Editor's pick · Hitsumabushi · Sakae

Shirakawa

4 min walk from Yaba Machi

🚉 About 18 min from Nagoya Sta.Higashiyama Line → Meijo Line · change at 栄 · 3 stops · 4 min walk
Estimated using local trains and 5 min per transfer. Express or rapid services are faster.

Hitsumabushi at roughly half the price of the famous houses.

Where this one sits

Of the 38 Hitsumabushi places listed on this site, this is the 3rd cheapest, one of the shortest walks from a station and one of the roomier ones.

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

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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.

Shirakawa — しら河
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Address

Shirakawa

Address
Station
— 4 min walk from Yaba MachiMMeijo Line
Type of place
Opening hours
Mon–Sun11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Closed
Open every day
Typical spend
¥2,001–3,000 per person, dinner
Smoking
Partly non-smoking
Record last refreshed
2026-06
English menuCards acceptedOpen for lunchSeats 60

Getting there: Meijo Line · Yaba Machi Station · 4 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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