Yamahiko Zushi — Restaurant in Hakone

Excellent local sushi and sashimi restaurant that's also great value for money. Aside from the fresh local and seasonal fish, the miso soup that's served at the end of the meal was a highlight and packed with seafood, so save some space for it.

As per another recent review foreigners are welcome here. The staff don't speak English however, so if you can't speak at least basic Japanese you'll struggle to enjoy the easy atmosphere and banter the staff have with their regular customers.

Note also that Yamahiko Zushi is small with just six counter seats and two tables that can accommodate four each. At the counter seats there's a space where you can sit and dangle your legs, but the tables are on tatami so you'll need to sit cross legged on the floor. The place is packed every night so I wouldn't go without a booking, but if you do please note that empty seats are no indication that the seats are actually available, since they...

After we did the Hakone Loop Tour we were hungry and wanted to eat Sushi. The First Spot we went to was already occupied unfortunately so we found this Spot nearby.

Right as we entered it was really welcoming with a cosy but clean athmosphere.

At the dining room, everyone has to take their shoes off. We were directly seated in front of the bar were the Sushi Chefs did their magic. With only 4 other guests we received our Sushi Plate lightning fast and it was perfect.

You get good amounts of fish with less rice then we are used to. The Fish was very fresh and had a very good quality. Wasabi is already put in, at it is often in Japan but you can dip it yourself in soy sauce.

The Green Tea was also very mild and tasty.

The host and chefs were all very kind and there was no Rush at all (at it is often in bigger cities like Tokyo).

We can only recomment this Place to everyone who want‘s to...

This had to be my favourite spot in all of Japan.

From the traditional layout to the people it was all so beautiful.

Every bite I had made me want more but sadly it ran out! Hakone and this restaurant will always be a great memory for me.

Fun story I’ve got a few tattoos especially on my arms and were taught that sometimes small towns and old generations are scared of tattoos due to the yakuza. While we were eating our meals I saw the chef constantly glance at mine. I thought potentially I have offended them. After our meal the chef ran out to show me his freshly done tattoos in which we had a great conversation over before taking a pic! Never think you know what’s going on with out asking. We chatted with the chefs using google translate as they tried to speak their best English and we tried to speak our best Japanese it wasn’t...