Best Local Specialty Restaurants In Kanto
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Tokyo boast the specialty dish 'Tendon'. There is unbelievable queue at front of the restaurant at a lunch time and you have to wait. But it is worth waiting. It has many crispy shrimps, large congers, eggs, shellfishes with a secret sauce. The tendon is ultimate delicious.
Name
Kaneko Hannosuke
Address
1-11-15 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3243-0707
Hours
11:00-22:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]10:00-21:00
How to get there

A specialty yuba, edible wild plants and thick soup, the local dish makes you warm. It is near the Kinugawa station, you can eat the local food as soon as your arrival.
Name
Hamaichi
Address
1398 Ohara Kinugawaonsen, Nikko-shi, TochigiGoogle Map
Tel
0288-77-0298
Hours
10:00-17:00
Closed
2nd・4th Tri

This pork is fed only a turmeric. You don’t miss the dish if you visit Nikko. It is characterized by its sweetness and matches soar sauce of berries to be a refined course.
Name
Restaurant Kegon
Address
Nikko Lake Side Hotel 1F 2482 Chugushi, Nikko-shi, TochigiGoogle Map

I recommend the restaurant for eating a specialty delicious foods of Nikko. The chef with a proud face said to me, "How do you like it?". So, he is proud of the delicious Iwana fish that is chewy and has great fat.
Name
Sushi Hide
Address
808 Shimo Hatsuishi-machi, Nikko-shi, TochigiGoogle Map
Tel
0288-54-1300
Hours
11:00-19:00

Used asari clam, koshihikari rice grown in Niigata, miso mixture of Kanto region's and Tohoku's. After trial and error, they succeeded in reproducing the genuine fukagawa-meshi.
Name
Fukagawa-Jyuku Hachiman Store
Address
TomiokaHachimangu 1-23-11 Tomioka, Koto-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-5646-8678
Hours
11:30-15:00,17:00-21:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]11:30-17:00
Closed
Mon
How to get there

Have you ever eaten sea turtle? It's one of the specialties in Ogasawara Islands. You can enjoy sashimi and stewed one at the restaurants in Ogasawara. Please try out if you visit here.
Name
Chichijima Island
Address
Higashi-machi, Ogasawara-mura, TokyoGoogle Map

Misaki is famous for tuna fishery. In fact, doughnuts are popular secretly. The locals call it Misado with their warm affections and loves it very much. Simple, mild, a little sweet, fluffy and chewy doughnuts. Eating this, you may feel relieved, somehow.
Name
Misaki Donuts
Address
3-3-4 Misaki, Miura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
046-895-2410
Hours
11:00-17:00 [Sat・Sun]10:00-17:00
Closed
Wed

It's on Kamaboko Street, 20 minutes walk from Odawara station. 13 famous shops of kamaboko, food made from fish paste, and local shops make the special foodstuffs for Odawara oden. They stew those in refined stock soup and prepare three kinds of sauce such as ume-miso. You may drink much the local sake with them.
Name
Odawara Oden Main-Store
Address
3-11-30 Hama-cho, Odawara-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0465-20-0320
Hours
11:30-14:00,16:00-21:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]11:30-21:00

At a back alley of the third avenue of Tsukishima Monja Street. Quite a few people eat here at first when they come to Tsukishima. 'Monkichi Special', most popular menu, has many seafood, pork and noodle and it's the right food as monja! The staff's splendid control of spatulas often becomes a topic of SNS.
Name
Rojiura Monja Monkichi Main Store
Address
3-8-10 Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3531-2380
Hours
11:00-22:00
How to get there

This hotel thought up ' Spaghetti Neapolitan' for American soldiers after the war. Ham and mushroom for the ingredients, the tomato sauce with deep smell of butter. On the birthplace recipe, the sauce is mixed well with the chewy spaghetti. You can enjoy the historical taste together with the solemn atmosphere of a long-established hotel.
Name
HOTEL NEW GRAND
Address
10 Yamashita-cho Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
045-681-1841
Hours
10:00-21:30

Yokosuka is famous for the local curry like 'the navy curry'. Now the new specialty curry comes from Kannonzaki, a site of batteries. Rice battery surrounded rocks and trees of locally grown vegetables. On the top of these, dynamic spareribs compared to a cannon! The curry born in a hotel standing at a battery site is juicy and spicy.
Name
Kannonzaki Keikyu Hotel
Address
2 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
046-841-2200
Hours
11:00-21:00

A rare brand beef that is a line of Tamba black cattle and grown by the original feed such as rice and tofu-lees only in this area. Its particular sweetness needs only salt and wasabi for seasonings. Meat lovers from outside Kanagawa get together to enjoy the beef at this scenic restaurant.
Name
Shonan OVA
Address
1-2-6 Shonan Kokusai-mura, Yokosuka-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
046-857-3001
Hours
10:30-18:30

Here is famous as 'Kanazawa Hakkei (Kanazawa's eight scenic places)'. Hirobumi Ito (the first Japanese Prime Minister) had often visited here from his villa, and now, baseball players and celebrities are regular customers. In a box printed ukiyo-e, soft and savory Japanese eel with tasty sauce...saliva fills my mouth at the site!◎Access: 10 minutes walk from Kanazawa-hakkei Station. Open: 11:00-15:00, 16:30-20:30. Close: Wednesdays Parking lot available.
Name
Unamatsu
Address
15-26 Susaki-cho Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
045-701-9129
Hours
11:00-15:00,16:30-20:30
Closed
Wed

For the ingredients of hot spring, this black boiled egg (Onsen Tamago) is said to be able to extent one's life. Though it looks jet-black, the inside is almost the same as ordinally boiled egg… But wait! Its yolk is very thick and not dry.◎500yen for 5 eggs. You can buy it only here at Owakudani.
Name
Owakudani Kuro Tamago Kan
Address
1251 Sengokuhara Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, KanagawaGoogle Map

In Meiji 15 (1882), a brandy based cocktail was born in KAMIYA BAR in Asakusa. Though its alcoholicity is high, this sweet and easy drinkable cocktail has been loved for a long time, and it's a specialty of Asakusa. Let's go to Asakusa tour after dinking a little bit!◎There're two kinds of DENKI BRAN, an ordinary one has 30% alcohol content (270yen), and old one has 40% (370yen). They have many kinds of relishes.
Name
KAMIYA BAR
Address
1-1-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3841-5400
Hours
11:30-22:00
Closed
Tue
How to get there
1 min walk, from Asakusa Station
Parking
No parking area

A specialty shop of galette & crape 'framboise' started in Paris, has just opened in Ginza. The raspberry crape has an excellent match of sweet & sour fresh fruit and nice dough, which is liked by grownups.◎Special crape raspberry taste with fresh fruit and ice cream 1180yen. Access: 3rd floor of GSIX
Name
framboise
Address
3F GSIX 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-6280-6752
Hours
10:30-20:30
How to get there

Tsuta has won the one Michelin star for the fist time in the world as a ramen restaurant. This is a ramen with surprising foodstuffs such as soup with truffle fragrance, roasted Iberico pork, and wonton of Agu pork. Each foodstuff has shining individuality!◎The taste evolves day by day, and this is the latest best one 1700yen. If you want to confirm the ramen, you need to get a numbered ticket distributed at 7:00 in the morning.
Name
Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta
Address
Plateau-Saka 1F 1-14-1 Sugamo, Toshima-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3943-1007
Hours
11:00-16:00,18:00-21:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there

Located at Komachi Dori Street, this is a 'udon restaurant offering also sake' and has been introduced in Michelin Guide 2015. Udon is of course delicious, crisp tempura of Kamakura vegetables and shirasu (whitebait) bowl are also the local specialties.◎Access: 5 min walk from East Gate of Kamakura Station. It opens also for lunch and on Sundays. 16 seats are all at the bar, so it's better to visit with 2-3 people than a big group.
Name
Teuchi Kama-age Udon Kamakura MIYOSHI
Address
1-5-38 Yukinoshita, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0467-61-4634
Hours
11:15-19:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]11:15-19:30

Based on Indian curry, but it uses Japanese broth and soy sauce. It tastes full-bodied and smooth but doesn't cause an upset stomach because of no use of flour. You must be addicted to this curry.◎Regular holiday: Wednesdays Sundays are unsettled holidays. Going through the quiet residential area, you can find the black signboard.
Name
PANNYA CAFE CURRY
Address
3-23-23 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3485-4548
Hours
11:30-15:30,17:30-20:30
Closed
Wed
How to get there
3 min walk, from Shimokitazawa Station


