The Japan Alps and the North Chubu Coast Restaurants

Traditional Japanese ryotei specialize in seasonal delicacies while casual eateries serve delicious home-style cooking and regional dishes. Western fare is easy to come by, especially in larger cities like Kanazawa, which is famed for the local Kaga cuisine.

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  • 1. Inaka-ya

    $$$

    Seasonal seafood and regional specialties dominate the menu here, with dishes like wappa-meshi (rice steamed in a wooden box with toppings of salmon, chicken, or crab) making for an inexpensive and excellent lunch and, depending on the season, more elaborate dinner courses including yanagi karei hitohoshi-yaki (grilled flounder), nodo-guro shioyaki (grilled blackthroat seaperch), and buri teriyaki (yellowtail). Inaka-ya, which closes between lunch and dinner from 2:30 to 5, is found in the heart of Furu-machi, the local eating and drinking district.

    1457 Kyuban-cho, Niigata, Niigata-ken, 951-8063, Japan
    025-223–1266

    Known For

    • Rock oysters from May to August
    • Grilled sweetfish from June to September
    • Excellent sashimi assortments
  • 2. Marui

    $$$

    Here you'll find all kinds of fresh fish, some of which are found only in the Sea of Japan. For easy ordering, opt for a set course and ask for a Niigata sake to go with it; nowhere in Japan does sake better. Marui closes during midafternoon. It's one block off the Furu-machi arcade.

    8--1411 Higashibori-dori, Niigata, Niigata-ken, 951-8065, Japan
    025-228–0101

    Known For

    • Dinner sets featuring sushi and grilled fish from ¥5,000
    • Superb selection of locally made sake
    • Blackthroat seaperch (nodo-guro), as sashimi or grilled, which is always good in Niigata
  • 3. Shin-puku

    $$$

    Various sashimi and sushi combinations are reasonably priced at this small but beautiful sushi bar close to the post office in Wajima. With the post office on your right, walk two blocks down Route 249. It's on your right just after the road takes a slight diagonal turn.

    5--41--23 Kawai-machi, Wajima, Ishikawa-ken, 928-0001, Japan
    0768-22–8133

    Known For

    • Good-value sushi sets, though cash-only
    • Seafood donburi
    • Local sake
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