This restaurant on Kamakura’s main avenue Wakamiya Oji – the approach to the area’s largest shrine Tsurugaoka Hachimangu – is a great place to enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine in a calm setting. The venue is run by chef-owner Daizo Hashida, a former chef of the Japanese embassy in Spain, and his wife Kazue, who’s a qualified sake sommelier. Hashida’s hometown Imabari in Ehime prefecture borders the Seto Inland Sea, so you can look forward to a large number of meals using ingredients from this area.
Opt for the omakase course (chef’s selection; ¥11,000 during both lunch and dinner time) that includes an appetiser, sashimi, tai-meshi (rice with minced sea bream), a dessert and more, all using seasonal ingredients. There are just 12 seats, so you’ll need to make a reservation in advance.