This was my first visit to a Japanese restaurant in Saijo, Hiroshima, which I had been curious about for a while. I made a special trip to dine here before my business trip to Hiroshima, arriving at noon on the weekend. I sat at the counter and chose the omakase course, paired with local Japanese sake. I enjoyed four different types of sake (Karasumi Natsu Jun, Nyukonzan, Hoken, and Hiroshima Nishiki), each served in a glass. The dishes featured seasonal ingredients and dashi made from spring water sourced in Saijo. This time, I had 11 dishes, including squid and sea urchin, abalone with summer turnip, the classic karasumi soba (with 24-year-aged karasumi, which was incredibly delicious), madai and amadai, horse mackerel (also very tasty), flounder with red sea urchin (from Setouchi, the white fish had amazing texture, and the sea urchin melted in my mouth), hamo with eggplant (the eggplant was superb), junsai with tomato, Tottori Wagyu with Mangaji pepper, and to finish, rice with eel, accompanied by miso soup and pickles. I even had a second helping of rice. For dessert, there was warabi mochi and matcha. I was told there were more sashimi dishes than usual, and the sake paired perfectly with everything. I had a blissful two and a half hours here, and it exceeded my expectations. I definitely want to come back again. The total was just over JPY 30,000.
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