Best Japanese & Japanese Restaurants in Northern Honshu (Tohoku)

Kutsurogi Umasake Kakoiya Sendai Ekimae Branch

くつ炉ぎ・うま酒　かこいや仙台駅前店

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) / General

5,000 JPY

5,000 JPY

Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O 9:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1 minute walk from Sendai Station on the Subway Namboku Line, 3 minutes walk from JR Sendai Station, 2 minutes walk from PARCO2, towards Entatsu Parking

Yonezawa Gyu Sankai Ryori Yoshi-tei

米沢牛・山懐料理吉亭

Yonezawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata

Japanese, Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesay, Thursday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Wednesday, Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

About 50 minutes on National Highway 13 from the Fukushima Iizaka interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. Ten-minutes drive from Yonezawa Sation. Three-minute walk from Uesugi Shrine.

ETO Sanchome Branch

料理人　えとう　三丁目店

Kokubuncho/Ichibancho, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

[Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) [Monday - Saturday, Day before National Holidays] Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Sunday

Unknown.

8-minute walk or 3-minute drive from Kotodai-koen Station. 13-minute walk or 6-minute drive from Hirose-dori Station. Located on the 1st floor of the building next to the Lawson Sendai Jozenji branch

Japanese cuisine, Teppanyaki Mogamitei

日本料理・鉄板焼　最上亭

Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata

Japanese, Japanese / General / Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)

Dinner: 9,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Dinner: 9,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesday, Thursay-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm). Teppanyaki lunch service is available only on Saturdays and Sundays.

Wednesday

English menu available.

1 minute walk from Yamagata Station. Located in Hotel Metropolitan Yamagata.

Unagi no Naruse Morioka Branch

鰻の成瀬　盛岡店

Morioka, Morioka/Hanamaki/Tono, Iwate

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel)

2,000 JPY

2,000 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

None

English menu available.

The restaurant is located 1,236 m from Maegata Station or under 1 km west of Aeon Mall Morioka. By car, it takes about a few minutes.

Kappo Tempura Santaro

割烹　天ぷら　三太郎

Kokubuncho/Ichibancho, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

Dinner: 12,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

Dinner: 12,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,000 JPY

[Tuesday - Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) *Please note that December 30th will be the last business day of the year, and the closing time is 9:00 pm.

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

9-minute walk from Hirose-dori Station on the Subway Namboku Line. 7-minute drive from Sendai Station on JR East.

Sumibyaki and Sanriku-uminosachi Sendai Saishun

炭火焼きと三陸海の幸　仙台彩旬

Miyagino/Wakabayashi, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Local Japanese Cuisine / Sake

4,500 JPY

4,500 JPY

Breakfast 6:30 am - 10:00 am / Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm *Lunchtime is by reservation only / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

None

English menu available.

8-minute walk from JR Sendai Station / 3-minute walk from Itsutsubashi Station (North Exit 3) on the Subway Namboku Line

Kokubuncho Kurotaka

国分町　黒髙

Kokubuncho/Ichibancho, Sendai, Miyagi

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Sake

15,000 JPY

15,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Saturday, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm *Reservations required (last entry at 9:00 pm)

Monday, Sunday, National Holidays

English menu available.

3-minute walk from South Exit 3 of Kotodai-Koen Station on the Municipal subway Namboku Line

Sushi Shirahata

鮨　しらはた

Matsushima, Matsushima, Miyagi

Sushi, Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday - Friday] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm / Dinner 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) / [Saturday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Tuesday

Unknown.

3 minutes walk west of Hon-Shiogama Station on the JR Sengoku Line. It is on National Route 45.

Shiogama Shirahata

塩竈　しらはた

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Sushi, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,500 JPY

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,500 JPY

[Weekdays] 11:00 am - 8:00 pm (L.O. 7:30 pm) [Weekend] 11:00 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

None

Unknown.

1 minute walk from JR Sendai Station. At [Date-no-Komichi] in S-PAL Sendai East Bldg.

Sendai Bar MUSUBI

仙台バルMUSUBI

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Seafood, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,800 JPY

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,800 JPY

[Monday - Saturday, National Holiday, Day before National Holiday] Breakfast 6:30 am - 10:00 am (L.O. 9:30 am) / Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Sunday, Irregular Holiday

Unknown.

5-minute walk from the West Exit of JR Sendai Station, 1-minute walk from West Exit 1 or South Exit 1 of the Subway Sendai Station

Teshigoto Zefu

てしごと是歩

Kokubuncho/Ichibancho, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine)

7,000 JPY

7,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday] Dinner 17:00 - 01:00 (last order 00:30) [Sundays, Holidays] Dinner 17:00 - 00:00 (last order 23:30)

None

Unknown.

3 minutes on foot from the exit for Ichiban-cho Arcade from Kotodai-Koen Station.

Ryotei Kishokaku

料亭　亀松閣

Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / General / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 6,000 JPY

Afternoon Session 11:30-14:30 / Evening Session 16:30-22:00

None

Unknown.

10 minutes by car from the east exit of Yamagata station on the JR Yamagata Shinkansen. 5 minutes by car from the east exit of Kita-Yamagata station on the JR Yamagata Shinkansen.

Gyutan Sumiyaki Rikyu Chuodori

牛たん炭焼利久　中央通店

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / Gyutan (beef tongue) / Local Japanese Cuisine / General

2,000 JPY

2,000 JPY

Lunch from 11:30-15:00 (last order at 14:30) Dinner from 17:00-23:00 (last order at 22:30)

Tuesdays

English menu available.

5 minutes walk from JR Senseki Line Aoba-Dori Station

Gyutan Sumiyaki Rikyu Iwanuma

牛たん炭焼　利久　岩沼店

Natori/Zao/Shiroishi, Southern Sendai City/Zao, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Gyutan (beef tongue) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 2,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Dinner: 2,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (last order 2:30 p.m.) Dinner: 3:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. (last order 10:30 p.m.)

None

English menu available.

Twenty one minute walk from JR Tohoku Main Line Iwanuma Station

Gyutan Sumiyaki Rikyu Nakakecho

牛たん炭焼　利久　名掛丁店

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / Gyutan (beef tongue) / Curry

Dinner: 2,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Dinner: 2,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Normal hours: 11:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m. (last order 10:30 p.m.) Lunch until 3:00 p.m. New Year's Eve: 11:00 a.m.-9:30 p.m. (last order 8:30 p.m.) New Year's Day: 11:00 a.m.-9:30 p.m. (last order 9:00 p.m.)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

In front of JR Sendai Station, in the Hapina Nakakecho Shopping Arcade next to Matsuzawa Kamaboko Shop.

Yakitori Fukuzumi Main Store

やきとり　福住　本店

Iwaki, Iwaki/Hamadori, Fukushima

Japanese, Japanese / Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers)

3,000 JPY

3,000 JPY

Normal hours: 17:00-00:00

None

Unknown.

Turn left after exiting from the south exit of Iwaki station, and go straight for 200m. Turn left in front of Hotel Tokyu Inn into an alley. Proceed to the end of the alley and the entrance will be to your right.

Gyutan Sumiyaki Rikyu Honcho

牛たん炭焼利久　本町店

Sendai Station East Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Gyutan (beef tongue) / Local Japanese Cuisine

2,000 JPY

2,000 JPY

Lunch from 11:30-15:00 (last order at 14:30) / Dinner from 17:00-23:00 (last order at 22:30) *On December 31st, operating hours for dinner will be from 16:00-20:30 (last order at 20:00).

None

English menu available.

3 minutez walk from Hirose-Dori Station on the Subway Namboku Line

Sushidokoro Koya Sendai Ekinaka

寿司処　こうや　仙台駅中店

Sendai Station West Exit, Sendai, Miyagi

Sushi, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

Normal hours: 10:00 - 22:30 *Lunch only available on weekdays

None

English menu available.

Inside Sendai Station on Sushidori street

Washoku to Tempura Zefu

わしょくと天ぷら　ぜふ

Kokubuncho/Ichibancho, Sendai, Miyagi

Japanese, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Local Sake

[Weekdays, Saturday] Normal hours: 17:30 - 03:00 (Last order: 02:00) [Sunday, National Holiday] Normal hours: 17:30 - 00:00

Sundays

Unknown.

3 minutes walk from Hirose-dori station on Sendai Municipal Subway Namboku Line.