Experience Artisanal Mastery in Every Bite! 5 Nagoya Restaurants Where Guests Can Savor Exceptional Sushi at Counter Tables Discover Oishii Japan -SAVOR JAPAN -Japanese Restaurant Reservation Guide-

Update-Date: Jun 3, 2025

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Experience Artisanal Mastery in Every Bite! 5 Nagoya Restaurants Where Guests Can Savor Exceptional Sushi at Counter Tables

For those who have not visited such restaurants, enjoying the Chef's Choice Courses at the counter of a high-class sushi restaurant is like a dream come true. Here are some high-class sushi restaurants that are perfect for many situations, including dates, dinner parties, entertaining, and treating oneself. The sushi artisans at these restaurants use their finely honed techniques to turn high-quality ingredients into excellent foods that will deeply move guests.

Hisaya-odori - Sushi Gen

Enjoy seasonal delicacies and Japanese sake at this refuge-style reservation-only sushi restaurant.

The handiwork of artisans shines through in this food! 5 restaurants that let guests enjoy better than average sushi at counter tables / Nagoya

Sushi Gen is a reservation-only sushi restaurant quietly located in a corner of an office district. The restaurant owner believes it is extremely important to think of what the guests want, even in the preparation stages. The Chef's Choice Course is served with seasonal ingredients that have been carefully judged every day at the markets. Guests can use their eyes and taste buds to savor these masterpieces, which carefully draw out the charm of the fresh ingredients.

This calming, mature refuge is perfect for entertaining that special someone. Japanese sake can be enjoyed with sushi that reflects true artisan skill. The restaurant usually has 12 to 15 varieties of this sake ordered from all over Japan. Guests can get pleasantly intoxicated while enjoying the combination of the food and the brand sake that goes well with the seasonal toppings.

SUSHIGEN

Open: [Weekdays, Saturday, Day before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 12:00 am (L.O. 11:00 pm) *By reservation only
Closed: Sunday, National Holidays
Average price: [Dinner] 20,000 JPY
Access: 6-minute walk from Exit 1 of Hisaya-odori Station. Located on the southwest corner at the intersection of Kaminaka and Gofukucho streets
Address: 1F, LIBERTA CARINO, 3-10-8, Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Map
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Yabacho - Sushi Urayama Main Branch

Guests can thoroughly enjoy Hokuriku Sushi, with its sweet sushi rice, as a Chef's Choice Course.

At Sushi Urayama Main Branch, guests can enjoy Hokuriku sushi made by the restaurant owner, who has had a 30-year career as a sushi artisan. It features sweet sushi rice. The high-quality ingredients, including carefully selected and purchased yellowtail, blackthroat sea perch, and snow crab, are made and served with refined techniques. While the menu basically consists of chef's choice courses, the chef has a deep heart and can flexibly respond to customer requests, making this restaurant very appealing.

The restaurant interior, which lets guests spend a calming time in a Japanese setting, has 10 counter seats and 10 table seats. It is also very comfortable, as the staff offer friendly service to help customers relax. In addition, for their Japanese sake collection, they have many options with smooth, refreshing, and dry flavors from Hokuriku, a famous sake brewing region. These drinks go incredibly well with the fish, letting customers further enjoy the excellent sushi.

Sushi Urayama Main branch

Open: [Tuesday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)
Closed: Monday
Average price: [Dinner] 18,000 JPY / [Lunch] 7,000 JPY
Access: 3-minute walk from Yaba-cho Station
Address: 1F, Hirako Bldg., 5-1-33, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Map
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Nagoya - Sushi Shiroma

Enjoy courses with new tastes, including Japanese food, sushi, and Japanese Black Wagyu beef.

Sushi Shiroma is located a 5-minute walk from Nagoya Station. The course cuisine, which lets guests enjoy Japanese food as much as they want, is highly recommended. The sushi artisans, who have honed their skills at several famous restaurants, have prepared Chef's Choice Courses that let guests enjoy charcoal-grilled wagyu beef by chefs who specialize in grilling, with a focus on seasonal dishes and sushi. With these satisfying tastes, one can enjoy authentic Japanese food, sushi, and Japanese Black Wagyu beef in a single course.

This relaxing space spreads out before guests and expresses the restaurant head's sincere wish to deliver a special time. The carefully scrutinized and selected Japanese sake and wine collection is sure to make customers happy. Guests who want to enjoy the freshest food scene in Nagoya should drop by once and experience the special course cuisine. Locals will want to show this restaurant to customers from outside Aichi and from overseas.

Sushi Shiroma

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Saturday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm) By reservation only / [Sunday] Dinner 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm) By reservation only / [Monday, Tuesday, Friday - Sunday] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:00 pm) By reservation only
Closed: Wednesday, National Holidays
Average price: [Dinner] 18,000 JPY / [Lunch] 12,000 JPY
Access: 5 minutes walk from Nagoya Station on various lines / 400m from Kokusai Center Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Sakura-dori Line
Address: 1F, Sun Town Meieki san-chome bldg., 3-11-2, Meieki, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Map
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Sakae - Otaru Masazushi Sakae

Try the luxury of enjoying Hokkaido seafood in a high-quality modern Japanese space.

Otaru Masazushi has its origins in Otaru Sushi Restaurant Street in Hokkaido. The first restaurant in the Tokai region is located here. They serve only reservation-style courses for both lunch and dinner. This restaurant takes the greatest care with its Hokkaido-made ingredients, and this company also manages a fish store, so it features fish caught in Hokkaido and shipped by air transport every day. Enjoy a feeling of true bliss while tasting sushi and sashimi made by an artisan using fresh seasonal fish.

This restaurant has counter seats with elegant curves and enjoyable private rooms that offer guests a private space. In this high-class and relaxing space, enjoy the Japanese sake and wine that go well with the authentic sushi and seafood cuisine. The MIX Pairing 6 Variety Set, which is highly recommended, further amplifies the charms of the sushi. Guests can have a highly satisfying time while consulting with the cook about their needs.

Otaru Masazushi Sakae

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)
Closed: Wednesday
Average price: -
Access: 4-minute walk from Sakae Station on Nagoya Municipal Subway / Right next to Sakae Chika S8 exit
Address: 3F, Maruei Galleria, 3-3-1, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Map
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Hisaya-odori - Sushi Michi Sakurada

This restaurant uses copious amounts of carefully selected ingredients, including sushi rice made with select ingredients from three Tokai prefectures.

Sushi Michi Sakurada, located in a business district, takes the greatest care with its sushi rice. They carefully select their rice, water, salt, vinegar, and wasabi from three prefectures in the Tokai region. Their courses promise to start with masterpieces that feature freshly cooked rice and wasabi on seaweed that is two times thicker than average. For the toppings, carefully selected ingredients, such as large fresh sea urchins stocked by Toyosu market wholesalers and tuna from tuna brokers, are used.

Consult with the owner, who also serves as a sommelier, about alcohol that goes well with the food. For the wine, they have a lineup of 80 brand bottles from all over the world, as well as 10 varieties of glass wine. They usually have around 40 kinds of Japanese sake available. Guests are recommended to state their preferences and trust the restaurant to make a choice. The perfect place to use for special scenes such as anniversaries, entertaining, dates, and meals with family.

Sushi Michi Sakurada

Address: 3-10-29, Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Access: 7 minutes walk from Hisaya-odori Station

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