Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Shimane Area

  • Kenjo Soba Haneya Main Shop
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    4.5
    216 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Imaichichou 549
    A long-standing Izumo soba restaurant founded at the end of the Edo period. This famous restaurant has served several emperors starting with Emperor Taisho. The restaurant’s legendary soba, flavorful and superb in texture, is made with local ingredients, and the buckwheat is ground with the husk using a stone mortar. The restaurant hand makes its soba noodles twice a day, ensuring diners can enjoy fresh made, fresh cooked soba whenever they visit. One of the most popular items on the menu is the warigo soba, soba noodles served with a three tier wooden warigo lunch box, a style characteristic of Izumo soba. The restaurant’s set meal options and the soba course, only offered here at the honten flagship location, are also well reviewed. The nearest station is Izumoshi Station.

    When in Izumo, you must try soba. I did just that, I came here later in the evening and there was a waiting list, which can be a good thing, the wait wasnt long. My wife and I both ordered the cold...

  • Fujinatei
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    4.0
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Tamayuchoufujina 21-1
    "This Japanese restaurant is located next to Lake Shinji. Managed by the long-establish inn ""Minamikan"" in Matsue, guests can dine while looking out on Lake Shinji. The restaurant offers rice with whole steamed sea bream with a taste that is a family tradition, passed down and conceived by the first-generation chef. In addition, you can enjoy various tastes of Matsue, such as the specialty unagi-mabushi eel over rice served with condiments and dashi broth poured on top., a traditional Japanese cuisine course using seasonal ingredients, Izumo soba noodles, and sushi. Because they also other children's sets, the restaurant can be enjoyed by everyone from couples to families."

    宍道湖畔にある有名店です。平日のランチタイムに訪問しましたが、ほぼ満席でした。四国の鯛めしとはちょっと違う感じの鯛めしはお出しをかけて食べると格別です。鯛めし単品でもありますが、天ぷらなどもついている御膳がおすすめです。窓からは宍道湖がよく見えます。店員の数も多く、サービスも優秀です。

  • Izumo Soba Kigaru
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Ishibashichou 400-1
    This long-established soba restaurant is located in Ishibashi Town, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture and offers authentic Izumo soba made from homemade stone-milled flour. There are two types of soba prepared from early every morning: “hiki-gurumi,” which is made from unprocessed milled buckwheat, and “maru-nuki,” which is made from buckwheat with the shells removed. “Hiki-gurumi” is great for “warigo soba” and “kamaage soba,” which Izumo is famous for, and “maru-nuki” makes for great “kamo (duck) seiro soba” and “zaru soba.” Loyal local customers regularly come here, and it feels just like the old days. There’s raised tatami seating as well for those who want to stretch their legs.
  • Okuni Chaya
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukiminami 731
    Izumo is said to be the birthplace Zenzai (a Japanese sweet), and this is a popular tea house providing carefully made sweet red bean desert. They offer a delicious zenzai that is not too sweet with soft rice cake that is made from local Shimane Prefecture Nita rice and large sized red beans from Hokkaido. Many people drop in on the way back from worshipping at Izumo Taisha Shrine for not only the sweets but also meals such as Izumo soba noodles and Enmusubi (lover's) udon.

    出雲大社を訪れた際に寄りました。出雲そばが有名とのことで、今回は写真の月見そばを注文しました。味も非常にさっぱりしていてとても美味しかったです。 この時は知らなかったのですが、出雲そばは岩手県の「わんこそば」、長野県の「戸隠そば」と並び、日本三大そばの一つにも数えられるそうです! 今回は頂きませんでしたが、磯のりそばがかなりインパクトあったので次回訪れたら食べてみたいです!また、おぜんざいが出...

  • Izumo Soba Kizuki
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    4.5
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukihigashi 387-1
    Enjoy Izumo soba dishes in the relaxed atmosphere of the refurbished Japanese-style room of a private house which opened in 2014 on the shrine path to the west of Izumo Taisha Shrine. The high quality domestically grown stone milled buckwheat flour is made into soba noodles carefully by hand every morning. The soba is rich in flavor and very popular. Recommended dishes include the tororo grated yam soba and soba with duck and seasonal vegetables.

    民家を改築した風で、まだ比較的新しそうなお店でした。寒かったので、とろろ入りの釜揚げ蕎麦を頂きました。蕎麦の風味がしっかりとした美味しいお蕎麦でした。丁寧な仕事をされている様に感じられ好感が持てました。今度は割子蕎麦も頂きたいと思います。

  • Lunch House Conseil
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Okigunnishinoshimachou Mita 2152-1
    In this restaurant visitors can enjoy a lunch that changes daily, set meals, noodle dishes, bowls of rice with various toppings and even karaoke in the evening. You can also enjoy turban shell on rice and turban shell curry in the bright and open-air restaurant. Reservations are necessary at night due to irregular closing, so please confirm in advance.

    フェリーの時間が迫る中サクッと食べられるものを探してました。ご当地グルメのサザエ丼とサザエカレーの2種盛りはサクっと出るとのことでいただきましたが、予想を超えて美味しい!サザエは柔らかで歯応えも楽しめメカブもいい感じです。カレーはまあ普通ですが、サザエの量がかなり多く楽しめました。

  • Marine Thalasso Izumo
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Takichoutaki 859-1
    At this facility, visitors can enjoy a swimming pool overlooking the magnificent view of the Sea of Japan with 14 types of attractions. There are facilities for seaweed mud treatments, aerosol spa therapy as well as restaurants and visitors can also stay overnight. Rental swimmers, face towels, bath towels and sandals are available, however, it is advised to bring goggles and swimming caps when swimming in the pool.
  • Uosensuisan Izumo-eki Minamiguchi-ten
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    3.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Ekiminamimachi 1-2-61F
    This shop offers fresh vegetables purchased from contract farmers and the best fish gathered from around the whole country, providing the best taste possible. There are semi-private rooms with table and floor seats as well as two family rooms catering for up to 15 guests equipped with a television and toys. The rooms are popular for parents with children.

    いかにもチェーン店の大味な店構え。店内では配膳ロボットが活躍していた。 久石譲氏の「Summer」のメロディを流しながら、しっかり配膳。かなりかわいい印象。ホール担当の女性も好印象。チェーン店ということで、全く期待していなかったので、いい意味で裏切られた。次回もまた是非利用したい。

  • Matsue Horikawa Local Beer Hall
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    3.5
    52 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Kurodachou 509-1
    "This is a beer hall where you can enjoy a Matsue local beer called ""Beer Hearn"". Also, at the beer restaurant visitors can eat Shimane Wagyu Beef and Shinjiko Shicchin, seven types of seafoods that can be found in the Seto Inland Sea. You can also enjoy five types of local beers at the beer counter overlooking the souvenir corner and the beer factory. It is a convenient facility that is walking distance from the Matsue Castle and Shiomi Nawate tourist site lined with traditional Japanese houses. "

    5 minutes walking from the castle, a nice place where you can drink excellent draft beer, tables outside. a free shuttle drives you back in the city center

  • Sentoraru-tei
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Okigunamachou Fukui 1365-5 Cinnamonha Center 2F
    "At this restaurant, located in the ""Jokyukaido Kinnyamonya Center"", a place for locals to gather and spread information of the town, guests can enjoy various local dishes from the town of Ama. You can try dishes such as ""White squid sashimi"", ""Rock Oysters Haruka"", ""Oki Soba"", and ""Sazae Curry"". ""Cold Shimame marinade on rice bowl"" (marinated squid), was popular nationally in the rice bowl competition, is also available. The unique island style menu is also available at ""Shan yama"" within the center."
  • Tsuruga Hazumiya
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    4.5
    26 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Hikawachouokinosu 1630
    "This restaurant serves Okayama style udon noodles which are soft on the inside and slippery on the outside, and Izumo soba noodles made from buckwheat ground in a stone mill. The restaurant has been providing ""Kioke Soy Sauce"", ""Izumo Local Sake"" and handmade additive-free udon and soba for generations. The menu also offers rice bowls with various toppings and a meal set. The rice cooked with vegetables that comes with the set is also popular."

    出雲空港最寄りの古民家風のお店。外国人に好まれそう。 蕎麦とうどんの取り扱いがあり、お酒の提供もある。 店内も広くゆったり過ごせる。小あがりもあるので子連れにも良い。 味は安定して美味しい。提供も早く、あつあつサクサクの天ぷらが良い。

  • Waraku Matsue Japanese Cuisine
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    4.0
    49 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Otesembachou 565
    At this restaurant guests can enjoy Japanese seasonal cuisine made using produce in season collected from various parts of the Sanin region as well as fresh fish from one of the three tanks in the center of the restaurant. The cuisine of genuine taste and high quality, served in a relaxed atmosphere, is highly satisfying. Private rooms are also available on the top floor and are perfect for special gatherings such as a family ceremonies or welcome parties etc. During the season of crab fishing, the menu includes a course of Matsuba crab and snow crab.

    I came to Matsue WARAKU with my family. There was a new menu, so I got it. The sashimi is gorgeous and surprised! Oysters(Iwagaki) are big, and sashimi of spiny lobster is rare! It was very...

  • Izumo Sunaya Soba Restaurant
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    4.0
    25 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukiminami 772 Izumo Kikiya 2F
    This is a buckwheat soba restaurant that specializes in making noodles with 100 percent milled buckwheat without any binding agent. At this specialty restaurant, you can enjoy the flavor of the Izumo soba. Although the restaurant does have set opening hours, it closes as soon as the soba is sold out, so it is recommended to visit earlier in the day.

    出雲大社の名物は蕎麦と聞き訪問。 大変混むとの噂だったので開店30分前に並び始めて順番は5組以内でした。 開店前には店員さんがメニュー表を持参し予め人数とオーダーを確認されます。 ちなみに食後帰りの時は建物外まで大行列でした。 お店は新しくきれいでこじんまりとしており、隣席との間隔が狭く なんとなく喫茶店のようです。 荷物入れのバウンサーが各テーブルに設置されているので 置き場所に困ることはあ...

  • Pinorosso
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    4.5
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Kanoashiguntsuwanochou Ushiroda B 284
    This is an Italian sweets restaurant located three minutes on foot from JR Yamaguchi Line Tsuwano Station offering pasta, pizza, homemade bread, and cakes full of local ingredients. There are counter and table seats, with an attractive open kitchen atmosphere. There are four varieties of lunch set, with the pasta lunch being most popular. The chef is actively involved in food education activities, such as taking charge of taste lessons at local elementary and junior high schools.

    The highlight of my 5-day visit to Japan was a days excursion on SL Yamaguchi. After the nostalgic 2-hr journey up to Tsuwano, I had almost almost 3-hrs to kill in this quiet rural town before...

  • Yagumoan
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    4.5
    101 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Kitahorichou 308
    This is a well-known Izumo soba shop in Kitabori Town, north of Matsue Castle, where the charm of the castle town remains. The shop interior, remodeled from the remains of a samurai residence, is a soothing space where one can feel the four seasons and history. One can enjoy a quiet meal while looking out over the bamboo forest, carp swimming in the pond, gardens and towering old pines. Among the meal options for Izumo soba prepared daily by the shop owner, cold-quenched Wariko soba and duck broth soup Kamonanban are popular.

    Upon making the reservations for 6 for lunch for the room overlooking the gardens and pond, they asked for a Y200/person surcharge. I think it was very reasonable charge, given the beautiful...

  • Chugoku-Sanchi Soba Kobo Funatsu
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    4.5
    70 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Sotonakabarachou 117-6
    This is a famous Izumo soba restaurant in Sotonakabara-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, bustling with tourists and local regulars alike. The specialty Juwari soba is made from buckwheat cultivated in Okuizumo-cho, home-milled and rolled by hand. The three types of soba made with local spring water are each matched with four specially-prepared flavors of dipping sauce. The luxury soba course and local sake options are popular.

    1月下旬の日曜日、出雲大社参詣時の昼食でお邪魔しました。人気店らしいので行列覚悟で着いてみると、すんなり入店することが出来、ラッキー。口コミ評価の高い、特製割子蕎麦3段を注文しました。10分足らずで蕎麦が到着。食べ方をお店の方が説明してくれます。説明通りつゆが少し濃いので、少しづつ味見をしながら掛けていただきます。蕎麦はのど越し絶妙で、つゆは少し甘めで私の好みに一致。小ぶりな3段重をペロリと頂きま...

  • Yuya Onsen Misenso
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Shimane Pref. Ochigunkawamotomachi Yudani 781-2
    "This day-trip hot spring facility is a natural carbonate spring that is rare in Japan. It is said that it warms bodies from the core and is said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, joint pain, digestive diseases and skin diseases. In addition to the standard baths, you can enjoy a medicinal bath, tsuboyu ""jar"" baths constantly replenished ""kakenagashi"" style, and sauna. You can also eat meals at the adjoining restaurant without using the hot spring facilities. There are side dishes such as rice balls, noodles, minced meat cutlets and fried chicken, as well as rice bowls using local ingredients, daily set meals and a set with items chosen by the chef. You can enjoy it leisurely after bathing."

    すれ違いができないような細い道を通ってたどり着く温泉施設です。 とても雰囲気があってゆっくりできます。小さめな施設ですが、浴槽の種類も多くありました。 これからも近くにきた際には立ち寄りたいです。

  • Kamiyo Soba
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Matsue-shi Okudani Cho 324-5
    "A veteran Matsue shop that has been making Izumo soba noodles with flour stone-ground in-house since its establishment in 1952. Izumo soba is known as the ""original buckwheat noodles."" It has a distinct aroma and flavor as well as a dark color from the grinding of unhulled buckwheat. As times change and shops making Nihachi-soba (made with 20% wheat flour and 80% buckwheat flour) increase, they still make Juwari soba (made with 100% buckwheat flour) without any additions. The soba noodle broth uses an old-fashioned cooking sake and high grade dried bonito to deliver the traditional flavors of Matsue."
  • Sobadokoro Tanakaya
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    4.0
    114 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Taishachoukidukihigashi 364
    A renowned Izumo soba restaurant located close to the front gate of the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine a five minute walk from Izumotaisha-mae Station. The restaurant was originally established as a small sweet shop serving shrine visitors, so that it began to serve soba noodles. The restaurant’s vaunted noodles are handmade every morning using a stone mortar to grind flower from select domestic gen-soba buckwheat. Tanakaya’s soba is notable for its firm body, chewy texture, and abundant flavor, and they go perfectly with the restaurant’s rich broth made from round herring stock and a locally produced soy sauce. Two of the most popular items on the menu are the sanshoku warigo, soba noodles with three different toppings; and the simple zaru soba, plain noodles served over a bamboo draining basket.

    出雲大社近くに多くの出雲そばが食べれるお店があるが、ココが1番美味しいと思うから、出雲大社参拝時はここでお昼を食べます。 ただし、人気店なので長時間待たなければならないのは仕方ない。 蕎麦の後は、締めにぜんざい♪

  • Saiundo Honten
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shimane Pref. Matsueshi Tenjinmachi 124
    A long-standing Japanese confectionary shop renowned for its “wakakusa,” a sweet viewed as a Matsue souvenir standard. Saiundo is located a 10 minute walk from Matsue Station. Wakakusa is a Japanese-style sweet consisting of soft gyuhi glutinous rice dumplings covered with light green kanbaiko glutinous rice flour. These legendary treats take their name from a poem written by Matsudaira Harusato, the seventh lord of Matsue Domain. In addition to wakakusa, the shop sells a wide variety of Japanese and Western-style sweets made with select ingredients, as well as seasonal “namagashi” fresh sweets. There’s also a café space where you can enjoy a namagashi and matcha green tea set.

    本店で買ったのでなく、髙島屋大阪店の全国銘菓に、栗まるが10月(栗の時期)に入荷するので毎年買います。栗1粒を2種の餡(粒餡、こなし餡)で包んでいるようで、大好きな栗と粒あんだし、外側が滑らかで柔らかく、美味しいので気に入ってる。HPを見てると通年商品のようですが、栗の時期だけ入荷なのが、買いたくなる要因の1つかも…。その他に柚衣が美味そうなので大阪の百貨店で入荷(催事)があったら食べてみたいです...

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What Shimane prefecture lacks in size and population, it makes up for in scenery and ancient mythology. Izumo-taisha, in the middle of the prefecture, is said to be Japan’s oldest Shinto shrine, where stories that delve into the creation of the Japanese race have been passed down over centuries. The 180 Oki Islands, a 40-minute ferry ride north of Sakaiminato, offer an undiscovered paradise well off the beaten track.

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