Ume Sushi — Restaurant in Kutchan

Fab little local sushi restaurant about 10mins walk from Kutchan JR station in the snow. We stumbled across it accidentally but had a great evening with warm & funny servers and fantastic food! We got a tempura set (with soup, rice, pasta salad & veggies), medium chirashi don & top nigiri set, finishing with yellow tail and egg maki for a very reasonable ¥5000 which is half the price compared to Niseko. Sushi chef was very skilful and diligent in preparing each piece of sashimi and sushi. Make a reservation or go early in the evening for sushi, they seemed to run out by 8pm. It was all so fresh & delicious, we want to...

Yosenabe Udon - Wonderful (4,000yen) 9/10 Nigiri - very small, and thinly sliced sashimi on top of the rice ball. They will ask if you'd like to have shoyu to be put on the nigiri before serving 3/10 Sashimi - very thinly sliced. Didn't enjoy how it felt in the mouth. Ordered a Premium (2,300yen, 5types) and a Top (1,800yen, 3 types) 3/10. (Photo of TOP sashimi attached) Tonkatsu - Delicious but meat slightly tough . 8/10

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Simply the best value for money for this 8 day trip. Don't let the modest shop-front discourage you. We had the hot pot. We were speechless with the high quality and quantity of the pork. I am not particularly a fan of Tamagoyaki. But the sumptuous rendition of this version made me a convert. Vegetable is fresh and crisp. The oyster tempura, Sashimi(7 varieties) and Chawanmushi are all good. And the 4 of us were well-fed and paid only JPY8140. Like I...