Best Local Specialty Restaurants In Kansai
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At the foot of Nagahama Castle of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. You can eat 'Saba (mackerel) Somen Noodle' in a historical restaurant. The mackerel and somen noodle are cooked to be salted and sweetened, and it's a familiar taste for all Japanese people.◎Open: 10:30~ Regular holiday: Mondays Access: 3min walk from JR Nagahama Station, along the Hokkoku Kaido Street.

They're so particular about the oil and sauce that we can eat the fried pork very lightly. Be careful eating to much and don't dip in the sauce twice.
Name
Ganso Kushikatsu Daruma Shinsekai Main Store
Address
2-3-9 Ebisuhigashi Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6645-7056
Hours
11:00-22:30
How to get there

A fluffy egg and octopus with a stock soup! Also as a snack. You can eat them with tako-yaki sauce.
Name
Tachibana
Address
3-9-4 Sannomiya-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
078-331-0572
Hours
11:00-19:30
How to get there

Otako's proud of the fresh and big octopus in their takoyaki. Piping hot and soft dough, taste is kind of traditional. By the way, I was happy to see the big octopus!
Name
Otako Main-Store
Address
1-5-10 Dotonbori Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6211-5223
Hours
10:00-23:00
How to get there

The most popular menu of the crowded restaurant. They don't use any wheat flour but only ground yam. Yam and a scallop matches by the mastered mayonnaise and sauce so much, then the masterpiece you can find.
Name
Okonomiyaki Mizuno
Address
1-4-15 Dotonbori Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6212-6360
Hours
11:00-22:00
How to get there

The sweet shop is at Sannen zaka slope which leads to Kiyomizu temple. The Mitarashi dango (a dumpling covered with kuzu sauce seasoned with soy sauce and sugar) is good for people tired from walking on the slope. Because it is not big, I can eat 5 sticks. And a fresh warm one is exceptional.
Name
Umezono Kiyomizu Store
Address
339-1 Sannenzaka Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-531-8538
Hours
11:00-18:00
How to get there

Fettuccine pasta. Awaji pork, white wine, lemon flavor and cheese make a wonderful dish. Mia Albergo cooks the locally grown foodstuffs to become a genuine Milano taste.
Name
Ristorante Mia Albergo
Address
11-1 Kaigandori Tarumi-ku, Kobe-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
078-708-3331
Hours
11:30-15:00,18:00-22:00
Closed
Tue
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available

I enjoyed a red wine selected strictly by a sommelier and deep fried and skewered prawn. This restaurant looks hard to visit at first but unexpectedly you can enjoy casually.
Name
Shun
Address
6F 5-1-60 Nanba Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6646-5122
Hours
11:30-15:00,17:30-21:30
Closed
Mon・Tue
How to get there

They make stock from sea bream, and prepare a sweet onion grew in Awaji and roasted sea bream for topping. Furthermore, ground Awaji beef is on this prime noodle.
Name
Bar Awaji
Address
Hotel New Awaji 20 Orodani, Sumoto-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-23-2200
Hours
11:30-14:00,17:30-0:30 [Tue]17:30-0:30
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available

Himeji is a famous growing district of conger eel. Please don’t fail to eat it. Here in Kassui-ken, you can eat conger eel with rice bowl(Anago-don), while seeing the beautiful Japanese garden.
Name
Kassuiken
Address
Kokoen-park 68 Honmachi, Himeji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
079-289-4131
Hours
10:00-16:30
How to get there
15 min walk, from Himeji Station

Nakagi Minami Izu-cho
Name
Cadeau De La Mer
Address
Anaga, Minamiawaji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-39-1111
Hours
7:00-15:30,17:30-21:00
How to get there

I was satisfied with the taste and the price. Because the restaurant is managed by wholesale merchant and contracts 3 selected farms in Hyogo, they can serve the Kobe beef at reasonable price. If you eat the same at other restaurants, you have to pay more.
Name
Kobe Beef Steak Ishida. Kitanozaka
Address
4-7-11 Palais Kitanozaka 1F Kano-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
078-599-5029
Hours
11:30-15:00,17:00-22:00
Closed
Mon
How to get there

Kushiage (skewered and deep fried food) is a local specialty in Osaka. When you want to eat quality one, visit here! Duck meat with mustard, pork fillet with miso, you can eat creative kushiage here.
Name
Naniwa Tachibana
Address
B1 1-1-35 Shibata Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6372-5261
Hours
11:30-21:30
How to get there

Creative kushi-age (deep fried food on skewers) of first-rate foodstuffs such as sea urchin eggs, a prawn, an abalone and foie gras. They make the most of the foodstuffs simply, or sometimes pursuit the new tastes. You can enjoy Osaka gourmet and a fine view at this nice restaurant.
Name
Mikan
Address
3F Hotel New Otani 1-4-1 Shiromi Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6949-3295
Hours
5:00-22:30
Closed
Tue
How to get there

You can enjoy the genuine cuisine of lake country, Shiga. Especially, grilled mackerel with somen noodle remains in my memory, and I recommend you also the local sake liquor that is made for recalling Mitsunari Ishii, an old general.
Name
Japanese Cuisine Chikubu-jima
Address
Kitabiwako Hotel Grazie 4-17 Minato-cho, Nagahama-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Tel
0749-62-7777
Hours
11:30-14:30,17:00-20:30
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available

Awaji-shima is famous for onion production. Sweet and soft braised Awaji-shima onion. It's good with only oil and salt, but miso sauce with minced Awaji beef will make it more delicious one.
Name
Scenic Restaurant Uzu-no Oka
Address
936-3 Hei Fukura, Minamiawaji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-52-2888
Hours
9:00-15:30
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available

A long-established steak restaurant loved by the local people. Awaji beef that grew in the great nature in Awaji Island and sweet onions. You can have them in a friendly atmosphere and make yourself at home.
Name
Grill Eito
Address
1291-5 Ko Fukura, Minamiawaji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-52-3609
Hours
11:30-13:30,17:00-20:30
Closed
Wed
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available

Kyoto's specialty is yu-dofu; soybean soft curd warmed gently in hot water. Therefore, I had wanted to eat once at 'Okutan' with a long and honorable history. Their specialty is own made 'Mukashi Dofu' used natural bittern; a coagulant extracted from seawater. It remains the firmness (tofu usually becomes soft after it boiled) and taste of soybeans.
Name
Okutan Nanzen-ji
Address
86-30 Fukuchi-cho Nanzenji Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-771-8709
Hours
11:00-16:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]11:00-16:30
Closed
Thu
How to get there
Parking
No parking area

They buy a whole head of Kobe cattle and process it by themselves, then offer the worldwide Kobe beef at a lower price than others. And, their French style is excellent with the fashionable town Kobe. Beef stew and dessert are also delicious!
Name
Kobe Beef Kissyokichi Sannomiya-Isogami-Store
Address
2F 7-1-2 Isogamidori Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
078-252-2944
Hours
11:00-15:00,17:00-22:00

A restaurant managed directly by a beer factory, and they pour beer directly from a tank. And also their food is superb. The locally made sausages and vegetables, especially, a rice bowl of Omi beef rib with special sauce is awesome!
Name
Nagahama Roman Beer
Address
14-1 Asahimachi, Nagahama-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Tel
0749-63-4300
Hours
11:30-22:00 [Sun]11:30-21:00
Closed
Tue
How to get there

