Local food and restaurants in Aichi
Written and edited by: JapanLiveNow
Two Nagoya dishes are well known across Aichi: hitsumabushi and miso katsu. Hitsumabushi serves chopped grilled eel over rice, with condiments and broth to vary each helping. Miso katsu pairs a breaded pork cutlet with a rich miso sauce.
Local dishes to try in Aichi
- Hitsumabushi eel
- Miso katsu
Choosing a meal in Aichi
Hitsumabushi and miso katsu are strongly associated with Nagoya within Aichi. One makes a meal of grilled eel eaten in stages; the other is a pork cutlet with miso sauce. Choose which you want before looking for restaurants nearby.
Tips for choosing a restaurant
Give hitsumabushi and miso katsu their own meals if your group wants to try both. Look around Nagoya Station, Sakae, or Osu according to where you’ll spend the day.
What else could you see nearby?
Nagoya Castle and Osu fit a city day; Gamagori’s coast means another train journey. On arrival day, allow for the trip in from Centrair before deciding how far to go.
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Atsuta Houraiken Honten
Atsuta Houraiken Honten · あつた蓬莱軒 本店
Consider the main branch for a hitsumabushi meal of eel and rice eaten with different condiments and broth. It is a different meal and location from a pork-cutlet stop in Osu or Sakae.
Choose this branch for a meal in the Atsuta area. Its official schedule has a break between lunch and dinner and closures on Wednesdays and the second and fourth Thursdays, with holiday exceptions. Check the date and branch before setting out.
Address: 愛知県名古屋市熱田区神戸町503
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Yabaton Yabacho Honten
Yabaton Yabacho Honten · 矢場とん 矢場町本店
This is an option for miso katsu, a pork cutlet with miso sauce, on an Osu or Sakae day. Choose it over an eel meal if pork is what you want to eat.
The branch lists a roughly five-minute walk from Yabacho Station exit 4 or Kamimaezu Station exit 9. It has eat-in service; some other branches are takeaway-only. Use the branch page for hours, menu and reservation options.
Address: 愛知県名古屋市中区大須3-6-18
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