Kappei Sushi — Restaurant in Yugawara

Kappei Sushi is a lovely, small, family run restaurant ,perfectly situated for a meal or snack before or after visiting the Hakone Open Air Museum, as the restaurant is situated halfway between the very short walk between the train station you exit to get to the museum, and the museum itself.

We stopped in after visiting the museum to get a mid afternoon snack before visiting the rest of Hakone, and were pleased to find they were very vegetarian friendly with English menus they brought to us without asking.

I had the Norimaki Mix, which was all vegetarian and came with 3 different vegetarian cut rolls, each with 6 pieces, all of which were delicious. A typical vegetarian offering in a sushi restaurant in America would be a veggie roll or maybe a cucumber roll or maybe an avocado roll. This was served with cucumber, Japanese dried gourd, and Japanese radish pickles…all of which were lovely and delicious surprises for my mouth. You can also get a cucumber roll on its own which comes with 18 pieces. You're not going to go hungry at this reasonably priced Japanese sushi restaurant.

Service was quick and friendly and it was exactly what we were looking for in a sushi experience in Japan. (Especially as a vegetarian!) If we lived in Hakone (and what a dream that would be…) We will come...

Love this little nook in Hakone so much! It was this little unassuming sushi spot, which when we arrived, there was only one other couple there. Parking is free as they provide it for restaurant guests just next door - this is provided for 2 or 3 vehicles only as space is very limited.

Sushi is simple but yet tasted so fresh. We ordered the 🍣 platter (2400 💴), inari sushi and 🥒 appetizer. That amazing sauce on top of the cucumber was...

Awesome place, Kappei Master is the best! We were starving and he did his best to provide a really good sushi for us. He pretty much closed the place out to be able to take care of us, as he might have thought the language was going to be an issue. We used google translator to share our requests, and even a few jokes. Overall we loved the food and the service on this place. Would...