Gourmet in Atami

This long-established sushi restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, with counter and table seating. It serves a wide range of locally caught, seasonal seafood sourced from Atami seafood market and nearby fishing ports including Ajiro and Izusan. There is also a great selection of Japanese sake, shochu and other beverages. Famous patrons have included author Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965). The unpretentious exterior is no indication of the quality of the food, which has made Mimatsu Sushi an enduring favorite with tourists and locals.

Established in 1946, this Western-style restaurant welcomes diners in its refined, subdued old-world ambience. The extensive a la carte menu includes seafood, steak, and other meat dishes, with a range of soups, salads, and desserts. The demi-glace sauce beef stew is their signature dish. Good value set-menus are also available. It is now located a block away from the original restaurant, and has a policy of no children aged three or under.

The exterior metallic wall-paneling belies the delightful traditions of this fifth-generation restaurant, specializing in cured fish and typically offering a selection of over 30 local varieties. The privately-operated business, open for lunch and dinner, also serves fresh sashimi, golden eye snapper, and seafood donburi rice bowls.

This store, dating back to the mid-19th century, specializes in lightly salted, sun-cured fish. It offers a variety of cured fish, packaged individually and in sets, which can be easily heated in a grill or microwave oven. There is also a range of other preserved seafood products.

A traditional sweets shop established in 1905. Popular treats made on the premises include kibi mochi (millet dumplings) and kiku monaka (bean jam-filled wafers). The itokiri dango (string-cut dumplings) is their Imperial appointment signature sweets, enjoyed by the late Showa Emperor during his stays at the Atami Imperial Villa.