Wakasa Bay Fresh Fish Cuisine TAISHO
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Recommendations & Regular Menu

Because TAISHO works with seasonal ingredients, the menu shifts with every season.
Here are some of our most popular dishes and the seasonal flavours we especially recommend.

A sashimi platter built around a whole sea bream, with the day's fish

Sashimi platter (assorted)

From ¥1,800

Live fishStraight from auction

A sashimi platter of live fish delivered direct from Wakasa Bay and Hokkaido. Our chefs prepare the best fish of the day with care.

Kurohamo pike conger, glazed and grilled over charcoal

Grilled fish of the season

Market price

SignatureCharcoal-grilled

The season's best, simply grilled. Wakasa tilefish (amadai) grilled matsukasa-style, salt-grilled nodoguro, our signature kurohamo pike conger glazed and grilled — whatever the season brings. Taste what only this time of year can offer.

Raw oysters from Akkeshi, Hokkaido

Raw oysters

Market price

Selected originsYear-round

Oysters in season, all year round. Branded raw oysters from Akkeshi in Hokkaido, Wakasa rock oysters in summer, and Pacific oysters from Sanriku, Wakasa and Toba in winter — we choose whichever region is at its best.

Echizen snow crab served in its shell with the leg meat, roe and outer roe

Selected crab & shrimp

Market price

Selected originsIn season

Crab and shrimp picked from across Japan. Echizen crab, hairy crab, red king crab, swimming crab, oni-ebi, shiro-ebi and hokkai-shima-ebi — we source whatever is in season, all year round.

Today’s Menu

Today’s Recommendations

Updated — latest menu refreshed (10 boards)

TAISHO's menu changes day by day with each day's auction and deliveries. We post the latest menu boards here as photographs, exactly as they are written.

See the latest menu

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Today's recommendations, handwritten in Japanese — simmered dishes, deep-fried, grilled and charcoal-grilled（1/10）
Today's fish: live fish, assorted sashimi, and a list of the day's fish with origins and prices, in Japanese（2/10）
This month's recommendations in Japanese — wild pufferfish sashimi, blanched pike conger, Wakasa mozuku seaweed and more（3/10）
Crab and shellfish menu in Japanese — Hokkaido bairdi crab, oysters, surf clam and sea urchin（4/10）
Menu in Japanese: assorted sashimi, grilled dishes and the standard sushi selection（5/10）
Menu in Japanese: grilled and deep-fried dishes, including charcoal-grilled seafood and tempura（6/10）
Menu in Japanese: sushi, rolls and soups（7/10）
Menu in Japanese: rice dishes, children's plate and desserts（8/10）
Drinks menu in Japanese: beer, shochu, whisky, wine, plum wine and soft drinks（9/10）
Sake list in Japanese, with labels sourced from breweries across Japan（10/10）

* The menu is updated daily with our deliveries; the prices and items shown are current as of the update. For our regular dishes, please see the “Menu List” below.

Menu List

Menu List

A guide to our main dishes and prices. All prices include tax.

Menu — recommendations, small plates & sake snacks
Sashimi platter (per person; 4 kinds, 4 slices) Start with the day's best catch, gathered from across Japan, served as sashimi
¥1,800
Seafood salad Generous with seafood — perfect to share
¥1,680
Wakasa mackerel kizushi (vinegar-cured)
¥1,320
Raw Wakasa mackerel heshiko A Wakasa specialty: mackerel salted and aged in rice bran for over a year; served raw here at TAISHO
¥1,300
Vegetable salad
¥820
Potato salad
¥820
Hokkaido octopus in vinegar dressing
¥920
Dashi rolled omelette (4 pieces) Cut into 3 or 4 pieces to suit your party
¥840
Chawanmushi with plenty of ingredients (savoury egg custard) Chicken, pike conger, ginkgo nut, kamaboko, shrimp, mitsuba and yuzu (ingredients may vary)
¥780
Shiokara (salted fermented squid)
¥740
Crab miso (tomalley)
¥920
Assorted Kyoto pickles
¥880
Grilled & Fried
Charcoal-grilled seafood set (1 set, serves 2) The day's recommended seafood over binchotan charcoal; the selection varies by day (* not available at counter seats or in the tatami rooms)
¥5,500
Charcoal-grilled kurohamo (serves 2) * Charcoal grilling is not available at counter seats or in the tatami rooms
¥3,500
Extra-large Hokkaido striped atka mackerel, overnight-dried
¥2,200
Kurohamo kabayaki (grilled in a sweet soy glaze) “Kurohamo”, a specialty of Rausu in Hokkaido — its rich, fatty flesh is like the finest eel
¥1,300
Assorted tempura
¥1,440
Agedashi tofu
¥720
Deep-fried fugu (pufferfish)
¥1,300
Chicken karaage
¥840
Chicken tender & cheese cutlet
¥790
Eggplant dengaku (with miso glaze)
¥720
Sushi & Soups
Premium nigiri, 10 pieces The day's recommendations as nigiri; you may order from a single kind
¥3,800
Classic nigiri, 7 pieces
¥1,700
Taisho roll, 5 pieces Our signature seafood roll, generously filled with fish and shellfish
¥1,520
Tekka roll (tuna) Each roll is served as one full roll
¥660
Conger eel & cucumber roll
¥520
Shiso, mackerel & heshiko roll
¥520
Natto roll
¥480
Kappa roll (cucumber)
¥450
Shinko roll (pickled radish)
¥450
Nozawana & wasabi roll
¥450
Crab miso gunkan Nigiri and gunkan are served two pieces per portion
¥580
Tamago (sweet egg)
¥470
Natto with quail egg
¥470
Boiled shrimp
¥360
Pickled eggplant
¥360
Red miso soup with fish
¥650
Clear soup (osuimono)
¥780
Rice dishes, Kids & Dessert
Hokkai-don seafood bowl (with miso soup) Our pride — the owner's own seafood rice bowl
¥2,300
Taisho-don (with miso soup) Lightly seared marinated tuna tossed with egg yolk
¥1,600
Tuna rice bowl (with miso soup)
¥1,600
Seafood rice porridge (zosui)
¥1,600
Mackerel heshiko chazuke (rice in broth)
¥1,500
Fish chazuke The day's recommended white fish in a bonito-and-kelp broth — a perfect finish to a meal
¥1,500
Rice ball with pickled plum & salmon
¥530
Steamed rice
¥390
Children's plate Tekka roll, hamburger steak, chicken karaage, chips, potato salad and dessert (the tekka roll can be swapped for a cucumber roll or a rice ball)
¥990
Ice cream Flavours: vanilla, matcha, strawberry / Sauces: chocolate, strawberry, caramel
¥640

* All prices include tax, taken from our grand menu (contents and prices may change with deliveries; please check in-store or by phone for the latest).

* Charcoal-grilled dishes cannot be served at counter seats or in the tatami rooms.

* Daily specials and today's recommendations depend on the day's deliveries. See the blackboard in-store or our Instagram.

FAQ

Questions about the à la carte menu

Are the à la carte prices fixed?

Because TAISHO works with seasonal ingredients, the menu and prices change with the season and the day's deliveries. Many dishes are priced at market rate, so please feel free to ask about the day's recommendations and prices by phone or in-store.

Which à la carte dishes do you recommend?

The live-fish sashimi platter bought at auction, our raw oysters and the signature “Taisho roll” are all popular. Nodoguro, hairy crab and botan shrimp are seasonal treats. For more on our sourcing, see Our Fish.

More questions? See the FAQ →

Reservation

Come and enjoy the day's best catch.

Book online — any time

For large groups, courses or special requests, a phone call is surest

+81 75-571-2804

* You are also welcome to call to check what has come in fresh that day.

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