Oysters feature must-try flavors in winter! They're great raw, grilled, steamed, and cooked. Winter is the perfect season for thoroughly enjoying the delicious flavors of the almighty oyster. Here are 5 restaurants where one can eat delicious oysters in Hiroshima, famous as an oyster production area. Guests at these establishments can enjoy seasonal flavors to their hearts' content.
Japanese cuisine - Setouchi Mikakudokoro Geishu Main Branch
Enjoy fresh sea food from the Seto Inland region along with local Hiroshima sake.
Setouchi Mikakudokoro Geishu Main Branch is located a 3-minute walk from Tate-machi Station. Here, guests can enjoy seasonal Kaiseki cuisine made with Seto Inland region seafood and homemade vegetables, along with local Hiroshima sake. Their Oyster Seto-Yaki, which uses oysters by the company Horiguchi Kaisan (designated as THE Hiroshima brand), is a winter exclusive menu item served from around mid-October to late April. The rich and mellow flavors are incredibly addictive.
Setouchi Mikakudokoro Geishu Main Branch
Closed: Tuesday
Average price: [Dinner] 6,000 JPY / [Lunch] 1,500 JPY
Access: 3 minutes walk from Tatemachi Station
Izakaya - Sakagura Gyokojin Kudako
Guests will smack their lips at the local and homemade cuisine using seasonal seafood caught in the Seto Inland Sea.
Sakagura Gyokojin Kudako is in a location with excellent access, just a 1-minute walk from Kanayama-cho Station. They offer specialty octopus cuisine in addition to various foods that use seasonal seafood, including oysters, conger eels, pike congers, and small sardines from the Seto Inland Sea. The oysters and spinach are individual items that can be enjoyed throughout the year and are highly recommended. Guests can thoroughly enjoy the condensed flavors of the oysters.
The restaurant interior has a relaxing, Japanese-style atmosphere and features table seats and counter seats. Their private rooms come with tables and can accommodate around 10 people with the sliding door closed and 30 people with the sliding door open. Their separate annex features sunken kotatsu-style seating that can be used by up to 18 people.
Sakagura Gyokojin Kudako
Access: 1 minute walk from Kanayama-cho Station
Okonomiyaki - Denkosekka Takaramachi Branch
New-style Okonomiyaki that uses Hiroshima soul food.
Denkosekka Takaramachi Branch is located near Hijiyama-Bashi Station. This restaurant offers a rich variety of okonomiyaki and toppings, as well as a diverse lineup of single items that are perfect with sake. Guests will certainly want to try the oyster (with ponzu sauce or butter), which uses highly fresh oysters from Miyajima. They don't shrink much even when cooked, and the crispy textures can be enjoyed all year.
This restaurant has counter seats that are easy to use for solo customers. Guests can enjoy seeing staff cook before their eyes. They have table seats that are perfect for group usage, as well as tatami seating, raised tatami seating areas with sunken kotatsu tables, and private rooms. In addition, they take full restaurant reservations, and guests can enjoy various styles of okonomiyaki and single foods.
Denkosekka Takaramachi Branch
Access: Hijiyama-bashi Station
Izakaya - Shizenha Wine Osozai Holiday Shokudo
Enjoy their diverse a la carte menu along with carefully selected wine.
Shizenha Wine Osozai Holiday Shokudo is located a 5-minute walk from Hondori Station. Their Black Fried Oyster is made with black bread crumbs and bamboo charcoal, and its appearance leaves quite an impact. Starting with their oysters and lemons made in Hiroshima, guests can also enjoy the a la carte menu with carefully selected ingredients from all over Japan.
Shizenha Wine Osozai Holiday Shokudo
Address: 1-5-18, Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima
Access: 5 minutes walk from Hondori Station
Japanese cuisine - Kakifune Kanawa
A charming, long-standing restaurant in a scenic location that overlooks a beautiful river surface.
Located a 5-minute walk from Genbaku Dome-mae Station. Kakifune Kanawa is a long-standing restaurant where one can enjoy meals on a ship. They have an extremely diverse lineup of menu items that let guests fully enjoy the charms of Hiroshima oysters. These include the Specialty Oyster Hotpot and the Devour Oysters Course, which feature oyster appetizers, grilled oysters, and oyster tempura.
Cross the small bridge and enter the ship to experience an extraordinary time. The interior features restaurants with different concepts on the 2 floors: Waku, a Japanese restaurant that lets guests spend a rich time, and Seto, where they can casually enjoy authentic Japanese cuisine from Hiroshima. Enjoy a diverse range of oyster cuisine while gazing at the rich nature on the water's surface of the Motoyasu River.
Kakifune Kanawa
Access: 5 minutes walk from Hiroshima Bus Center Station
