Jofuku Sushi — Restaurant in Shingu

It was raining when I arrived on the train, so I made a beeline for this cute tiny sushi restaurant next to the JR Station. I had a wonderful welcome, and they are certainly accommodating to tourists with a very extensive English menu, that you just need to point at. The price was extremely cheap for the amount and quality of fish, and to my delight, quite a few vegetarian rolls were available. I had a set of sushi, an extra roll and soup and walked out with change from 2000JPY.

Quite a mix of locals and quite a few tourists, but they all seem to be hikers, so most of them were well behaved, not huge party crowds. Very welcoming to solo...

Excellent local sushi place with variants of sushi you've likely not tried before! I was a bit sceptical of some of the sushi that was unknown to me like the whole fish on a roll, but it was really good! Also I asked what is recommended and they gave me nigiri of shimaaji, island horse mackerel(?), with shisou and salt (no soy sauce), and oh my god it was incredible. The chef even gave us a free gift of kajiki, swordfish!! Which is a delicious fatty tuna species you will rarely have the opportunity to eat, so we felt...

We had high expectations after reading many glowing reviews but the quality of the fish was very average/ below average. Sanma was quite dry, Uni was not good and did not look like the photo at all. Owners were nice, service was good, but quality trumps everything. There were only foreign tourists in here, so this seems to be marketed heavily towards tourists. No locals. Unfortunately we were a bit disappointed after having higher...