Atsuta Horaiken Main Shop

あつた蓬莱軒 本店（陣屋）

The 1873 eel house that trademarked the word hitsumabushi

⚠ Closed Wed, 2nd & 4th Thu

Hours

11:30–14:00 (L.O.) / 16:30–20:30 (L.O.); closed Wed and 2nd/4th Thu (official site)

Budget

¥4,950–6,600 pp

Address

503 Godo-cho, Atsuta-ku (south of Atsuta Shrine)

Opened as a ryotei in 1873, and the word hitsumabushi is literally this shop's registered trademark. Eel brushed with a never-emptied sauce is grilled over binchotan, chopped and laid over rice in a round wooden tub. Eat it plain, then with green onion and wasabi, then drowned in broth as ochazuke: the routine took shape here. The main shop is an old ryotei with a Japanese garden, an easy pairing with Atsuta Shrine.