One Hour from Tokyo! Five Select Seafood Restaurants in Shizuoka by the Rich Sea

This is a restaurant specializing in crab dishes, where you'll be greeted by live crab in a large tank when you pass through the entrance. The appeal of this restaurant is that you can enjoy red king crab, snow crab and hair crab cooked in a variety of different ways. The recommended dish is its specialty Crab Shabu-shabu (3,456 JPY (incl. tax) pp). The sweet flavors of the high quality crab are enhanced by dipping in the dashi stock in the pot for a few seconds. There are also other ways of enjoying the crab, such as sashimi, charbroiled, or as steak, and if you order one whole live crab, you can have it cooked as you like. Experience the crab that can be enjoyed in different ways depending on how they are cooked.

This is an izakaya restaurant that serves fresh fish procured in the morning from local fishing ports at reasonable prices. The thick and substantial sashimi is best ordered as a combination plate of a variety of different types. The recommended dish is the specialty Kaisen Hamayaki. You are given fresh seafood to grill yourself on a tabletop grill so that you can enjoy it as soon as it is ready. Because it is a simple cooking method, it is dependent on the freshness and flavors of the ingredients. The popular ingredient is the Oasari (648 JPY (incl. tax) large Manila clam. When you cook it yourself, the aroma of the sea whets the appetite and it cooks up plump with a concentration of flavors. It goes great with sake.

This is a restaurant where you can enjoy super fresh seafood procured personally every morning by the owner at the market. Enjoy the seafood in the Omakase Chef's Selection of Five Types of Sashimi (1,280 JPY), which is a great deal, together with carefully selected local Shizuoka sake. The restaurant also has a wide selection of creative Japanese dishes, including the homemade tofu, Ashiya's Tofu Goku (400 JPY) that is lovingly made everyday. The restaurant has semi-private boxed seating so you can relax and enjoy a meal even if you are with children.