Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Hiroshima.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Hiroshima.
Sensui is the Hilton Hiroshima's Japanese floor, splitting kaiseki, teppanyaki and sushi across three counters, with private tatami rooms behind them.
OrderThe seasonal kaiseki course with a Hiroshima sake flight
Book1 week ahead
TipPrivate rooms carry a minimum spend that starts at 6,500 yen for a weekday lunch and climbs for dinner and at weekends.
Kakibune Kanawa has farmed its own oysters since 1867 and serves them from a boat moored on the Motoyasu river in central Hiroshima, raw and in courses.
OrderThe kaki-zukushi oyster course, 9,000 yen on the Seto deck
Book1 week ahead
TipOysters come from the company's rafts off Okurokami island, which is why the raw plates run through the colder months.
Boston is the Grand Prince Hotel's 22nd-floor grill in Hiroshima, a steak and seafood room angled at the Seto Inland Sea and the islands beyond it.
OrderSteak with grilled Seto Inland Sea seafood on the side
Book3 days ahead
TipRequest a window table when booking; the room is deep and the view is the reason to climb 22 floors for dinner.
Sky Dining RIHGA TOP is the 100-seat all-day room on the 33rd floor of the Rihga Royal in Hiroshima, with a bar counter and a night view over the castle.
OrderA window table at dinner, ordered a la carte rather than from a set plan
Book1 week ahead
TipThe hotel keeps its French restaurant, Chambord, on the same 33rd floor, so check which of the two your reservation actually names.
Yakiniku Furusato in Hiroshima buys whole Sakakiyama carcasses and grills the results in Danbara, a butcher's grill rather than a chain yakiniku.
OrderThe chef's four-cut lean selection of Sakakiyama beef
Book3 days ahead
TipDinner runs from about 6,000 yen a head; the same beef is sold raw at the front counter if you are cooking at home.
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Editor picks in Hiroshima include Sensui, Kakibune Kanawa, Steak and Seafood Boston, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.