A sushi-chef-run seafood-bowl specialist (lunch focused) where fish is the whole point and no meat is involved, making it naturally pescatarian-friendly; note that the soy sauce served with the sashimi is not gluten-free.

Details

Nearest station
Iidabashi Stn
Cuisine
Seafood rice bowl (kaisendon)
Price
¥¥
English menu / support
Signature
A seven-seafood bowl eaten three ways: hand-rolled in nori, as a rice bowl, then finished as ochazuke with a long-simmered fish-bone dashi
Misaki Honda
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