Japan Guide
Western Honshū
Eating
1 Kappō Nakao Karato
0832/31-4129 Excellent fish restaurant set back from the road where a team of motherly waitresses serves hearty set lunches for around ¥1200. Price: The fugu course is ¥5000 at dinner Opening time: Closed Sun except during fugu season (Nov– March)
2 Yaburekabure
0832/34-3711 Look out for the large plastic fugu and red signs hanging outside the door of this restaurant on the shopping parade east of the station. The speciality is a meal including seven different fugu dishes for ¥6300.
3 Yasumori 2-1-13 Takeza ki-chō. One of Shimonoseki's best yakiniku restaurants: you order plates of raw meat and vegetables to sizzle on a tabletop cooker. Also try pivinpa, a traditional mix of rice and vegetables in a stone bowl. Price: Around ¥2000 per person Opening time: Closed Thurs