Enjoy Local Ingredients Like Wagyu Beef and Crab! 11 Popular Restaurants to Savor Tottori Gourmet

Kani Torodon no Kaisen Shokudo Nakaura is located in Takenouchi Danchi, Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. It is a seafood restaurant operated as part of Dairyo Ichiba Nakaura.
A familiar local favorite, it has long supported the region’s dining scene. Its signature dish is the kani torodon, a rice bowl generously topped with crab meat.
It is popular for the rich, creamy texture of shredded crab meat.
Another popular item is the Sakaiminato no Kani Torodon (Triple Crab Meat), which contains three times as much crab meat.

Kani Matsuba is a restaurant where you can enjoy Matsuba crab and local cuisine. It serves carefully selected Matsuba crab landed at Tottori Port and Ajiro Fishing Port.
The head chef is also an active fisherman and a skilled artisan who has honed his craft at crab restaurants for decades.
Its appeal lies in the chef’s carefully selected ingredients and dishes elevated by expert technique.
The menu is wide-ranging, including sashimi, charcoal grilling, tempura, and hot pot dishes. Course meals featuring whole crab are also available.

Ajidokoro Misa is a restaurant serving crab dishes and seafood from Sakaiminato. It is a long-established local favorite that has been loved for many years through its community-rooted approach.
Its specialties are benizuwaigani and live Matsuba crab.
Fresh benizuwaigani is known for its strong sweetness, juicy texture, and rich crab miso, while live Matsuba crab stands out for its translucent, delicate meat.
Because it is prepared just before serving, you can enjoy its firm, springy texture.

Located next to Tottori Port (Karo Port), Karoichi is a direct-sales market where you can experience the lively atmosphere of a fishing port firsthand. Fresh seafood landed at Karo Port is lined up here.
Seasonal flavors can be enjoyed year-round, including sandfish in spring and fall, mossa shrimp, summer rock oysters called Natsuki and white squid, and Matsuba crab in winter.
With a wide variety of eateries, the market is also a great place to enjoy casual food-hopping and lunch.
At Kaiyotei, which features tanks filled with natural seawater, live fish is prepared on the spot and served fresh.

Sumibi Yakiniku Sumikura Furumi Ten is a yakiniku restaurant that uses ingredients from Tottori. It is loved as a community-based restaurant committed to locally sourced ingredients.
Its specialty is charcoal grilling using Wataoi Sumi charcoal produced in Kawahara-cho, Tottori City. It is well known for bringing out the meat’s savory aroma, umami, and juiciness.
The menu centers on Tottori wagyu beef Olein 55. It is characterized by a high oleic acid content in the fat, giving it a smooth mouthfeel and rich flavor.

Sumibiyaki Jujuan is a yakiniku restaurant in Tottori City known as a restaurant focused on local production for local consumption.
It carefully selects and serves fresh, high-quality ingredients nurtured by the area’s rich natural environment.
Its guiding principles are natural,安心, safe, and local seasonal ingredients. The menu is designed to bring out the full flavor of each ingredient over charcoal.
The star of the menu is Tottori wagyu beef, which was named Japan’s best for meat quality. In addition to loin and kalbi, you can also enjoy rare cuts.
Seafood grilled items such as rock oysters and white squid from the Sea of Japan are also a highlight.

Daisen Kuroushi Dokoro Kyoshotei is a specialty restaurant dedicated to the rare Daisen kuroushi beef, which was named the best wagyu in Japan.
Centering on Daisen kuroushi beef and other locally sourced ingredients, it is loved by people from both inside and outside the region.
It has also earned high praise, including being featured in the Michelin Guide in 2019.
Its signature dish is the Daisen Kuroushi Zukushi Course, a kaiseki-style course featuring rare cuts.
You can enjoy the exquisite balance between the high-quality fat of Daisen kuroushi beef and the rich flavor of its lean meat.

This izakaya is operated by Inata Honten, a long-established sake brewery founded in 1673.
You can enjoy fine food and drinks in a relaxing space created by renovating a traditional house over 100 years old, quietly tucked away in a back alley of the entertainment district.
The dinner courses offer plenty of variety, including kaiseki featuring Tottori wagyu beef and local fish, a prix fixe course where you can choose the main dish and finishing dish, and a Monday-to-Thursday-only plan focused on small plates to pair with drinks.

Grand cafe style Nishifukuhara Ten is a cafe serving sweets and light meals made with ingredients from Tottori.
Its standout feature is sweets made with locally produced wheat, rice, eggs, and other ingredients.
Its signature item is pancakes, fluffy and served with seasonal fruit.
The blended coffee served as a set is also a draw. It is aromatic and adjusted to pair well with sweets and light meals.

Located right in front of the Tottori Sand Dunes, Takahama Cafe is known for its distinctive architecture designed by architect Kengo Kuma.
Its specialties include menu items made with ingredients from Tottori Prefecture, such as the Tottori Wagyu Yakiniku Burger and the Daisen Bacon Surprise Burger.
It also offers sweets such as cakes, bread, and soft serve ice cream. In summer, chilled sweets such as kakigori are also available for a limited time.

Sunaba Coffee “Shin” Tottori Ekimae Ten is the renewed and relocated version of the first Sunaba Coffee store, which originally opened in 2014.
Its specialty is suna-yaki coffee. It uses Brazilian coffee beans roasted with sand from the Tottori Sand Dunes.
By brewing it slowly with a siphon method, the coffee develops a moderate bitterness, mellow body, and clean finish.
In addition to morning sets, the cafe also offers menu items such as medicinal-herb Daisen chicken curry.