22 japanese places in Hiroshima we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Hiroshima | Japanese across every city.
Mitchan Sohonten Hatchobori ★ 4.7
hatchobori · 6-7 Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Mitchan Sohonten in Hiroshima layers cabbage, pork and crisped soba on the teppan at its Hatchobori flagship, the shop whose founder set the postwar template.
Yagenbori Hassho ★ 4.6
yagenbori · 10-6 Yagenbori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Yagenbori Hassho is the Hiroshima okonomiyaki counter that works slowly, resting the cabbage under pork belly for 20 to 30 minutes before the soba lands.
Yakiniku Furusato Danbara Honten ★ 4.5
minami-ku · 2-20-4 Danbara, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Yakiniku Furusato in Hiroshima is a butcher first and a grill second, cutting Sakakiyama beef to order behind the counter in the Danbara district.
Sensui ★ 4.4
otemachi · 11-12 Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Sensui gathers kaiseki, teppanyaki and a sushi counter on one floor of the Hilton in Hiroshima, with private rooms for the seasonal courses.
Mitchan Sohonten Orizuru Tower ★ 4.3
otemachi · 1-2-1 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
The Orizuru Tower branch of Mitchan Sohonten faces the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima and adds oysters, conger eel and local beef steak to the teppan menu.
Reichan ★ 4.2
ekimae · 1-2 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Reichan has griddled okonomiyaki since 1957 and now works the ekie concourse at Hiroshima Station, open from late morning until the last trains.
Nagataya ★ 4.5
otemachi · 1-7-19 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Nagataya griddles Hiroshima okonomiyaki two blocks from the A-Bomb Dome, and is one of the few counters in the city with plant-based versions.
Lopez ★ 4.6
nishi-ku · 1-7-13 Kusunoki-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Lopez in Hiroshima is run by a Guatemalan okonomiyaki cook in Kusunoki-cho, and the jalapenos on the griddle are the reason people cross town.
Reichan ★ 4.2
ekimae · 1-2 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Reichan is the veteran okonomiyaki counter inside ekie at Hiroshima Station, running from late morning through to the last shinkansen crowd of the day.
Mitchan Sohonten Hatchobori ★ 4.7
hatchobori · 6-7 Hatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
The Hatchobori flagship of Mitchan Sohonten is the Hiroshima okonomiyaki counter most locals still send first-time visitors to, a brand trading since 1950.
Sensui ★ 4.4
otemachi · 11-12 Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Sensui is the Hilton Hiroshima's Japanese floor, splitting kaiseki, teppanyaki and sushi across three counters, with private tatami rooms behind them.
Yakiniku Furusato Danbara Honten ★ 4.5
minami-ku · 2-20-4 Danbara, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Yakiniku Furusato in Hiroshima buys whole Sakakiyama carcasses and grills the results in Danbara, a butcher's grill rather than a chain yakiniku.
Okonomimura ★ 4.4
shintenchi · 5-13 Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Okonomimura stacks more than twenty okonomiyaki counters over three floors in Shintenchi, the block Hiroshima's postwar griddle stalls moved into in 1965.
Hiroshima Okonomi Story Ekimae Hiroba ★ 4.2
ekimae · 10-1 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Ekimae Hiroba gathers more than a dozen okonomiyaki cooks on the sixth floor of the Full Focus building, three minutes' walk from Hiroshima Station.
Nishikido (Hikarimachi Main Store) ★ 3.8
ekimae · 1-13-23 Hikarimachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima
Nishikido fills its momiji manju in-house with Tokachi red beans, and the Hikarimachi flagship stacks the classics beside chewy rice-flour nama momiji.
Musubi Musashi (ekie) ★ 4.4
ekimae · 1-2 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Musubi Musashi's counter in ekie DINING at Hiroshima Station presses komachi, inaka and wakadori musubi to eat in or carry onto the Shinkansen.
Lopez ★ 4.6
nishi-ku · 1-7-13 Kusunoki-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Lopez sits well outside the Hiroshima okonomiyaki tourist circuit in Kusunoki-cho, and it closes all weekend, which keeps the counter firmly local.
Lopez ★ 4.6
nishi-ku · 1-7-13 Kusunoki-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima
Lopez charges 730 yen for a griddle cake of vegetables, pork and egg in Hiroshima, or 880 yen with soba added, and the jalapenos cost nothing extra.
Nagataya ★ 4.4
otemachi · 1-7-19 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Nagataya keeps its lunch okonomiyaki near the A-Bomb Dome at around 1,000 yen, which is fair going for a counter standing this close to the Peace Park.
Reichan ★ 4.2
ekimae · 1-2 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Reichan starts its Hiroshima soba okonomiyaki at 790 yen inside ekie, which is fair going for a counter built into the Hiroshima Station complex itself.
Okonomimura ★ 4.4
shintenchi · 5-13 Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Okonomimura is Hiroshima's okonomiyaki building, more than twenty griddle counters across three floors of Shintenchi Plaza at the east end of Hondori.
Hiroshima Okonomi Story Ekimae Hiroba ★ 4.2
ekimae · 10-1 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Ekimae Hiroba is the okonomiyaki floor three minutes from Hiroshima Station, more than a dozen counters running from mid-morning until late in one long room.