Onjaku

Yaizu is a port town with excellent seafood, located about halfway down the coast from Tokyo to Nagoya, in the center of Shizuoka Prefecture. This kaiseki restaurant is one of the town’s top places to sample the best that their area has to offer. They specialize in seafood, with some meat dishes like roast duck on the omakase menu for variation. You might have sampled the majority of seafood available in Japan, but you’ve probably never tried the deep sea Japanese grenadier fish. This bizarre looking creature is on the menu at Onjaku, giving you a chance to tick another unique Japanese ingredient off your culinary checklist. Aside from the wild and wonderful, there are some more conventional seafood dishes on offer too, such as grilled bonito with leek, flounder sashimi, clam soup, and grilled shrimp. Seasonal fruits and mochi sweets cap off this fantastic kaiseki meal, which will have you recommending Yaizu day trips to your friends for years to come.