Name: Specialties of Nagoya Food Tour
Brand: Nagoya is not boring
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3.5 hours

Min Age : 12+

Max People : 6

Your Experience at a Glance

We all have heard about Sushi, Ramen, and Tempura, but have you ever heard of Hitsumabushi, Miso Nikomi Udon, or Tebasaki? Chances are you haven’t. And that’s okay. These and more are the local dishes you will get to try on a ‘Specialties of Nagoya Food Tour’. This tour will let you deep-dive into the Nagoyan cuisine and by extension the culture and even history of the city.

Experience Price

17200 yen/person
4000 yen discount for 2+ people (13200 yen/person)

Experience Type

Private Experience

Meeting Location

Oasis 21 Sakae Station (Google Maps)

End Location

Sakae Station (Google Maps)

Start Time and Duration

Start flexible between 11:00 and 15:00 (3.5 hours)

Languages Offered

English, German, Japanese

Language Proficiency

English: Fluent ★★★★☆
German: Native ★★★★★
Japanese: Business ★★★☆☆

Price Includes

Tour guide
Local dishes at 4 restaurants
2 snacks at Japan’s oldest department store
1 alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage at a local Izakaya
1 bottle of water

Price Excludes

Additional food or drinks not included in the tour price
Transportation to and from the meeting point

Additional Information

Please wear comfortable shoes (we will walk around 3 kilometers)
Bring an umbrella or rain jacket in case of rain
This tour is not vegetarian or vegan friendly
If you have any food allergies please let us know at the time of booking
This tour is not stroller-friendly
This tour is not wheelchair accessible

COVID-19 Measures

Host will check their body temperature before the experience/tour
Host will wear a face mask (or face shield) during the experience/tour
Host will wash and sanitize their hands regularly before and during the experience/tour
Guests are required to wear a mask during the experience/tour except when eating or drinking
Guests are encouraged to wash and sanitize their hands before and during the experience/tour
Host will provide hand sanitiser for the guests

For more information about our COVID-19 measures click here.

What You'll Do

This food tour of Nagoya will provide you with the unique opportunity to learn about the local food culture.

Meet your knowledgeable guide in the heart of the city from where you will start exploring the food scene on foot. There will be quite a bit of walking involved, but don’t worry lots of breaks at restaurants are provided throughout the tour where you can rest and recharge your energy.

You will try Miso Nikomi Udon, a variety of Udon noodles served in a steaming hot soup of red Miso paste, try pickles from the world’s longest radish, hear the story behind the local rice balls stuffed with shrimp Tempura, and explore the underground level of Japan’s oldest department store.

Your tour guide will talk about Japanese demons and famine and what they have to do with a local sweet potato treat. Learn how to eat Hitsumabushi, the local dish made from freshwater eel. Because in Japan it’s always more complicated than you think.

And finally learn about the drinking culture of Japan in a popular Nagoya Izakaya, and wash down your peppery chicken wings with a cold Japanese beer or other beverage.

All of this and more is included in the ‘Specialties of Nagoya Food Tour’!

Try the local Miso Nikomi Udon dish at the restaurant that popularized it around 70 years ago
Explore the underground levels of Japan’s oldest department store
Learn how to eat Hitsumabushi, the freshwater eel delicacy, correctly
Wash down delicious peppery chicken wings with an ice cold drink

Your Experience Step by Step

MeetingOasis 21

Meet your guide at Oasis 21 Bus Terminal in Sakae. You will learn about the brief history of Nagoya from its founding all the way to today. The views on top of Oasis 21 will help you orient yourself in the city and the guide will point out the places of interest.

Restaurant 1Miso Nikomi Udon

We hope you are hungry by that point, because your first stop of the tour is waiting. It is a restaurant known for popularizing Miso Nikomi Udon. A local specialty made of Udon noodles in a flavorful and dark Miso-based soup.

Restaurant 2Ebi Tenmusu

The second shop you visit has only 8 seats and sells only a single item: Ebi Tenmusu, mini-sized rice balls stuffed with a single shrimp Tempura and wrapped in seaweed. Hot and salty, this dish is simple and delicious.

Department StoreOni Manju & Ebi Senbei

It is time to explore the underground levels of Matsuzakaya, arguably the oldest Department Store in Japan. Here you will find a wide variety of foods, confectionaries, sweets, and more. You will get to try Ebi Senbei, shrimp rice crackers as well as Oni Manju, sweet potato rice cakes.

Restaurant 3Hitsumabushi

The highlight of this tour is no doubt the Hitsumabushi, grilled freshwater eel on rice. A real local specialty that doesn’t come cheap. And its consumption has to follow some important rules.

Restaurant 4Tebasaki

By this point you will surely feel full to the bursting, but even now it is hard to say no to an ice cold beer or cocktail served with peppery deep-fried chicken wings called Tebasaki.

Closing UpSakae Station

From here your guide will walk you back to Sakae Station or give you directions to your hotel or any other place you want to visit next.

Where You'll Be

Meet Your Host

Lena Yamaguchi

I offer unique and authentic food tours in Nagoya. I have been living in Japan for more than 5 years and I have always loved trying and learning about the different kinds of Japanese food. Starting my food tour business in Nagoya gave me the chance to really dive deep into the local cuisine which is very different from other parts of Japan.

After living in Nagoya for one year and devoting my time to the local food, I now have knowledge about the Nagoyan food not even many locals have. I love sharing my knowledge with foreign visitors to Japan and I want people to fall in love with the local Nagoya cuisine as I have.

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