This long-established restaurant, dating back to 1681, specializes in eel dishes and invented the Yanagawa specialty “Seiro-mushi (eel steamed in a bamboo basket)”.
The most popular dish is the “Seiro-mushi teishoku (set meal).”
The rice is coated with the same secret sauce that has been used since the establishment of the restaurant, topped with freshly grilled broiled eel and thin omelette cut into strips, and steamed twice in a seiro (Japanese bamboo basket steamer), served with a liver soup and vinegared eel.
The kabayaki is grilled slowly over high-temperature charcoal, making it savory and fluffy at the same time.
The eel used for kabayaki is limited to fresh eel from Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, and the rice is Yamagata rice, which is ideal for seiro steaming.
The restaurant is a Japanese-style house with a distinctive thatched roof more than 100 years old, with a tasteful exterior and interior.
Another benefit of eating here is not only the food, but the beautiful garden and landscape view it offers.
Lunchtime is always crowded, so if you don’t want to wait in line, it is best to enter the restaurant before 11:00.
There are three branches in Fukuoka Prefecture.
