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Update-date: Apr 05 2024

Author: SAVOR JAPAN

Support Local Cuisine: 5 Recommended Restaurants in Toyama Prefecture Worth Visiting

The 2024 Noto earthquake that struck in January 2024 caused severe damage in Toyama Prefecture. Many people may be wondering what they can do to help with the recovery. Here are some delicious restaurants in Toyama Prefecture where you can do your part. We would like diners to help support the community by visiting Toyama and enjoying your fill of dishes featuring ingredients from Toyama.

See full listings of Japanese Cuisine restaurants found in and around Toyama.

Tonami/Gokayama - Makibi Bistro Bar Ken's Familia

Enjoy wood-fired cuisine that will invite you into a world of gastronomical delights.

Located a 15-minute walk from Fukumitsu Station, Makibi Bistro Bar Ken's Familia is a wood-fired bistro and bar marked by a cute sign. You can enjoy a wide variety of dishes made with carefully selected seasonal ingredients and grilled over a wood fire. As you enter, you will find a warm and homey setting with brown undertones. The restaurant has counter seating, seating with a sunken kotatsu, and private rooms, so even diners with children can feel at ease.

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Wood-fired cooking is primitive, but it allows you to fully enjoy the original flavor of the ingredients. The wood-fired Grade A4 Noto Beef Sirloin Cooked over a Live Fire is irresistible, with its tenderness and overflowing juices. The Hamburger Patty with Homemade Bacon, Noto Beef, and Iberico Pork is the most popular dish at the restaurant. These are just some of the dishes you should definitely order. The restaurant also has a wide selection of natural wines to enjoy with the dishes.

Makibi Bistro Bar Ken's Familia

TEL: +81-50-5448-0451

Address: 7278-1 Fukumitsu, Nanto-shi, Toyama
Access: 15 minutes walk from Fukumitsu Station

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Tonami/Gokayama - 19 Hitoyasumi Nanto Amyu Branch

Be moved by the cute café menu items emphasizing ingredients from Toyama Prefecture.

19 Hitoyasumi Nanto Amyu Branch is a modern cafe on the 1st floor of Amyu, a shopping center in the city of Nanto. You can enjoy dishes and sweets that look great on social media and that feature Yumechikara flour, eggs, milk, and other ingredients produced in Toyama Prefecture. The restaurant is in a relaxing setting with sofa seating and raised tatami seating for 6 people or more.

How cute! The Lunch Set with Pod Chowder in a Homemade Bagel and a Waffle Dessert has four soups to choose from. If you are feeling a bit peckish, they recommend the Tonamino Blueberry Waffle Sundae & Drink Set. Other menu items include parfaits, waffle sundaes, and delicious handmade sweets, so you will be spoiled for choice.

19 Hitoyasumi Nanto Amyu Branch

Open: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (L.O. 7:00 pm)
Closed: Irregular
Average price: [Dinner] 4,000 JPY / [Lunch] 1,200 JPY
Access: 10-15 minutes walk or 4 minutes by car from [Fukuno Station] on Johana Line / 3 minutes by car from Nanto Smart I.C. of Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway
Address: 1F, S.C. A-MIEUX, 366 Jikearayashiki, Nanto city, Toyama Map

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Takaoka - Minatoya Takaoka Nomura Branch

Savor seafood directly from the fishing port of Shinminato, grilled on the grill.

Minatoya Takaoka Nomura Branch is located along Prefectural Route 57, a 7-8 minute drive from Takaoka Station. You can enjoy seafood, shipped directly from the fishing port of Shinminato in Toyama, grilled or as sashimi. Grilling is done on a tabletop stove. You can have a rich experience while enjoying local delicacies in this lively restaurant, which is designed like a beach house.

The restaurant offers a variety of simple dishes that allow you to enjoy the flavor of the ingredients. The Hearty Grilled Squid uses whole squid, the Mayonnaise Salmon features salmon shipped directly from Shinminato, and the Assorted Shellfish changes with the season, including scallops, turban snails, or oysters. Such dishes all go great with sake. A wide selection of Toyama's local sake is also available, so you can enjoy the charm of Toyama to the fullest.

Minatoya Takaoka Nomura branch

TEL: +81-50-5340-7251
Address: 1272-1, Nomura, Takaoka-shi, Toyama
Access: Etchu-Nakagawa Station

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Takaoka - Izakaya Kiwame

Boasting an extensive menu that brings smiles to the faces of diners.

The Izakaya Kiwame is located a 5-minute walk from Toide Station, and its charming exterior will raise your expectations. The restaurant has a wide variety of fresh seafood and flavorful alcoholic beverages. The restaurant's interior, decorated in the style of an old private house, has a homey, relaxing, and friendly atmosphere. The restaurant has spacious counter seating recommended for drinking alone, raised tatami seating that conveys the warmth of wood, and a banquet area that can accommodate up to about 40 people.

The restaurant boasts an extensive menu that allows you to fully enjoy the deliciousness of the seasonal ingredients up to the final dish of the meal. The Assorted Sashimi will delight you with the freshness of local fish; the Rolled Egg Omelet with Cod Roe has a delicious taste that swirls in your mouth; and the Chicken Guts Stew features only the small intestines of domestic chickens brought in from Kyushu. Such dishes are sure to delight your palate. We recommend this restaurant, which you will want to visit every time the season changes.

Izakaya Kiwame

Open: [Sunday,Tuesday - Saturday,Holidays,Day Before Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (last order 1:30 pm)[Sunday,Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (last order 8:30 pm)[Tuesday - Saturday,Day Before Holidays] Dinner 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm (last order 10:30 pm)
Closed: Monday
Average price: [Dinner] 4,000 JPY / [Lunch] 850 JPY
Access: 5 minutes walk from Toide station

Address: 2-12-27, Toidemachi, Takaoka-shi, Toyama

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Takaoka - Family Shokudo Sakanaya-san

Everything is satisfying, from sashimi and sushi to seafood over rice and set meals.

The Family Shokudo Sakanaya-san is a 5-minute walk from Etchu-Daimon Station. As the name suggests, this is a restaurant where anyone can casually drop in and enjoy seasonal seafood from the fishing port of Shinminato. The restaurant is a renovated old private house, and the interior is filled with a nostalgic atmosphere. The restaurant has counter, table, and tatami room seating, and you can spend time as you would like. The restaurant also holds a Shinminato Sushi School to learn how to prepare sushi, so please check in advance if you are interested.

For lunch, they recommend the Sakanaya Set Meal, featuring fresh seasonal fish. You can enjoy sashimi made from seasonal fish, such as saury in autumn and cod in winter, and miso soup made from perch. The popular seafood rice bowl is a luxurious dish featuring seven types of seafood, including tuna, salmon, and crab, and is also available for takeout. In the evening, the restaurant offers a wide variety of fish dishes as well as local sake from Toyama, and an all-you-can-drink option is available. Here, you can fully enjoy the delicacies of Toyama.