Otafuku sushi — Restaurant in Takayama

Today we just wanted to have sushi for dinner and found the sushi restaurant in takayama in google map. We didn’t realise that we used to come here in May last year with my family until we walked into the store. It was because last year we had been here in night time I guess and today we went there around 5.30 pm. We still really enjoyed the sushi here, it was good and worth it to come and have dinner. Before we left, my husband told one of the staff that we used to come here last year and she told to the chefs in Japanese about us inside the kitchen. After that she followed us outside the road and gave us a cloth bag for thank you to us. At first we thought we forgot something there. They were really amazing and kind people for what they interacted to their customers. Highly recommend you to come...

Went solo with no reservation on a Tuesday at 6:30pm and got a seat immediately. Although they don’t speak much English, they were welcoming and friendly and it was easy to order off their menu and they took credit card. I had a light a la carte dinner: two pieces tuna nigiri, two pieces uni roll, two pieces salmon roe roll and one miso soup. Each bite exquisite. Cute, little authentic feeling place. Would definitely return for more. Three lively Japanese diners next to me who had reserved seats added to...

Durante nuestro viaje por Japón este verano, tuvimos la suerte de descubrir, casi por azar, una joya escondida en una calle tranquila de Takayama: Otafuku Sushi. Un pequeño local regentado por una familia encantadora, donde tradición, hospitalidad y excelencia culinaria se unen de forma entrañable.

Desde que cruzamos la puerta sentimos una calidez difícil de explicar. La dueña, con una ternura que desarma, se esforzó por comunicarse con nosotros, no solo para entendernos, sino también para compartir su idioma, su cultura y su cariño por lo que hacen. Ese gesto humano convirtió la experiencia en algo aún más valioso.

El sushi fue, sin exagerar, una auténtica maravilla. Cada pieza —desde los makis con anguila y pepino hasta los uramakis con salmón, tamago e ikura— tenía un equilibrio perfecto entre sabor, frescura y textura. El arroz impecablemente aliñado, el alga crujiente, el corte preciso del pescado… Se notaba que todo se preparaba con una dedicación artesanal y con ingredientes de calidad absoluta, sin artificios, solo producto y saber hacer.

Nos atendieron con generosidad y una sonrisa constante. Éramos solo dos personas, pero nos hicieron sentir como en casa. El ambiente tradicional, los detalles de madera, la barra de sushi con los cortes expuestos, todo contribuía a una experiencia auténtica e inolvidable.

Si estás en Takayama, no puedes perderte este lugar. Otafuku no solo ofrece excelente sushi, ofrece algo mucho más escaso: cercanía, alma y amor...