味Aichi Eats

Editor's pick · Miso Nikomi Udon · Sakae

Yamamotoya Honten Sakae

4 min walk from Sakaemachi

🚉 About 17 min from Nagoya Sta. — Higashiyama Line · change at 栄 · 2 stops · 4 min walk
Estimated using local trains and 5 min per transfer. Express or rapid services are faster.

The other famous house — a different recipe, and locals take sides.

Where this one sits

Of the 23 Miso Nikomi Udon places listed on this site, this is the oldest, the 2nd closest to a station and one of the pricier ones.

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

Reputation

  • 1 videos119 views in total
  • 1907Established
  • Editor's pickchosen by hand, with a stated reason

Read the reviews on Google Maps →We link to reviews rather than reprinting them — Google does not allow their text to be republished.

Taxi card📍 Open in Google Maps🧭 Go from Nagoya Station

From my location →

Reserve a table

Book on Hot PepperOfficial site📞 052-211-9029

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.

Yamamotoya Honten Sakae — 山本屋本店栄店
Photo: HOT PEPPER Gourmet

Powered by HOT PEPPER Gourmet Web Service · See listing and hours

See it on video

山本屋本店　栄店編気ままにナゴヤ · 6:30 · 119 viewsJapanese audio

Only the thumbnail is loaded — the player starts only when you press play. · More on YouTube →

Address

Yamamotoya Honten Sakae

Address
Station
— 4 min walk from SakaemachiHHigashiyama LineMMeijo Line名鉄Meitetsu
Type of place
Opening hours
Wed–Fri11:00–15:00, 17:00–21:00
Sat–Sun11:00–21:00
Closed
Mon–Tue
Typical spend
¥2,001–3,000 per person, dinner
Smoking
Completely non-smoking
Established
1907
Record last refreshed
2026-07
Cards acceptedOpen for lunchSeats 53

Getting there: Higashiyama Line / Meijo Line / Meitetsu · Sakaemachi Station · 4 min walk

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Miso Nikomi Udon

How to eat it

  1. 1Use the lid as your plate. Lift noodles into it so they cool enough to eat.
  2. 2A raw egg is standard. Break it early and let it cook in the broth.

Read more — Miso Nikomi Udon →

Check it yourself

Ratings & reviews

We do not write or host reviews. These links go to the live ones, written by people who actually went.

Google Maps reviewsTabelog — what Japanese diners saySee photos

Something wrong on this page? Tell us

Sakae

More in this area

味処
Miso KatsuEditor's pick
Ajidokoro Kanou
5 min walk from Sakaemachi
🚉 About 18 min from Nagoya Sta.

A tiny Sakae counter that regulars rate above the famous chain.

Taishuu Sakaba Michishirube Marueigareria — 大衆酒場 ミチシルベ マルエイガレリア店
Doteni & Old Taverns
Taishuu Sakaba Michishirube Marueigareria
6 min walk from Sakaemachi
🚉 About 19 min from Nagoya Sta.
Go Aji Tori Sakaemachi — 伍味酉栄町店
Doteni & Old TavernsEditor's pick
Go Aji Tori Sakaemachi
2 min walk from Sakaemachi
🚉 About 15 min from Nagoya Sta.

Late-night Sakae izakaya covering every Nagoya speciality at once.

Miso Nikomi Udon

More places for this dish

Yamamotoya Sohonke — 山本屋総本家
Editor's pick
Yamamotoya Sohonke
1 min walk from Nagoya
🚉 About 1 min from Nagoya Sta.

One of the two houses that made miso-nikomi udon a Nagoya institution.

Yamamotoya Honten Nagoyaekimae — 山本屋本店 名古屋駅前店
Editor's pick
Yamamotoya Honten Nagoyaekimae
4 min walk from Nagoya
🚉 About 4 min from Nagoya Sta.

The other famous house — a different recipe, and locals take sides.

Yamamotoya Honten Sakae Honchou Toori — 山本屋本店 栄本町通店
Editor's pick
Yamamotoya Honten Sakae Honchou Toori
7 min walk from Fushimi
🚉 About 12 min from Nagoya Sta.

The other famous house — a different recipe, and locals take sides.