How do you eat Tenmusu?

Buy them to take away. Most shops are counters, not restaurants. Two or three make a light lunch.

Where should you eat Tenmusu in Nagoya and Aichi?

Good places to start: Jiraiya, Tenmusu Chizu, Tenmusu Chizu Tenmusu Chaya Matsuzakaya. All of them are listed on this page with photos, addresses and the nearest station.

A small rice ball with a shrimp tempura tucked inside. It is said to have started in Tsu, Mie, and became a Nagoya staple.

Room temperature is the normal state. It is made to taste good cold — takeaway and shinkansen rides are its natural habitat.

How big is one serving?

Usually a pack of about five. They are small — three make a light snack, easy to slot between meals on a food walk.

🍙 天むす · 5 places · Nagoya speciality

Tenmusu

A rice ball with a prawn tempura tail sticking out

A photo of the dish itself — none of the shops listed here publish photos.

Tenmusu — A photo of the dish itself — none of the shops listed here publish photos.

Photo: m-louis from Ichinomiya, Aichi / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Small, salty and portable — made for eating on a train. Nagoya took the idea from Mie prefecture and made it famous.

Tenmusu

How to eat it

食べ方

1Buy them to take away. Most shops are counters, not restaurants.
2Two or three make a light lunch.

Order with one line

天むすをください。

Tenmusu o kudasai.

= “Tenmusu, please.”

Show this to the staff — it means “Tenmusu, please.”

Tenmusu

See it on video

動画

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【名古屋メシは全部三重県発祥だ！パクるな！】これが本物の「元祖・天むす」である。吉田製作所Y · 1:00 · 710,009 viewsJapanese audio

名古屋で無双してる天むすモーニング名古屋グルメYouTuber【ナゴグル】 · 1:01 · 192,283 viewsJapanese audio

ルーツは実は三重にアリ…『天むす』が名古屋名物として広がった意外なワケ津と名古屋2つの「千寿」東海テレビニュースONE · 4:48 · 7,724 viewsJapanese audio

Where to eat it

どこで食べるか

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01
Jiraiya
地雷也
2 min walk from Yagoto🚉 About 24 min from Nagoya Sta.
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02
Tenmusu Chizu
天むす千寿
3 min walk from Kamimaezu🚉 About 17 min from Nagoya Sta.
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03
Tenmusu Chizu Tenmusu Chaya Matsuzakaya
天むす千寿天むす茶屋松坂屋店
3 min walk from Yaba Machi🚉 About 17 min from Nagoya Sta.
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04
Jiraiya
地雷也
3 min walk from Sakaemachi🚉 About 16 min from Nagoya Sta.
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05
Jiraiya Honten
地雷也本店
10 min walk from Morishita🚉 About 28 min from Nagoya Sta.
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FAQ

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What is tenmusu?: A small rice ball with a shrimp tempura tucked inside. It is said to have started in Tsu, Mie, and became a Nagoya staple.
Is it served hot?: Room temperature is the normal state. It is made to taste good cold — takeaway and shinkansen rides are its natural habitat.
How big is one serving?: Usually a pack of about five. They are small — three make a light snack, easy to slot between meals on a food walk.

Tenmusu

How to eat it

See it on video

Where to eat it

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