Oumi -beef

08.27.2015 Food grudges run deep

This phrase is often printed on Oumi -beef bento lunch boxes sold at train stations throughout Japan. It expresses the deep resentment of hungry samurai when Ii Naosuke, Tokugawa Shogun’s Chief Advisor and lord of Oumi (now part of Shiga Prefecture) refused to present the Edo government with Oumi beef. According to folklore, his refusal even contributed to his assassination in the 1860 Sakuradamon incident.
The Oumi beef label only graces beef from kuroge-wagyu (Japanese black cattle) that spent most of their lives raised in Shiga Prefecture. Compared with Japan's other two major wagyu brands (Matsuzaka and Kobe), Oumi has a much longer history and meltier-in-your-mouth texture.

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Teppanyaki Ousaka 鉄板焼　逢坂

Juso/Tsukamoto, Shin-Osaka/Nishinakajima/Juso, Osaka

Teppanyaki,Yakiniku/Steak / Steak / Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling) / Western Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling)

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Average price: 7,500JPY

Open: 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (last order 10:00 pm)

Closed: Irregular

English services: English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Access: A five minute walk from Hankyu Juso Station.

Address: 1-9-15 Shinkitano, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

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Yakiniku no Meimon Tendan Akasaka 焼肉の名門　天壇　赤坂店

Akasaka, Akasaka, Tokyo

Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ),Yakiniku/Steak / Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) / Horumon (offal meat) / Korean

Reservation 1 recommendation

1 recommendation

Average price: Dinner: 7,000JPY / Lunch: 1,500JPY

Open: Dinner 5:30 p.m.- 11:30 p.m. (last order 11:00 p.m.) /Lunch 11:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. (last order 2:30 p.m.)

Closed: Sundays

English services: English-speaking staff available.

Access: It is a 2-minute walk from Exit 1 of Akasaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda line and a 5-minute walk from Exit 10 of Tokyo Metro's Akasaka-mitsuke Station.

Address: HitotsugiLip2F, 4-3-6 Akasaka , Minato-ku, Tokyo

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Roppakuya KADO Roppakuya　KADO

Shijo Karasuma/Karasuma Oike, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General / General / Wine

Reservation

Average price: 3,500JPY

Open: Normal hours: 5:00 pm - 12:00 am (last order 11:30 pm)

Closed: Sundays

English services: Unknown.

Access: A 5-minute walk from Exit 26 of Hankyu Karasuma Station. Turn right at the crossing by the Sumitomo Life Kyoto Building and go straight; it will be on your left.