The Best Eel 30 Restaurants in Japan 2024

We have prepared for you 30 of the most popular and recommended eel restaurants in Japan. Discover the best restaurants Japan has to offer.

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1. Eel Akasaka Ikine

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Akasaka Residential Hotel 1F, 9-1-7 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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A high-class eel restaurant with a reservation system that has won one Michelin star. The restaurant has a calm atmosphere with counter seats and private rooms. Of all the eels that are produced in Japan, the Shinko and Hineko varieties are used. In addition to eel, there is also a course of pufferfish and soft shellfish, and the side menu is also popular at a high level. This is a famous eel restaurant that is difficult to reserve.

2. Unagi-tei Tomoei

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122 Kazamatsuri, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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“Unagi-tei Tomoei” in Odawara is a popular restaurant where people line up as soon as it opens. They are particular about using only very valuable blue eels or similar ones. We do not reserve seats, but we can reserve eels, so you should let us know before you visit.

3. Eel Mitsuru

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3573-4 Shimofukumotocho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture

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A shop that is irresistible for eel lovers who like dark sauce. You can enjoy the texture of eel that melts in your mouth even though it is filling. When you put it in your mouth, the aroma of the charcoal fire and the sweetness of the eel fat will spread in your mouth.

4. helmet

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2-53-2 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Ikebukuro ES Building 1F

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A world-famous eel restaurant in Ikebukuro. Basically one omakase course. A one-of-a-kind restaurant where you can enjoy a full course of eel. If you become a regular, you can also order skewers. Reservations are extremely difficult, and it is said that there is now a one-year and two-year wait. The sight of the owner cutting and grilling the eel over the counter is a masterpiece.

5. Eel Cuisine Atsumi

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70 Chitosecho, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A famous eel restaurant where you can enjoy thick and fluffy eel. The secret to its popularity is the well-balanced sauce that is not too sweet and smooth.

6. Coloring house Izumimachi Odori

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3-1-31 Izumicho, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture

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A long-established eel specialty restaurant in Mito. You can taste not only eel but also loach. The elegantly seasoned eel with no fishy smell is exquisite.

7. Unagi Uomasa

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4-14-4 Higashiyotsugi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo

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Unagi Uomasa is an eel restaurant located about a 1-minute walk from Yotsugi Station. You can enjoy the taste of specially-ordered fresh eels, which are grilled with Kishu Binchotan charcoal using a unique technique.

8. Tashiro

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13 Fukagawacho, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture

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An eel restaurant where you can casually enjoy high-quality eel. The rich, carefully selected sauce is unique.

9. Eel Tokaitei

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Miyagi Prefecture Tome City Tome Town Teraike 9th Town 46

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"Unagi no Tokaitei" in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture. The unaju served with the secret sauce that was established in 1873 is exquisite. You can enjoy the standard dish, white grilled eel, and there is a sauce, but the eel served with a simple wasabi soy sauce also has a different taste. Dining while gazing at the majestic flow of the Kitakami River is the best time.

10. Eel Musashino

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Saitama Prefecture Saitama City Urawa Ward Higashi Takasago 8-3 1F

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A popular eel restaurant where you can taste young eel. You can fully enjoy the original taste of eel, such as the modest sauce, the aroma of the charcoal-grilled skin, and the plump flavor of the meat.

11. Kawagoe Ichinoya

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1-18-10 Matsuecho, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture

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A long-established eel restaurant in Kawagoe, founded in 1832. The spacious interior of the restaurant is pure Japanese style and is fully equipped with private rooms and large halls. They use a secret sauce that has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has an elegant taste that is neither too strong nor too sweet. The meat of the eel is thick and soft, and the chef grills it to perfection. Unaju and kabayaki can also be taken out. Please enjoy the taste of a long-established store in a space with a good atmosphere.

12. White spot of eel

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Espore Izumi 1F, 1-18-41 Izumi, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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Unagi no Shiromura is an eel restaurant located about a 4-minute walk from Hisaya Odori Station. Known as a famous restaurant with a long history dedicated to the Geku of Ise Jingu, you can enjoy fresh and filling eels from Mikawa Isshiki.

13. Unafuji

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1-1-4 Shirokane, Showa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Presaant Shirokane

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Speaking of eel in Nagoya, it is "Unafuji". A famous restaurant where you can taste high-quality eel in a variety of ways.

14. Una Takumi Yodobashi Akihabara

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Yodobashi Akiba 8F, 1-1 Kanda Hanaoka-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Una Takumi is a restaurant in Akihabara, Tokyo, where Nagoya's famous hitsumabushi is exquisite. Using eels from Mikawa Isshiki, Aichi Prefecture, Kansai-style eels that are not steamed are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. All-you-can-eat tea soup and condiments, so you can enjoy changing tastes.

15. Tamuro Kakamigahara

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5-164 Unumahabacho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture

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A restaurant where you can enjoy eel in a tasteful atmosphere. With the theme of "a space that makes you want to stay forever," the interior of the store, which is characterized by large beams, has been created with a unique design. They are also particular about their ingredients, using specially cultivated Koshihikari rice from Shinanomachi. We are also conducting research on eel farming by building a farm near the store. A popular eel restaurant with excellent taste and atmosphere.

16. Atsuta Horaiken Main Store

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503 Kobecho, Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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A famous Nagoya hitsumabushi restaurant. Founded in 1873, the traditional taste is delicious that you can't taste anywhere else.

17. Charcoal grilled eel Kitagawa

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9-13 Shoeicho, Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture

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A shop specializing in Unafuji folklore in Nagoya. The sauce has a light and delicate taste, and the taste of soup and pickles has been inherited. The atmosphere of the shop is good, and you can enjoy Hitsumabushi and Unaju in a calm atmosphere while looking at the courtyard.

18. Eel specialty store Aikawa

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1-17-22 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

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An eel specialty restaurant in Takadanobaba where you can choose Kanto-style or Kansai-style. The freshness of the eel is preserved by cooking it raw after receiving the order. The main dishes on the menu are eel on rice, kabayaki, and shirayaki, and you can choose between the fluffy Kanto-style, or the crispy Kansai-style. The sauce is particular about soy sauce, and uses hand-made soy sauce from Yuasa, Wakayama. We would like you to try the eel that brings out the maximum flavor.

19. Ogawa chrysanthemum

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3-22 Nakacho, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture

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A long-established eel restaurant founded in 1807. The three-story wooden store was built in the early Taisho era and has been designated as one of Kawagoe City's Important Urban Landscape Buildings. In Unaju, plenty of eel is placed on top of the rice, and the secret sauce that has been passed down for over 200 years brings out the full flavor of the eel. In addition to Unaju and Kabayaki, there are also many a la carte dishes. Please enjoy the traditional taste that has been passed down since the Edo period.

20. Hatsune of eel

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898-1 Shinsho, Sekimachi, Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture

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It is no exaggeration to say that this eel restaurant is the most delicious in Mie. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, it goes well with the salty-sweet sauce. When you put it in your mouth, the scent of eel and charcoal spreads, and once you eat it, you will never forget it.

21. Fifth generation Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura main store

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1-5-4 Higashiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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A long-established eel restaurant that has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide Tokyo. The interior of the restaurant, which looks like an old private house, is decorated with tasteful furnishings, and is fully equipped with table seats, Japanese-style rooms, and private rooms. We use carefully selected ingredients for our dishes and continue to preserve the traditional taste. In addition to the standard unaju, they also offer other dishes such as the Shirayaki set meal and the Yanagawa set meal. A famous eel restaurant where you can feel the tradition in both atmosphere and taste.

22. Unagiya Gennai

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11-22 Kitagoza, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture

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An eel restaurant run by the owner who has 40 years of experience in the eel farming business. You can enjoy the perfectly cooked eel that is crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside with a sauce that is not too sweet. The rich grilled liver is also popular for its deliciousness.

23. Daikokuya Unagibei

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward Sakaimachidori Nishikikoji Agaru 539

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A famous restaurant where you can enjoy rice cooked in an earthenware pot and carefully selected eel. This restaurant was opened by the owner of an eel and freshwater fish restaurant with a history of more than 100 years in Kyoto's Nishiki Market. Using Kikaku Club's earthenware pot, you can enjoy the glossy rice that is cooked to order and the crispy plump domestic eel that is steamed after being grilled once. Please enjoy the taste of a famous restaurant that requires a reservation.

24. Shingyokutei

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5-1 Yoshocho, Marunouchi, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

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A long-established eel specialty restaurant where you can enjoy charcoal-grilled eel. The eel uses a secret sauce made by boiling down soy sauce, mirin, rock sugar, and letting it rest for over a week. You can choose the amount of rice in the eel bowl, especially the large serving, which is more than 3 bowls of rice and is a specialty. For rice, you can choose white rice or barley rice only on weekdays. This is a popular restaurant where you can enjoy high-quality eel that is excellent in both volume and taste.

25. unafuji

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633-29 Takanoocho, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture

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Popular for its cheap and delicious eel restaurants, long lines form even before the restaurant opens. It is currently open only for lunch, so it is recommended to go before 11:00. You can eat the special eel bowl with fluffy medium eel for 2160 yen.

26. Waka

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3-1-18 Honta, Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture

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An eel restaurant in Urawa, which is excellent for cost performance. Located in a residential area, the store has 5 counter seats and 1 table for 2 people. The concept of the owner, Kazuhiko Fujita, is "affordable", and you can enjoy eel that has been steamed to perfection and is soft and fluffy at a reasonable price. There are 3 types of Unaju: Take, Matsu, and Tokujo. Please enjoy the finest eel, which is excellent in both volume and quality.

27. Yoshinoya

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1-1-10 Higashi, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture

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An eel specialty restaurant with a reputation for delicious steamed eel on rice. At “Yoshinoya”, the eel is steamed and grilled instead of being grilled after being cut, so you can enjoy the fluffy texture of the eel.

28. River Yoshi

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3-2-4 Honmachi, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture

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A long-established eel restaurant in Aomori. The slightly sweet sauce and fragrant charcoal-grilled kabayaki fat are a perfect match. It also brings out the deliciousness of white rice.

29. Chikuyotei Yokohama Sogo

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Sogo Yokohama 10F, 2-18-1 Takashima, Nishi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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A long-established eel restaurant founded in Ginza, Tokyo in 1866. The Yokohama Sogo store is located on the 10th floor of Yokohama Sogo. The meat is so soft that you can easily cut it with chopsticks, and the sauce is light and spicy.

30. Eel Hamana

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Infinity Urawa 1F, 2-9-2 Nakacho, Urawa Ward, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture

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An eel restaurant where you can taste Kyosui eel, which is famous for its fat and thickness. Our prided eel has a very good balance of meat, fat, and sauce.

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