Savor Ingredients Nurtured by Nature! 11 Popular Restaurants to Enjoy Tokushima Gourmet

Osakana Shokudo is built around the concept, “Fish tell you the season.”
This casual eatery works with Tokushima City Nakasu Market to source fresh seafood every day and serve it at reasonable prices.
The menu includes seven kinds of seafood rice bowls and 10 set meals. There are also à la carte options, giving diners plenty of choice.
Among the most popular are the seafood rice bowl, chef’s choice set meal, and specialty set meal. A classic way to finish the seafood rice bowl is to turn it into seafood chazuke with the restaurant’s special seafood broth.

Tokushima Uodonya Totokatsu is located in Konya-machi, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture.
During Awa Odori, Tokushima’s iconic festival held in August, it sits in an especially lively area filled with excitement.
The specialty here is dishes made with Naruto sea bream, known for its firm pink flesh raised in the Naruto Strait.
The signature dish is Totokatsu’s sea bream rice. One whole fish is cooked in an earthenware pot and eaten by breaking apart the meat as you go. It is a dish with just the right saltiness and the rich flavor of sea bream.

Ryori Sakai is an authentic Japanese restaurant located near the mouth of the Yoshino River in Tokushima City. It was founded in 1966.
The third-generation owner, Hiroyuki Sakai, who holds a qualification as a Japanese and Chinese medicinal cuisine specialist, serves gentle Japanese dishes made with local ingredients.
The signature item is the lunch-only Awa Zanmai Chirashi Sushi Set. It is a dish filled with the bounty of Awa, including Naruto sea bream and Awaodori chicken.
Other options include the Hoba Miso-yaki Set and Tempura Set, offering meals with a touch of the season.

This seafood restaurant takes its name from “binbi,” a Tokushima word meaning “fresh fish jumping energetically.”
True to its name, it is a popular spot where you can enjoy dishes made with fresh fish, drawing many visitors from outside the prefecture as well.
The restaurant serves a variety of fish dishes, including the yellowtail sashimi set meal, where you can enjoy thick, springy slices of yellowtail as sashimi.
With warm hospitality and delicious fish dishes, you can spend a truly blissful time here.

Wafu Dining Ren opened in 2005.
With Awaodori chicken, one of Tokushima Prefecture’s signature branded chickens, at the heart of its menu, the restaurant offers dishes that make the most of local ingredients.
Popular menu items include chicken nanban and seared thigh meat made with Awaodori chicken.
Its cooking methods are well regarded for bringing out the chicken’s natural flavor and rich taste.
Another distinctive feature is the Okinawan cuisine prepared by the owner, who trained in Okinawa. Its ability to cater to a wide range of tastes is also part of its appeal.

Awaodori chicken, Tokushima Prefecture’s branded local chicken, is known for its plump, firm meat and juicy flavor.
Ikko is the place where you can enjoy this Awaodori chicken whole through a variety of cooking methods.
The signature dish is bone-in Awaodori chicken. The bone-in chicken is seasoned with a secret sauce and method using a blend of 17 kinds of spices and seasonings, then slowly grilled in Ikko’s special oven that reaches 752°F.
It is large and visually impressive, with a juicy and delicious taste.

Maruike Seimenjo is a udon specialty shop located in Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture. Its particular focus is serving 100% fresh noodles.
The udon is characterized by a smooth texture and stretchiness, with both suppleness and chew.
While using traditional methods, the shop pursues its ideal Sanuki udon every day.
The restaurant’s pride is its bukkake udon. It is a simple dish that lets you fully enjoy freshly made, freshly boiled, and freshly chilled udon.
It has become popular as “udon with a texture and flavor unlike any other.”

A famous kamaage udon restaurant in Naruto City, this popular shop sometimes has lines even before it opens.
To let diners fully enjoy the natural flavor of wheat, the noodles are carefully handmade by skilled artisans and have an excellent, smooth texture.
Add your favorite condiments such as green onions, ginger, and tempura flakes to the broth made from three kinds of bonito flakes, dried sardines from Ibukijima, and Rishiri kelp, then dip in the freshly boiled udon and enjoy.

Wadanoya is a long-established Japanese sweets shop at the foot of Mount Bizan, the symbol of Tokushima City, carrying on the flavor of grilled rice cakes loved in Tokushima for over 400 years.
The standard offering is a set of three Taki no Yaki Mochi and a drink. Taki no Yaki Mochi comes in three varieties: white (plain), matcha, and sesame.
It uses the famous spring water Kinryosui, and the sweet bean paste is made with azuki beans from Tokachi, Hokkaido.
You can enjoy the harmony of the freshly grilled skin’s savory aroma and the refined sweetness of the filling.

This confectionery shop sells lemon cake perfected by a chef said to have eaten lemon cakes from all over Japan in pursuit of the ideal version.
The classic lemon cake is defined not by being simply sweet or sour, but by being properly sweet and distinctly tart. It is made with fully ripened lemons grown on the shop’s own farm.
You can enjoy the crisp texture of the sugar coating on top of the cake and the juicy burst of lemon flavor that spreads in your mouth.

Sky Shop Shirasagi is a directly operated shop located at Tokushima Awaodori Airport. It is a souvenir shop where you can find a wide range of products representing Tokushima Prefecture.
Busy with many tourists visiting Tokushima, it offers a great selection of items for buying Tokushima souvenirs. One of the most popular is Kin no Shizuku.
Kin no Shizuku is a manju with natural sweetness and the fluffy flavor of sweet potato. Its distinctive feature is how the three elements, the outer skin, filling, and syrup, melt together in your mouth.