Kanazawa, Ishikawa · Food
Where to Eat in Kanazawa: 12 Places for Seafood, Oden and Local Dishes
12 places to eat · checked October 20, 2026
12 places to eat in Kanazawa, by what you eat
Hours, prices and access checked against each place's own page on October 20, 2026. They change; check before you go.
1Omicho Market近江町市場
Seafood market · Omicho
A market of about 170 shops, many of them fishmongers selling Sea of Japan seafood. Crab, yellowtail and shrimp sold around November are especially prized. The Omicho Ichibakan building attached to the market holds seafood restaurants.
- Access
- About 15 minutes on foot from Kanazawa Station; bus from the East Exit to Musashigatsuji (Omicho Market), about 1 minute from the stop.
- Hours
- 9:00–16:00; varies from store to store
- Closed on
- New Year holidays
2Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai at Ichiba-kan
Seafood rice bowls (kaisen-don) · Omicho
Rice bowls topped with large slices of fish from Omicho Market, plus a selection of local sake. On the second floor of Omicho Ichibakan.
- Access
- Omicho Ichibakan 2F, 88 Aokusamachi, in the Omicho Market area.
- Hours
- Weekdays 11:00–15:00; Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays 10:30–17:00
- Closed on
- None
3Curry no Champion, Omicho branchカレーのチャンピオン 近江町店
Kanazawa curry · Omicho
A branch of the Ishikawa curry chain in the basement of Omicho Ichibakan. Kanazawa curry is thick and almost chocolate-brown, usually served with a deep-fried pork cutlet, rice and shredded cabbage.
- Access
- Omicho Ichibakan B1F, 88 Aokusamachi, Kanazawa.
- Hours
- 11:00–16:00 (last order 15:30)
- Closed on
- No regular holiday; closed 1–2 January
4Kanazawa Tamazushi So-Honten
Sushi restaurant · Katamachi
A sushi restaurant in Katamachi, open in the evening until midnight. Visit Kanazawa describes it as stylish, with the ambience of Kanazawa.
- Access
- 2-21-19 Katamachi, Kanazawa.
- Hours
- 17:00–24:00
- Closed on
- Sundays and national holidays
5Sushi Waka
Sushi restaurant · Nagata
A casual sushi restaurant that serves lunch and dinner and is open through the afternoon at weekends and on national holidays.
- Access
- 1-5-46 Nagata, Kanazawa.
- Hours
- Monday–Friday 11:00–14:00 and 16:30–22:00; Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays 11:00–22:00
- Closed on
- Wednesdays
6Kanazawa Oden Akadama Main Restaurant金澤おでん 赤玉本店
Kanazawa oden · Katamachi
One of Kanazawa's long-established oden restaurants, founded in 1927 and known for a broth handed down for many years. It is open on Sundays and national holidays. If it runs out of oden it may close early.
- Access
- 2-21-2 Katamachi, Kanazawa.
- Hours
- Weekdays and Saturdays 12:00–15:00 and 16:00–23:00; Sundays and national holidays 12:00–15:00 and 16:00–22:00 (last order 30 minutes before closing)
- Closed on
- Mondays and irregular holidays; if Monday is a holiday it may be open, so call to confirm
7Oden Yoshiboおでん よし坊
Kanazawa oden · Korinbo
A member of the Kanazawa Oden Association of Long-Established Restaurants. It serves oden, home-style side dishes and sake, with some unusual oden ingredients. It describes its broth as made without chemical seasonings.
- Access
- In Korinbo, the downtown district near the 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa Castle Park and Nagamachi.
- Hours
- 17:30–21:30
- Closed on
- Sundays
8Oden Takasagoおでん高砂
Kanazawa oden · Kakinokibatake
A long-established oden restaurant, founded in 1936, with a Kanto-style broth that is uncommon in Kanazawa. Doteyaki (beef tendon in miso sauce) and curry oden are on the menu.
- Access
- On Kakinoki-batake street, listed under the Korinbo and Katamachi area in Visit Kanazawa's oden guide.
- Hours
- 16:00–21:00 (closes when the ingredients sell out)
- Closed on
- Sundays and public holidays
9Oden Kikuichiおでん菊一
Kanazawa oden · Korinbo
A long-established oden restaurant, founded in 1934, known for kanimen, a seasonal dish made with female snow crab. Queues often form before opening at weekends.
Known for kanimen, a seasonal snow-crab dish.
- Access
- In Korinbo, the downtown district near the 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa Castle Park and Nagamachi.
- Hours
- 17:30–22:00 (closes when the ingredients sell out)
- Closed on
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays
10Campagne cucina & bar
Italian brasserie (listed under Hanton rice) · Kanazawa Station
An Italian brasserie open from morning until late at night, inside the station complex. Visit Kanazawa lists it in the Hanton rice section of its cuisine guide; Hanton rice is an omelette over rice topped with fried prawn, ketchup and tartar sauce.
- Access
- Kanazawa Station premises, Anto Nishi, Kanazawa Hyakuban Kitchen 1F.
- Hours
- Sunday–Thursday 7:00–22:30 (last order 22:00); Fridays and Saturdays 7:00–23:00 (food last order 22:00, drinks 22:30); may change on holidays
- Closed on
- None
11Hakuichi, Kenrokuen branch
Gold-leaf ice cream · Kenrokuen
A shop at Kenrokuen that sells ice cream covered in gold leaf, one of Kanazawa's traditional crafts.
- Access
- 2-10 Kenroku-machi; 1 minute on foot from the Kenrokuenshita bus stop.
- Hours
- 9:00–18:00 (last order for gold-leaf ice cream 16:30)
- Closed on
- 1 January
12Shusai AO
Kanazawa cuisine and local sake · Nagamachi
A restaurant for seasonal Kanazawa ingredients and local sake, on the first floor of the Aoki Cooking School. Visit Kanazawa lists it in the jibu-ni section of its cuisine guide.
- Access
- Aoki Cooking School 1F, 1-1-17 Nagamachi; about 5 minutes on foot from the Korinbo bus stop.
- Hours
- 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:30 (food last order 14:00 and 21:00)
- Closed on
- Wednesdays
- Price
- Lunch from ¥1,500; dinner from ¥4,000
Good to know
Eat seafood at lunchtime around Omicho Market, and save oden and sushi for the evening in Katamachi and Korinbo. The market is open 9:00–16:00, its kaisen-don and curry places close by 15:00–17:00, and most of the oden and sushi restaurants on this list open between 16:00 and 17:30 (Akadama and Sushi Waka also serve lunch).
Kanazawa's local specialities, as Visit Kanazawa describes them, are seafood from the Sea of Japan (raw as sashimi, sushi or kaisen-don), Kanazawa oden eaten all year, Kanazawa curry, Hanton rice, and ice cream covered in gold leaf. Crab, yellowtail and shrimp from the Sea of Japan are especially prized around November.
Check the closed day before you go. Tamazushi, Yoshibo and Takasago close on Sundays, Akadama on Mondays, Sushi Waka and Shusai AO on Wednesdays and Kikuichi on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai, the Omicho Champion Curry branch and Campagne have no regular holiday.
When each kind of place is open
Hours and closed days as listed on the pages cited on each card.
| What you eat | Where | Open | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market seafood, kaisen-don, Kanazawa curry | Omicho: market, Hirai (Ichibakan 2F), Champion Curry (Ichibakan B1F) | Market 9:00–16:00 (varies by store) · Hirai 11:00–15:00 weekdays, 10:30–17:00 weekends and holidays · Champion 11:00–16:00 | Market: New Year holidays · Hirai and Champion: no regular holiday |
| Sushi | Katamachi (Tamazushi) · Nagata (Waka) | Tamazushi 17:00–24:00 · Waka 11:00–14:00 and 16:30–22:00 on weekdays, 11:00–22:00 at weekends | Tamazushi: Sundays and holidays · Waka: Wednesdays |
| Kanazawa oden | Katamachi (Akadama) · Korinbo (Yoshibo, Kikuichi) · Kakinokibatake (Takasago) | Akadama from 12:00 · Takasago from 16:00 · Kikuichi and Yoshibo from 17:30 | Akadama: Mondays · Takasago: Sundays and holidays · Yoshibo: Sundays · Kikuichi: Tuesdays and Wednesdays |
| Hanton rice (listed), all-day meals | Kanazawa Station (Campagne) | 7:00 to 22:30 or 23:00 | None |
| Gold-leaf ice cream | Kenrokuen (Hakuichi) | 9:00–18:00, last order for gold-leaf ice cream 16:30 | 1 January |
| Kanazawa cuisine and local sake | Nagamachi (Shusai AO) | 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:30 | Wednesdays |
By kind of trip
Seafood lunch around the market
The market is open 9:00–16:00, Hirai takes weekday customers 11:00–15:00 and the Champion Curry branch closes at 16:00 (last order 15:30). Hirai and Champion have no regular holiday.
Omicho Market · Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai at Ichiba-kan · Curry no Champion, Omicho branch
Kanazawa oden
Four restaurants from Visit Kanazawa's 2026 oden guide. Akadama opens at noon and is the only one open on Sundays (12:00–15:00, 16:00–22:00); Takasago, Yoshibo and Kikuichi open in the late afternoon or evening.
Kanazawa Oden Akadama Main Restaurant · Oden Takasago · Oden Yoshibo · Oden Kikuichi
Sushi for dinner
Tamazushi serves from 17:00 to midnight and is closed on Sundays and holidays; Waka is closed on Wednesdays and open until 22:00. For Kanazawa kaisen-don instead, go to Omicho before 15:00.
Kanazawa Tamazushi So-Honten · Sushi Waka · Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai at Ichiba-kan
Late, or before a train
Campagne in the station complex opens at 7:00 and closes at 22:30 (23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays). Tamazushi serves until midnight.
Sweet and sit-down stops near the sights
Hakuichi sells gold-leaf ice cream a minute from the Kenrokuenshita bus stop, until 16:30 for that item. Shusai AO is about 5 minutes from the Korinbo bus stop, near Nagamachi.
Questions
Where can I eat kaisen-don in Kanazawa?
Around Omicho Market. Visit Kanazawa describes kaisen-don as raw seafood over a hot bowl of rice and points to Omicho. Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai on the second floor of Omicho Ichibakan serves it 11:00–15:00 on weekdays and 10:30–17:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays, with no regular holiday.
What is Kanazawa oden, and where do I eat it?
Oden simmered in dashi, eaten in Kanazawa all year. Signature ingredients are kuruma-fu (wheel-shaped gluten cakes), akamaki (pink-and-white fish cake) and baigai (sea snails). Visit Kanazawa's 2026 guide lists Akadama in Katamachi, Yoshibo and Kikuichi in Korinbo, and Takasago on Kakinoki-batake street; Kikuichi is known for the winter snow-crab dish kanimen.
Where can I try Kanazawa curry and gold-leaf ice cream?
Curry no Champion has a branch in the basement of Omicho Ichibakan (11:00–16:00, last order 15:30, no regular holiday). Hakuichi's Kenrokuen branch sells gold-leaf ice cream 9:00–18:00, with the last order for it at 16:30.
What is open on a Sunday?
Omicho Market (varies by store), Omicho Kaisendon-ya Hirai, the Omicho Champion Curry branch, Campagne, Sushi Waka, Akadama (12:00–15:00 and 16:00–22:00), Kikuichi, Shusai AO and Hakuichi. Tamazushi, Yoshibo and Takasago close on Sundays.