11 Popular Restaurants to Enjoy Shizuoka’s Local Specialties and B-Grade Gourmet

“Sunpu no Nikudokoro Shizuoka Sodachi” is a yakiniku restaurant located in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It opened in 2013 as a directly managed restaurant by JA Shizuoka Keizairen.
The signature dish is yakiniku made with Shizuoka Prefecture’s premium wagyu beef “Shizuoka Sodachi.” Among the most popular options is the “90-minute all-you-can-drink plan,” which lets you enjoy both “Shizuoka Sodachi” beef and Shizuoka Prefecture’s branded pork “Kinton-O.”
For lunch, the weekday-only “daily lunch special” is also well received.

“Yakiniku Hifumi” is located in Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a specialty yakiniku restaurant where you can enjoy authentic grilled meat centered on Shizuoka Prefecture’s premium wagyu beef “Shizuoka Sodachi.”
Popular menu items include rare cuts such as “thick-cut beef tongue” and “premium harami.” The “thick-cut beef tongue” is a hearty dish cut into thick slices.
The owner especially recommends the rare cuts “premium harami” and “ichibo.” You can enjoy comparing meats with different flavors and textures.

A specialty yakiniku restaurant in Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture, operated by JA Kyodo Service.
The meat used for the grilled dishes is Shizuoka Prefecture’s premium wagyu beef “Shizuoka Sodachi.”
The signature menu item is the “today-only assorted platter with rare cuts.”
It is a dish that combines kettle-cooked, company-produced Gotemba Koshihikari rice with an assortment of two to three kinds of meat.

“Numazu Uoken Umi Gohan Shokudo” is a diner in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, known as a fishing town.
It offers a wide range of seafood rice bowls and set meals made with fresh local fish from Numazu Port. The signature menu item is the “Numazu Port Local Fish Seafood Umi Gohan.”
This seafood rice bowl is topped generously with fresh seafood, mainly local fish landed at Numazu Port and purchased fresh each day.
It also comes with kelp broth, so you can enjoy it as ochazuke as well.

The diner “Daishokudo Nagisa” is located inside the production-area wholesale market “Yaizu Sakana Center,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
It is known as a Japanese restaurant featuring fresh seafood unique to Yaizu.
Popular dishes include the “12-Variety Premium Seafood Bowl,” loaded with seafood, and the “8-Variety Boat-Style Sashimi Set Meal,” served on a boat-shaped plate.

“Kaisendon Senmonten Gotetsu Numazu Main Store” in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a dining spot located near the Numazu Fish Market.
This restaurant serves seafood bowls made with locally sourced ingredients and fresh seafood, including Shizuoka-grown Koshihikari rice. Its specialty is seafood bowls centered on freshly caught fish from that morning.
Among them, the popular “Ultimate Gotetsu” comes topped with salmon roe and sea urchin.
It is often ordered together with “Kaisen Mago Chazuke,” in which broth made from golden eye snapper, red sea bream, and other fish is poured over the bowl.

“Himono Wasuke” is located in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a dining spot operated by Okuwa, a long-established shop that has been in business since around 1868.
You can enjoy dried fish made by Okuwa right on the spot. The signature menu item is the limited-quantity “daily set meal set.”
They use low-pesticide germ rice as well as seasonings and ingredients with as few additives as possible. The dried fish is grilled over charcoal, bringing out a savory and deep flavor.

A sushi restaurant located in the “Nakamise Shopping Street” right in front of Atami Station, an area bustling with many tourists.
You can enjoy seasonal seafood shipped directly from fishing ports as sushi prepared by skilled chefs. The toppings used for the nigiri sushi are delivered fresh every morning from Numazu Port.
In season, local Shizuoka specialties such as fresh whitebait and sakura shrimp also appear on the menu.
Set menus such as the “premium nigiri” and “shellfish assortment” are popular.

The “Fujinomiya Yakisoba Antenna Shop” is located in Omiya Yokocho, where Fujinomiya’s local gourmet dishes gather.
This shop serves “Fujinomiya Yakisoba,” made with chewy, springy noodles grilled on a piping-hot iron plate.
In addition to the classic flavor, you can also try unique options such as three spicy varieties made with chili kneaded into the noodles.

“MARUZEN Tea Roastery” is located on Gofukucho Street in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a café specializing in Japanese tea.
The shop includes an in-house tea roasting studio, where the finest first-flush tea leaves from Shizuoka Prefecture are roasted on the spot.
The signature menu item is “tea gelato,” which lets you enjoy the flavor of Shizuoka tea. One of its unique features is that you can choose the roasting temperature of the tea leaves from five levels, from 0°C to 200°C.
You can experience the differences in aroma and flavor depending on the roasting temperature.

A café operated by Kimikura Co., Ltd., part of the Maruyama Tea Group, a local tea manufacturer.
The highlight is its luxurious Japanese sweets made generously with tea. Even people who are not usually familiar with Japanese tea can enjoy them casually.
The popular “matcha indulgence set” uses matcha in everything from the ice cream, agar jelly, and warabi mochi to the syrup.
Its beautiful presentation is something you can enjoy not only with your taste buds, but also with your eyes.