Otaru Nihonbashi

Otaru is known as one of the best cities to try sushi in Japan. There are well-known sushi restaurants especially in Otaru Sushiya dori (street). "Otaru Nihonbashi" faces the street and is a popular sushi restaurant which has 30 years of history. It's popular not only among locals but also among tourists. One character of "Otaru Nihonbashi" is using fish found in the adjacent sea of Otaru! All of the 11 sushi chefs are raised in Hokkaido's beach and very professional at judging the quality of locally caught fish. Besides, this sushi restaurant offers sashimi made from fresh seafood, rice bowls, and a dish with solid crabs as well as nigiri-zushi. So you can fully enjoy Hokkaido's seafood.

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Highly selected locally caught natural seafood

From seafood for sushi, sashimi, rice bowls, to tempura, strictly all stuff is found in the adjacent sea of Otaru and is natural. The most important thing about sushi and sashimi is freshness! Sushi in this restaurant is really special because of fresh local fish just caught and also because of the chefs' skill and love for food.

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This one is recommended when you're not sure what to order!

The most popular menu is Otaru nigiri (3,240 yen) which offers the taste of Hokkaido's seafood in a plate. It's a gorgeous set with 10 nigiri sushi and includes crabs, sea urchin, salmon roe, scallops and herring eggs. Please order this one if you're not sure what to order!

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Plenty options other than nigiri zushi

Otaru Nihonbashi has a lot of other options than nigiri zushi; for example, sashimi, grilled food and steamed food. Especially, rice bowls with Hokkaido's seafood in it are popular! Rice bowl with sea urchins / salmon roe (3,564 yen) which has Hokkaido's sea urchin and salmon roe gorgeously on it will be our recommendation. Of course, you can also order a rice bowl with sea urchin and rice bowl with salmon roe separately.