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Seattle's sushi counters plate Pacific Northwest seafood in the Edomae idiom: omakase nigiri with local king salmon, spot prawn and geoduck served paddle-to-counter, the rice still body-temperature.
Seattle's modern sushi tradition runs back to Maneki (founded 1904 in Nihonmachi), among the oldest Japanese restaurants still operating in the United States. The city's Pacific Northwest seafood (king salmon, Dungeness crab, geoduck, spot prawn, Pacific oysters) gave Edomae sushi an American regional dimension that Japanese chefs adapted directly. Sushi Kashiba (Shiro Kashiba, who trained under Jiro Ono in Tokyo, opened 2015 near Pike Place) is the reference omakase counter; Wataru in Ravenna is widely cited (Seattle Met, Eater) as the chef's-counter standout. The contemporary form sources king salmon, hamachi, ankimo and ikura day-of from Pike Place Fish Market.
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Sushi Kashiba in Seattle's Pike Place Market is Shiro Kashiba's bar: the chef who opened Seattle's first sushi counter in 1970, now back behind glass at 86.
OrderThe 14-piece omakase at the bar with Shiro Kashiba himself if you can get the seat.
TipThe omakase is bar-only and takes 90 minutes; book the 17:00 seating on a Wednesday for the chef and a quieter room.
Wataru in Seattle's Ravenna is the 2015 edomae omakase counter: aged nigiri, Toyosu-sourced fish, and a 10-seat bar that runs two seatings a night.
OrderThe 14-course omakase at the bar; Wataru flies the centrepiece fish from Toyosu Market in Tokyo.
TipTock booking opens at midnight three weeks out; the second seating at 19:30 is easier than the 17:00.
Maneki in Seattle's International District is the oldest Japanese restaurant on the West Coast: opened in 1904, surviving wartime internment.
OrderThe geoduck sashimi if it is on the board, otherwise the chef's nigiri set with a tatami room.
TipReserve a tatami room four to six weeks ahead; the bar runs walk-in but the room shapes the meal.
Rondo Japanese Kitchen in Seattle's Capitol Hill is Taichi Kitamura's 2020 izakaya, an omakase counter, sake from Japan-only allocations. Book 2 weeks ahead.
Edomae sushi makes more sense with someone from Seattle explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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