Sushi Yasu — Restaurant in Hashima

A really nice, neighborhood sushi bar near Gifu-Hashima Train station!

Felt like eating sushi one of the evenings I was in Gifu-Hashima, and happened to see this place on Google! It was very close, within walking distance, so why not?

When walking in, it seems to be a smaller, neighborhood sushi bar. Got a sushi bar counter you can sit, or other low tables with zabuton cushions, and a couple of "regular" tables with chairs, all in one room. Seems like it is a hangout for local business workers as it was fairly full, with lively conversations going in the background.

There is one sushi chef (I think the owner) who works behind the bar preparing all the orders - an older, very hard working individual! The menu was kind of limited with the more usual sushi fares (the typical maguro, hamachi, ebi, tamago, ika.... etc.) , but other things like amaebi, chutoro, awabi ... were not available. It might be that due to the smaller establishment size, they choose to focus on the more popular and basic menu items.

But all in all, all the sushi that I order tasted great at a very affordable price! Glad to be able to do my small part in trying to support the smaller local business...

Stumbled upon this quaint sushi restaurant in the middle of an almost desserted area.

It was a traditional old sushi restaurant, owned and managed by a very lovely elderly japanese couple. Unbelievably, the food was delicious, generous in serving and were reasonably priced. After the owner made all of our orders, he went to us one by one with a box full of colorful paper crane origami and let us pick one as a sweet little gift. We went in hungry but we went back to our hotel with not just our stomach full but with our...

Just right across the Gifu Hashima station. Thick slices of seafood on our chirashi. The sushi chef was very kind and we loved the local atmosphere. Reasonably priced! Got the most expensive chirashi sushi at 2,000yen each,...