースの選択ミスをしました。 鍋やなくてお吸い物の出るコースを選択すべきでした。

  • Kaiseki Shiraume
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Muroyamacho, Yokkaichi Mie Prefecture 340
    "This kaiseki cuisine restaurant is located along the Tenpaku River in Muroyama-cho, Yokkaichi City. It serves kaiseki cuisine and original French cuisine prepared with seasonal ingredients. The restaurant is comprised of several different buildings, allowing it to host parties as small as two and as large as 120. Its main building is located inside of an old sake brewery while the ""kuraudo rin sen kyo"" seats up to 120 guests. Other buildings include the Japanese-style ""Ume no Ma"" and the western-style ""Shuan."" Both lunch and dinner service require a reservation made at least a day in advance."

    結婚式を2年前にやった、思い出の結婚式場にランチを食べに行きました。 懐石料理は予約が必要ですが、イタリアンは予約無しでも大丈夫でした。 イタリアンは、サラダとスープ、メイン、コーヒーが付いているのに、すごくリーズナブルな価格で食べれました。 素敵な雰囲気の会場で美味しいご飯を食べてすごくしあわせな気持ちになりました。

  • Toba Marche Buffet Restaurant
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    Mie Toba Toba 1-2383-42
    Toba Marche is a direct sales shop offering locally-produced agricultural products and seafood caught in Toba. The adjoining local cuisine buffet restaurant offers a monthly changing menu of healthy and invigorating local dishes. Opening at 11:00 am for lunchtime only, its best to arrive before the restaurant opens if possible. The restaurant also accepts on-site reservations only from 11:00 am to 11:15 am. A two minute walk from Toba Station on the JR lines and the Kintetsu Toba Line.
  • Ajikura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Tobashi Uramurachou 222
    A restaurant housed inside a remodeled old Japanese home, Ajikura is an oyster bar where you can enjoy delicious oysters year-round. In winter, Ajikura offers famed Toba Pacific oysters, in winter, rich Iwagaki oysters. Ajikura stocks its oysters from long-standing oyster dealers and farms, ensuring you can feel comfortable enjoying your oysters even raw. Iwagaki oysters are served from spring to summer, but ordering top class Mie brand Adako Iwagaki oysters requires a reservation made at least three days in advance.
  • Ise Amimoto Shokudo
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    Mie Pref. Iseshi Honmachi 18-27
    The interior of Amimoto Shokudo gives off the impression of a fishing port and along with its main offerings of easy bowls of rice with ingredients unique to Ise, it allows visitors to try fresh tastes and enjoy both Mie Prefecture’s famous sake and local sake. For lunch time the otsukuri teishoku (set meal with sashimi) and daily set meal special are popular, but the original ramen with half of an Ise-ebi spiny lobster is also hard to pass up. The combination of shrimp soup stock and pork bone with mascarpone is exquisite. It is located approximately three minutes on foot from JR Iseshi Station.
  • Tofuya
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    4.5
    48 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujiurata 1-4-1
    Tofuya is a prime example of the art of classical Japanese building technique and you can soak in the weight of history emanating from the building. Here they sell silky smooth handmade tofu and natural fresh-water eel. The Tofuya Bento (lunch box) which changes every month is highly recommended. Using seasonal ingredients to present an image of the season it will be more delicious than any other tofu. From the Ise West Interchange on the Ise Expressway it’s about a three-minute drive.

    Tofu-based meals with a variety of dishes lovingly-presented in an old Japanese house with river views. Would be happy to visit again on future visits.

  • Tai
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    4.0
    25 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Shimashi Agochougata
    Japanese cuisine Tai sources fresh types of fish that are in season, and the head chef who grew up in the town offers dishes that make the most of the umami flavor of ingredients grown locally. It is most well-known for its dish of tai chazuke (boiled rice with raw sea bream, soaked in tea). They also have tai sembei (rice crackers) made from the tai and guests can take them home as a souvenir. It is located approximately three minutes on foot from Ugata Station on the Kintetsu Shima Line.

    19:50に行ったら、暖簾も出てるし、店内も営業中の雰囲気で、カウンターに男性(ご主人?)と女性(奥さん?)がいて、接客の女性が「お待ち下さい」と中に入って行き、少しして出てきたら「今日は終わりました」と。 はぁ? 終わりなら店入った時にすぐ言えばいいのに、女一人だし、お金はあまり使わなそうだし、面倒だから断っちゃえ!と、中で相談したのが見え見え。 殿様商売?いや、何様商売ですか?!ひど過ぎます。

  • Noasobidana
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujiurata 1-11-5
    Enjoy Noasobidana’s great selection of baskets and boxes stuffed with seasonal foods as well as sweets and confections. This restaurant and tea-house is situated in a building with plenty of windows allowing you to enjoy the changing of the seasons and nature as though you were outdoors. Of course they serve meals but also, what better way to enjoy yourself than to relax and take in the magnificent scenery with some Japanese confectionary treats and matcha green tea. From the Ise West Interchange on the Ise Expressway it’s about a three-minute drive.

    テラス席なら愛犬同伴可能な、伊勢市の伊勢神宮(内宮)参道にある和食店。地元の食材を使った美味しい和定食を、愛犬同伴で食べることができます。 野あそび棚は、三重県伊勢市の伊勢神宮(内宮)の参道、五十鈴川野遊びどころにある和食店です。内宮の駐車場に至近で席数も多いため、参拝前に落ち着いて飲食をしたい方には良いお店です。季節の食材や地元の食材を使って丁寧に作られた「ごちそう」を、このお店では頂くこ...

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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