Izuu

いづう 本店

Kombu-wrapped mackerel sushi in a Gion lane since 1781

⚠ Closed Tuesdays

Hours

11:00–22:00 (Sun & holidays to 21:00); closed Tuesdays unless a holiday (official)

Budget

¥2,000–4,400 pp

Address

367 Yasaka-shinchi Kiyomoto-cho, Higashiyama-ku

A mackerel-sushi house founded in 1781. Fatty mackerel goes whole onto the rice and is wrapped in Hokkaido kombu; sliced, the cross-section is shaped to look like a hare, a nod to the founder's name, the shop says. Takeaway gifts were always the main trade, and the seats began as a spot to nibble while your order was packed, so it's sushi only, no soup or sides.