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Atsuta Hourai Ken Matsuzakaya

2 min walk from Yaba Machi

🚉 About 16 min from Nagoya Sta.Higashiyama Line → Meijo Line · change at 栄 · 3 stops · 2 min walk
Estimated using local trains and 5 min per transfer. Express or rapid services are faster.

The restaurant that invented hitsumabushi and still holds the trademark.

Where this one sits

Of the 38 Hitsumabushi places listed on this site, this is the 2nd oldest, the 2nd largest and one of the shortest walks from a station.

Compared against the other Hitsumabushi shops here, on the prices, walking times, opening years and seat counts each of them lists.

Reputation

  • 2 videos6.4K views in total
  • 1873Established
  • Editor's pickchosen by hand, with a stated reason

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Reserve a table

Most Nagoya restaurants take walk-ins, so a reservation is usually optional — for the famous ones, arriving right at opening beats booking. Booking pages and phone lines are in Japanese; your hotel front desk will call for you if you ask.

See it on video

あつた蓬莱軒【松坂屋名古屋】元祖ひつまぶし を堪能してきました。k-ony · 4:59 · 3,539 viewsJapanese audio
名古屋で大行列の「あつた蓬莱軒」を超正直レビュー、お勧め出来るのはこんな人!静寂ひとり旅 / relaxing and quiet Japan travel · 1:51 · 2,845 viewsJapanese audio

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Atsuta Hourai Ken Matsuzakaya

Address
Station
— 2 min walk from Yaba MachiMMeijo Line
Type of place
Opening hours
Mon, Wed–Fri11:00–15:30, 16:30–22:00
Sat–Sun11:00–22:00
Closed
Tue
Typical spend
¥4,001–5,000 per person, dinner
Smoking
Completely non-smoking
Established
1873
Record last refreshed
2026-07
English menuCards acceptedSeats 102

Getting there: Meijo Line · Yaba Machi Station · 2 min walk

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Hitsumabushi

How to eat it

  1. 1Divide the rice into four with the paddle. Eat the first quarter plain.
  2. 2On the second, add spring onion, wasabi and nori. On the third, pour the dashi over it.
  3. 3The fourth quarter is yours — whichever of the three you liked best.

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