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A Matsubo Kakinokibatake Honten

The golden-colored, clear secret broth made without soy sauce is a special feature of the restaurant.

Founded in 1964, this famous restaurant has been a local favorite for more than half a century. The most distinctive feature of the restaurant is its golden brown sauce, which is made without any soy sauce. The soup stock, based on kombu (kelp) and bonito and condensed with the blessings of nature, has an elegant and gentle taste.
Each bite of this dish, in which the unique Kanazawa "fu" (wheat gluten) and "akamaki" (red rolls) are soaked in the broth, spreads happiness. There is also a wide variety of ingredients that are made with the special care of artisans, such as "ganmo" (fried bean curd) delivered from a long-established tofu store in Omimachi Market, and homemade "tsumire" (fish ball) made from megumi (a type of fish).

A relaxing moment with traditional cuisine and warm hospitality

We are particular about "jiwamon (local products)" directly shipped from the Omimachi Market, and have a full menu of locally produced and locally consumed items other than oden. The restaurant offers a variety of dishes that you should try when you come to Kanazawa, such as "Kaga Yasai Seiro-mushi" (steamed Kaga vegetables in a rice cooker), which highlights the natural sweetness of Kaga vegetables, and "Kamo Jibu-ni" (duck stewed in a pot), a local dish in Kanazawa.

The restaurant also has sunken kotatsu seating, ideal for spending a relaxing time with family or friends. The warm atmosphere is also one of the reasons why the restaurant attracts so many fans, as you can easily consult with the staff about Kanazawa sightseeing information or the best local sake to go with the dishes.

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Local sake is recommended with oden. We have carefully selected brands from major sake breweries in Ishikawa Prefecture, and it is fun to think about pairing the sake with the dishes. The waitstaff's advice is also very accurate, and you can't help but end up drinking more and more sake.

AMATSUBO Kakinokibatake Honten

• 4-7 Kakinokibatake, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at "Katamachi" and walk about 5 minutes.
• 17:00-22:00 (L.O. 21:30)
• Sundays *Closed irregularly
• 076-221-6371
• No parking *Pay parking is available nearby.

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Seasonal Oden Jun

An up-and-coming and remarkable restaurant with the theme of "Kanazawa Oden with a pop"!

The owner, who worked for seven years at Kanazawa's popular oden specialty restaurant Chikuwa, is a rising star in Kanazawa oden, having opened his own restaurant in 2022. The Kansai-style sauce made with Rausu kelp, Ohno soy sauce, and custom shavings gently enhances the flavors of the ingredients. In addition to standard oden varieties such as ume shellfish and fu (wheat gluten), several creative oden dishes are always available, such as yomogi grilled fu and crab masks, which lock in the seasonality of each season.
There are also oddball varieties such as red ginger balls and tomato balls, which are fish paste filled with various ingredients, offering something new to discover each time you visit. The restaurant's serving style is also ingenious, using old Kutani ware and retro Western plates.

Delicious food and an at-home atmosphere make for an enjoyable evening in Kanazawa!

The compact restaurant, with only eight seats at the counter, is filled with a friendly atmosphere, helped in part by the owner's affable personality. The restaurant's charm lies in the warm communication that takes place in this space, where tourists and locals can naturally engage in conversation.

There is a wide selection of locally produced drinks, including sours made with locally aged mirin and ponzu vinegar, craft gin from Kanazawa, and plum wine from Noto. The melon cream soda is a hidden favorite. In addition to oden, the restaurant also serves a wide variety of snacks such as carpaccio of local fish.

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Supporters

Located in the "Toriyanze KANAZAWA FOODLABO," a collection of yatai-style stalls, the restaurant has an open, glass-walled atmosphere that makes it easy to enter. It is a popular restaurant, so it is recommended to make a reservation before going.

Seasonal Oden Jun

• 2-23-6 Katamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa MAP
• 15 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at "Katamachi" and walk about 5 minutes.
• 18:30-23:00
• Mon.
• 090-1395-0854
• No parking *Toll parking is available in the vicinity.

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Chikuwa

Homemade fish paste and soup stock that showcase the craftsmanship of our chefs.

As the name of the restaurant symbolizes, this is a store with a craftsman's spirit that puts its soul into each and every fish paste. All items such as hanpen and goboten are homemade, and the flavors of the ingredients are carefully selected.
The dashi broth, the key to the flavor, is a unique blend of three types of shavings and kelp that are carefully drawn over time. For soy sauce, which is the base of flavor, we choose "Ohno Soy Sauce" from Kanazawa, and use different salt for each season, always pursuing the ideal flavor. The presentation is beautiful, and you can enjoy the simple yet profound and sophisticated world of oden.

New possibilities for Oden, where Japanese and Western flavors are woven together.

The owner, who has experience in French and Italian cuisine, brings a new sensibility to the traditional Japanese dish of oden. The name of the restaurant, "chikuwa," means "to build harmony," and is derived from a theory that the root of fish paste may be chikuwa.

In addition to oden, don't miss such creative a la carte dishes as "fried daikon radish" and "risotto croquettes with oden broth and blue cheese. While maintaining Kanazawa's culinary culture, Kanazawa Oden continues to propose new ideas that are not bound by conventional boundaries, and is attracting a great deal of attention from food connoisseurs.

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The owner's careful workmanship can be felt from every aspect of the food. While the food is uncompromising, the service is very calm and relaxing. There is counter seating, so feel free to come in even if you are alone.

Chikuwa

• 2-10-42 Katamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture MAP
• 15 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at "Korinbo" and walk 3 minutes.
• 17:30-22:00 (L.O.21:30)
• Sundays and Mondays *Closed irregularly
• 076-255-0303
• No parking *Toll parking is available in the vicinity.

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Oden Takasago

A long-established Kanazawa oden restaurant that has been in business for more than 80 years and has been in business for three generations.

Oden izakaya was established in 1936. You can enjoy Kanto style oden made from shavings of sardines and horse mackerels, Rishiri kelp, and seasoned with soy sauce. There are about 25 kinds of oden, including "baikai," a type of mussel, "fukashi," a traditional food made by steaming fish paste, and other items typical of Kanazawa.
Recommended is "Kanazawa hirozu," a special ganmodoki, which is filled with ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, a specialty of the prefecture, and "Kaga renkon" (lotus root). Another specialty is the miso sauce, which has been handed down from the first generation. White miso mixed with grated ginger goes exceptionally well with "suji" (beef) and "daikon" (radish).

Original menus such as "Curry Oden" are also popular.

In addition to the ginger miso sauce, which has been passed down from generation to generation, the restaurant is also known for its original menu items created by the third generation owner, such as "fish noodle" made of fish paste and "Negima" made of tuna and green onion skewered on a stick.
The "Curry Oden" is a dish based on Kanazawa Curry, a local specialty. It is a Japanese-style dish that adds flavor to the rich curry with oden broth, and includes oden ingredients such as chikuwa, thread konnyaku, grilled tofu, daikon radish, and kuruma-fu (wheat gluten). Rice and somen noodles can be added (extra charge), and are popular as a final dish.

Oden Takasago

• 1-3-29 Katamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a circular bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at Korinbo (in front of Atrio), and walk about 3 minutes.
• 16:00 - around 21:00 (closes when all oden is gone)
• Sunday, Holidays
• 076-231-1018
• None
• Credit cards not accepted

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Oden A la carte Sanko (Miyuki) Saikawa

Kanazawa Oden store that local customers have been praising. The most popular dish is the "Crab Mask" available only in winter.

A popular local restaurant with 80% regular customers. You can enjoy about 40 kinds of oden, from the standard Kanazawa oden such as "kuruma-fu" and "akamaki haben," a red spiral-shaped fish paste, to odd varieties such as "dashimaki tamago" (rolled egg). The broth with onion as a secret ingredient is slightly sweet and blends well with all ingredients.
Especially in winter, the restaurant offers a wide selection of oden, including "shirako (milt)" and "gensuke daikon (radish)," a Kaga vegetable. Among them, "crab masks" made of Kabako crab shells stuffed with leg meat are available only from mid-November until the end of the year, and are such a delicacy that reservations are made several months in advance.

Seafood dishes using natural products and a variety of original menus are also noteworthy.

In the folk art-style restaurant decorated with masks and kites, you can enjoy not only oden, but also a variety of obanzai and a la carte dishes made by the proprietress. The chef, who has more than 20 years of experience working at a fresh fish restaurant, will serve you with a selection of the best seasonal seafood, including hamo (eel), white shrimp, and tiger puffer fish.
The "Sankoage" (homemade Satsuma-age), "Tororo Teppan" (grilled grated yam with shrimp and octopus), and other creative dishes are also very popular. The "Oden Ramen," which is always sold out, is an original dish using Oden soup stock. More than a dozen varieties of Ishikawa's famous sake are also available.

Oden A la carte Sanko Saikawa

• 102 Bergamo Building, 1-9-8 Katamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at "Katamachi (Pasion-mae)" and walk 2 minutes.
• 18:00-22:00(L.O.21:30)
• Sunday, Holidays
• 076-262-1332
• None
• No credit cards accepted, full reservations required for "crab masks"
  
  No credit cards accepted, reservations required for "crab masks"

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Oden Kikuichi

Kanazawa's gorgeous oden, "crab mask," is said to have originated at this restaurant.

Koubako crab, a specialty of Hokuriku in winter, is a female snow crab. The shell is stuffed with the meat of the crab, making the crab mask an extravagant oden. Known as the originator of kanimomen, this restaurant offers a sumptuous dish that includes not only the crab meat but also the outer and inner roe, allowing you to enjoy the roe and crab miso as well (from early November to the end of the year). The unique oden varieties, such as Kaga vegetable "kinjiso" kneaded into the standard Kanazawa oden "fukashi (hanpen)," and other local seasonal vegetables, are also very popular.

A pioneer of Kanazawa oden, the proprietress's smile is heartwarming!

Opened in 1934, this is one of Kanazawa's oldest oden restaurants. The walls are decorated with black-and-white photographs that tell the story of the restaurant's evolution, giving it a nostalgic atmosphere. The store is run by a mother and her two daughters, the second generation to run the store. They greet you with warm smiles, and the restaurant has a family-like atmosphere that makes it easy for a single woman to come in.
The Kansai-style dashi broth based on seafood is also a traditional taste that has been maintained since the restaurant's opening. Oden soaked in the broth goes great with hot sake.
Doteyaki, an a la carte dish, is also a point of pride. Steamed pork cutlets or pork loin is dipped in white miso paste and full of delicious flavor.

Oden Kikuichi

• 2-1-23 Katamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture MAP
• Approximately 9 minutes from JR Kanazawa Station by car.
• Take a circular bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at Korinbo (in front of Atrio) and walk about 2 minutes.
• 17:30-22:00 (L.O. 21:30, closes when all oden is gone)
• Closed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and irregular holidays
• 076-221-4676
• None
• Reservations not accepted

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Seasonal Cuisine & Oden Kuroyuri

Oden specialty restaurant located in Kanazawa Station, the gateway to Kanazawa

Oden Restaurant is located in a commercial Property inside Kanazawa Station. The soup stock, which has been used since its establishment, is made from dried bonito and mackerel knots, dried sardines, and kelp in a Kansai-style broth. There are about 30 types of oden, ranging from traditional Kanazawa items such as "Akamaki" and "Umegai" to unique items such as "Shumai. Among them, we recommend "Kuruma-fu" (wheat gluten), which is richly soaked in our specialty broth, and "Sardine ball" (sardine ball) with its moist texture.
Local seasonal delicacies such as wild vegetables in spring, crab masks from late fall to the end of the year, and iidako (octopus) and satoimo (taro) in winter are also available.

You can also taste local delicacies of Ishikawa Prefecture and its famous sake.

The restaurant is built around an L-shaped counter. The restaurant's interior is built around an L-shaped counter, where you can watch the oden being stewed over the counter, which is sure to whet your appetite.
The restaurant also offers a wide variety of local dishes from Ishikawa Prefecture, including "jibuni," a bowl of soup with duck, Kaga fu, and other ingredients, "heshiko," pickled mackerel, and "Hakusan hard tofu," which is drained by placing a weight on top of the tofu. In addition, there is an abundance of izakaya (Japanese-style bar) menu items such as the famous "Doteyaki" (after 4:00 p.m.) and fresh local seafood.
A wide variety of Ishikawa's local sake is also available, making it the perfect place to end your Kanazawa trip while waiting for the Shinkansen bullet train.

Seasonal Cuisine & Oden Kuroyuri

• Anto", Kanazawa Hyakubangai, 1-1 Kinoshinbocho, Kanazawa, Ishikawa MAP
• Direct connection from JR Kanazawa Station
• 11:00 - 21:30 (L.O. 21:00, closes when all oden is gone)
• No holidays
• 076-260-3722
• No reservations (discounts available for parking in Kanazawa Hyakubangai's affiliated parking lots).
• Reservations accepted on weekdays only (reservations must be made by the day before)

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Omemachi Market Kanazawa Oden Ippukuya

Oden using ingredients from Kanazawa's Omimachi Market

Ippuku Yokocho is a food court in Kanazawa's Omimachi Market, the kitchen of Kanazawa citizens. Most of the ingredients are purchased from stores in the market, and you can taste products made with great care by specialty stores such as tofu and kamaboko (fish cake).
The most eye-catching item is "bakudan," a deep-fried boiled egg wrapped in fish paste. The size of a baseball, it is a very satisfying dish. Another popular original oden dish is "Ebi-men (shrimp mask)," a crab shell stuffed with sweet shrimp and covered with a lid made of ground sweet shrimp. The "Nodoguro-men" made with Nodoguro (sea bream) is also very popular.

Inside the food court, which also includes a Hamayaki and a local sake store.

There are three restaurants in Ippuku Yokocho, including this one. In addition to sashimi and sushi, a la carte dishes such as grilled oysters, fried white shrimp, and arajiru are also available at "Hamayaki Ichiba, Ichiba Meshi Nanafukumaru," where you can taste fresh seafood from the market.
Hokuriku Sake Brewery Rokkaku offers a selection of about 50 kinds of Hokuriku sake. The combination of sake and the tasty soup stock made from kombu (kelp) and bonito is exceptional.

Omimachi Market Kanazawa Oden Ippukuya

• 50 Kami-Omi-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture (in Omimachi Market) MAP
• 16 min. walk from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a bus from JR Kanazawa Station and get off at Musashigatsuji/Omi-machi Market (in front of Ichibakan). 2 min. walk from the bus stop.
• 9:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30) *Close when all oden is gone)
• Tuesdays and Wednesdays (open on national holidays and the day before national holidays)
• 076-223-3789
• None
• All seats are standing on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays.

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Oden Yoshibo

Home-made oden with a lot of originality is an attraction!

Oden izakaya is run by the proprietress and her son. The restaurant offers a variety of oden dishes that are unique to the izakaya, such as "Mochi Kinunchaku," which is inari deep-fried tofu stuffed with mugwort rice cake, and "Yose Ito Konnyaku," which is hardened konnyaku threads in a square shape, all with an emphasis on handmade flavors. Daily specials include rare oden items such as "Chicken dumplings with shiitake mushrooms from Noto" and hand-picked wakame seaweed from Hegura Island, Noto. There is also "Kabako Crab Mask" available only in season. The soup stock made from fish knots (mackerel, sardines, and muro-aji), shiitake mushrooms, and kombu (kelp) has a gentle flavor, and the "soup over rice" with plenty of soup is also popular.

Homemade dishes using fresh ingredients from Ishikawa and locally brewed sake are also recommended.

The restaurant is located on the first floor with counter seats and table seats. The counter is lined with the proprietor's specialty obanzai, including handmade smoked firefly squid, octopus, and figs, as well as pickled gando (small yellowtail), fried sweet shrimp, and other dishes. Although the menu changes daily, about 10 dishes can be enjoyed, including dishes using fresh ingredients such as seafood landed at Kanazawa Port and fresh vegetables picked in the morning.
Many of the dishes are seasoned to go well with sake, so you can enjoy the marriage with famous Ishigawa sake such as "Tengumai," "Kikuhime," and "Tedorigawa.

Oden Yoshibo

• 2-4-21 Korinbo, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture MAP
• 7 minutes drive from JR Kanazawa Station
• Take a circular bus from JR Kanazawa Station, get off at Korinbo (in front of Atrio), and walk about 3 minutes.
• 17:30-21:30 (L.O.21:00)
• Sundays, national holidays (irregular holidays)
• 076-221-8048
• None
• Reservations for counter seating require alcoholic beverages; reservations accepted only for visits between 17:30 and 18:30. No credit cards accepted.
  
  Reservations for counter seating require drinking, reservations accepted only for visits between 17:30 and 18:00. No credit cards accepted.