Amakusa Local Fish Cuisine Ikesu Yamamoto
天草地魚料理 いけすやまもと
A large live-fish restaurant in central Hondo, where a huge fish tank keeps the catch fresh. Its luxury seafood bowl and sea urchin bowls are the most popular dishes.
Located in Minamishinmachi, Amakusa City, about a 3-minute walk from Hondo Bus Center. The restaurant has large live fish tanks and usually has more than ten kinds of fish and shellfish on hand, including live mackerel, sea bream, yellowtail, amberjack, Ise lobster and abalone. The top seller, the luxury seafood bowl, costs about 2,530 yen and comes with small dishes of sea urchin and abalone. Sea urchin bowls come in three grades: bafun uni, murasaki uni and aka uni. They cost about 3,300–5,500 yen and may sell out depending on the season. There are plenty of seats, suitable for groups and families. On weekdays, lunch is 11:30–15:00 and dinner is 17:30–21:00. On weekends and holidays it is generally open all day. It is closed on Wednesdays and one or two other days each month.
Opening hours
Weekdays 11:30–15:00 (last order 14:00), 17:30–21:00 (last order 20:00); weekends and holidays 11:30–21:00; closed Wednesdays and some irregular days
Nearby sights
- Gion Bridge
- Amakusa Christian Museum
- Jumanyama Observatory
- Amakusa Dolphin Watching (Tsujishima)
- Mount Kura
- Amakusa Collegio Museum
- Tomioka Castle Ruins
- Amakusa Museum of Goshoura Dinosaur Island