Style and Substance: Kisuke

Name: New Year rituals at Itsukushima Shrine
Start: 2022-01-01T06:00:00+09:00
End: 2022-01-06T05:59:59+09:00
Location: Itsukushima Shrine

March 18, 2020April 30, 2020 Hiroshima Food Snob 2884 Views 0 Comment Credit cards, English menu, English spoken, Free WiFi, Izakaya, Smokers paradise, Washoku

Welcoming and stylish, Kisuke is a friendly Japanese washoku restaurant, popular with both foodies and washoku-newbies.

youki ramen chuka soba in hiroshima japan

Features Japanese Ramen

Local Legend: Youki Ramen

September 18, 2019April 11, 2020 Hiroshima Food Snob 3197 Views 0 Comment cash only, Eba, Eng, English menu, Hiroshima Ramen, ramen

Local favorite Youki has been serving chuka-soba A.K.A. ramen for 62 years and this little shop in Eba is where it all started.

Dining Japanese Sweets Tea shop

Japanese Confection Connection: Sabō Tsuruya

June 27, 2019April 11, 2020 Hiroshima Food Snob 2447 Views 0 Comment Fukuromachi, Wagashi

Scratch your wagashi itch in Fukuromachi.

Dining Japanese

Long Live the Greasy Spoon: Miyoshi Shokudō

June 19, 2019April 11, 2020 Hiroshima Food Snob 2517 Views 0 Comment Diner, Tatemachi

One of Hiroshima’s few surviving shokudō diners.

Dining Japanese Vegetarian

Croissant Marche – Macrobiotic Lunches and Health Food Shop near Peace Park

June 7, 2019June 24, 2021 jjwalsh 2753 Views 0 Comment macrobiotic, Near Peace Park, Vegan

Previously called Maison De Croissant at a location outside of town (Kannon), this centrally located Croissant Marche is a fantastic

Cafe Dining Japanese

Hiroshima Morning Club: Zwei G-sen Edition

May 23, 2019November 26, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 2241 Views 0 Comment breakfast, Coffee, Kissaten, Naka-ku, Otemachi

One of Hiroshima’s oldest kissaten coffee houses, Zwei G-sen is full of character.

taiko udon noodle shop in hiroshima with vegetarian options

Dining Japanese Soba & Udon Vegetarian

Taking Udon to the Next Level: Taiko Udon Nakamachi

March 2, 2019March 3, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 3147 Views 0 Comment English menu, Hiroshima Food Snob, Naka-ku, Udon, Vegetarian options

This ain’t your grandma’s udon-ya, folks.

Dining Japanese

Kazura [葛]

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Matt Jungblut 4221 Views 0 Comment Eating The Stars, Michelin, Michelin star

Matt Jungblut shares one of his best meals in Hiroshima so far, at this Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant.

Dining Izakaya Japanese Okonomiyaki Sushi

Ganko Yatai

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 Judith Cotelle 4391 Views 0 Comment

Nagarekawa’s all night “stubborn street stall” food court

Features Japanese

Tempura Tenko Honten

February 24, 2018April 9, 2018 Matt Jungblut 6461 Views 4 Comments Eating The Stars, Michelin, Michelin star, tempura

Tempura is the most underrated of Japanese foods.

Dining Japanese Kaiseki

Hina-no-ryotei Jigozen

January 23, 2018August 16, 2019 Paul Walsh 4971 Views 2 Comments kaiseki ryori

Treat yourself to a real taste of Japan at this beautiful sprawling kaiseki restaurant of traditional Japanese design on the

Dining Japanese

Wabaru Tobira

October 27, 2017April 20, 2020 Paul Walsh 4784 Views 0 Comment Lunch, sake, Washoku

Traditional Japanese style with modern accents, great food and a lively vibe at this street level izakaya.

Dining Izakaya Japanese

Kakure Daidokoro Kiseki

October 13, 2017October 17, 2017 GetHiroshima 3775 Views 0 Comment "Teishoku" set-meals, cheap lunch, English menu, Fujimi-cho, Lunch, Non-smoking at lunch

One man izakaya just south of Peace Boulevard, popular at lunch and serving drinks and tasty Japanese munchables at night.

Dining Japanese

MAU Japanese Restaurant & Sake

October 3, 2017January 13, 2018 Paul Walsh 4701 Views 0 Comment Credit cards, sake, Washoku

Tucked away at the end of a corridor that leads from the street to the back of a nondescript building

Dining Japanese Soba & Udon

Sanuki Udon Komugi

May 8, 2017March 2, 2019 Paul Walsh 5192 Views 2 Comments Senda-machi, Udon

Komugi is a cozy little noodle shop run by a nice couple in Senda-machi, near the Red Cross Hospital. They

Dining Japanese

O-dashi-no-kaori

March 25, 2017 Judith Cotelle 4372 Views 0 Comment Lunch, Non-smoking

O-dashi-no-kaori [おだしの香り] is a smoke free lunch place that specializes in dashi o-chazuke (rice with one of various toppings over

Cafe Dining Izakaya Japanese Sweets

Akaneko Himiko-kura

March 14, 2017 Paul Walsh 4827 Views 0 Comment Miyoshi

The coolest place in Miyoshi’s historical district.

Dining Japanese Ramen

Michimaru Ramen

March 8, 2017 Matt Jungblut 5083 Views 0 Comment ramen

Delicious Hakata ramen near Hiroshima Station’s shinkansen exit.

Dining Fusion Japanese Sushi

Ayur

December 16, 2016January 20, 2017 GetHiroshima 6459 Views 1 Comment Credit cards, Hakushima, Non-smoking

Wonderful little Japanese bistro in Hakushima voted ‘Best Japanese Restaurant’ in our 2016 Best of Hiroshima Awards.

Cafe Dining Japanese Miyajima Soba & Udon Sweets Tea shop

To-no-oka Chaya

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 jjwalsh 5434 Views 0 Comment good views, Miyajima

Delicious noodles and more in a calm atmosphere away from Miyajima’s busy main streets.

Dining Japanese Vegetarian

Vegan Cafe

October 28, 2016January 9, 2018 Paul Walsh 6404 Views 2 Comments Vegan

Unfortunately The Vegan Cafe closed in December 2017. Traditional, healthy Japanese cuisine at the only dedicated vegan eatery in central

Dining Japanese Robatayaki

Aburiya Hachisuke

October 27, 2016 Kismet Cordova 4135 Views 0 Comment sake

There’s nothing quite like barbequing food over glowing charcoal. A relatively young robatayaki (lit. “fireside-cooking”) restaurant in Nakamachi, Hachisuke’s [炙り屋