Booking calendar
Chubu & Hokuriku: when hard-to-book restaurants open reservations
Release days, booking channels and phone-line hours for 187 hard-to-book restaurants in Chubu & Hokuriku — checked monthly by a Tokyo reservation desk.
51 by phone · 39 open monthly
OMAKASE, TableCheck, Pocket Concierge and Ikyu are Japanese booking apps; most need a Japanese phone number or card. "More info" points to Tabelog, Japan's restaurant listing site — hours, menus and photos, not a booking channel. "In our collection" marks houses with a full profile on this site.
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Opening this week
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All houses
All 187 houses in Chubu & Hokuriku
- LAT.34°N by Ao Ajiro, Atami, Shizuoka
- Naruse Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
- Nihonryori FUJI Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
- Sumiyaki Unagi Shun Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
- kitchen Toshiki Aoi, Nagoya
- KOCHUTEN Aoi, Nagoya
- Atsuta Horaiken Atsuta, Nagoya
- respiración Bakuro-machi, Kanazawa
- Sushi Jubei Bunkyo, Fukui City, Fukui
- Mumyo Chino, Nagano
- Yakitori Kohane Chitose-cho, Hamamatsu
- Rin Chitose-cho, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- Unagi no Matsuka Chuo, Matsumoto, Nagano
- Ryoriya Miyazaki Fukui Station, Fukui
- Yabusoba Miyamoto Funaki, Shimada, Shizuoka
- Amaki Fushimi, Nagoya
- Hamagen Gokiso, Nagoya
- Maison KEI Gotemba, Shizuoka
- Sawayaka (Gotemba Premium Outlets) Gotemba, Shizuoka
- Seirin Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- Yoshitomo Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- Nakanoya Hara, Nagano
- Oryori Ittou Haruyama, Fukui
- Nigiri Sushi Ichigoichie Hekikai-cho, Takahama
- Izumo Higashi-ku, Nagoya
- Shumokucho Shimizu Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
- Chiyozushi Higashi-Odori, Niigata
- Mas de Lavande Higashi-Sakura, Nagoya
- Shinzenbi Higashi-Sakura, Nagoya
- Kyodai Zushi Higashibori, Niigata City, Niigata
- Sushi Mitsukawa Kanazawa Higashiyama, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Sushi Kibatani Hikoso, Kanazawa
- aru Hirokoji, Toyohashi
- Yatsugatake Esaki Hokuto, Yamanashi
- Sushiyasu Honcho, Niigata
- Tokiwasushi Niigata Honcho, Niigata
- Bleston Court Yukawatan Hoshino, Karuizawa
- LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota Hotchi, Karuizawa, Nagano
- Restaurant HONJIN Ichinomiya, Aichi
- Yukimoto Iida, Nagano
- Soba Fujioka Iizuna Kogen, Nagano
- Kikuzushi Iizuna, Nagano
- Installation Table ENSO L'asymetrie du calme Ikeda-cho, Kanazawa
- Tempura Koizumi Ikedamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- GapricE Ikeshita, Nagoya
- Yamanoi Ikeshita, Nagoya
- Koshino Ikeshita, Nagoya, Aichi
- Nihonryori Imai Ikeshita, Nagoya, Aichi
- osteria LIU Ikeshita, Nagoya, Aichi
- Kotowari wo Hakaru Mise Bando Imaike, Nagoya
- Muen Ina, Nagano
- Sushi Shinosuke Irie, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Nikawa Ise, Mie
- Unagi Yaotoku Honten Itaya-machi, Hamamatsu
- Ichiunagi Ito, Shizuoka
- Les Tonnelles (Budoonomori) Iwade-machi, Kanazawa
- Oryori Fujii Iwase, Toyama
- Ajidokoro Otani Iwatsuka, Nagoya, Aichi
- Lito Izumi, Nagoya
- Nihonryori Takamitsu Izumi, Nagoya
- Sushi Isao Izumi, Nagoya
- Himawari Shokudo 2 Jinzu-honmachi, Toyama
- Hanaichi Joshin, Nagoya, Aichi
- Kyoaji Motoi Kakuozan, Nagoya, Aichi
- Onkaiseki Shiratama Kamiiida, Nagoya, Aichi
- Okei Sushi Hongo Kamiyashiro, Nagoya
- Auberge eaufeu Kanagaso, Komatsu, Ishikawa
- Kanazawa Setsuri Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Kataori Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Komatsu Yasuke Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Yakitori Mizuki Kandamachi, Gifu
- Karuizawa Torimachi Karuizawa (T-SITE), Nagano
- La Mer Kashikojima, Shima
- La Mer the CLASSIC Kashikojima, Shima
- Daikumachi Sushijin Hanare Katamachi, Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Oden Akadama Katamachi, Kanazawa
- Sushi Ikuta Katamachi, Kanazawa
- Zeniya Katamachi, Kanazawa
- Komada Kawasaki, Ise, Mie
- Oryori Kifune Kazuemachi, Kanazawa
- Otomezushi Kiguramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Sadoya Restaurant Real d'Or Kitaguchi, Kofu, Yamanashi
- Yamanomi Kitashiga Kogen, Yamanouchi, Nagano
- Izutsuya Kobuchizawa Kobuchizawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi
- Pause Kobuchizawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi
- Soba Hajime Kobuchizawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi
- SHÓKUDŌ YArn Komatsu, Ishikawa
- Fugetsuro Konya-cho, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
- Sushi Nanba Kumonna, Toyama City
- Reminiscence Kurumamichi (Higashi-ku), Nagoya
- Edomachi Sugimoto Kuwana, Mie
- Hinode Kuwana, Mie
- Simples Mariko, Shizuoka
- Sushimichi Sakurada Marunouchi, Nagoya
- Sushisho Marunouchi, Nagoya
- Nihonryori Hijikata Marunouchi, Nagoya, Aichi
- Sushi Ichijumu Masaki, Nagoya
- Shibousai Kitagawa Matsusaka, Mie
- Kiwami (standing sushi, Meieki 4-22-8) Meieki, Nagoya
- Sushi Ishiguro Meieki, Nagoya
- Sushi Shunbi Nishikawa Meieki, Nagoya
- Tachigui Sushi Kiwami Meieki 4-chome (Meieki 4-22-1) Meieki, Nagoya
- Salle à Manger de Kajino Meieki, Nagoya, Aichi
- Sushi Hanakuruma Meieki, Nagoya, Aichi
- restaurant Ryu Meiwa, Mie
- Bouyourou Mikuni, Fukui
- Kawaki Mikuni, Sakai, Fukui
- Sushi Konno Minamide, Seki
- Sushi Matsuoka Minamitsuramachi, Ogaki
- Michisugara Mishima, Shizuoka
- La Belle Equipe Mizunami, Gifu
- Yanagiya Mizunami, Gifu
- Kaiseki Hachisen Motoyama, Nagoya
- Kappo Shintaku Murakami, Niigata
- Fogliolina della Porta Fortuna Nagakura, Karuizawa, Nagano
- Restaurant Ashihana Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi
- Katatsumuri Nagataki, Yamagata, Gifu
- Hirovanna Nagono, Nagoya
- Sushi Oka Nagono, Nagoya
- Wadakin Naka-machi, Matsusaka
- Ueda Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
- Villa della Pace Nakajima, Nanao
- Sekine Nanzan, Nagoya, Aichi
- Nihonryori Su Natasho, Ohi, Fukui
- Restaurant ISO Niigata
- TSUSHIMI Nirasaki, Yamanashi
- HIRO NAGOYA Nishi-ku, Nagoya
- Kichiou Nishiki, Nagoya
- Yanagiya Nishiki Nishiki, Nagoya
- Hamagurizaka Maekawa Nomachi, Kanazawa
- Sushidokoro Mekumi Nonoichi, Ishikawa
- Restaurant Naz Oiwake, Karuizawa, Nagano
- Ryuzushi Osaki, Minamiuonuma
- nôtori Oshino, Yamanashi
- Yabaton Yabacho Honten Osu (Yabacho), Nagoya
- Hikariya Nishi Ote, Matsumoto
- Yamasei Ote, Matsumoto, Nagano
- Tout La Joie Otobashi, Nagoya, Aichi
- Tobi Oyamamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Kojitsu Ozone, Nagoya
- Naruki Saiwaicho, Himi, Toyama
- Ryori Komatsu Saiwaicho, Kanazawa
- Setsugekka Tanaka Satoru Sakae, Nagoya
- Sushi Gonzaemon Sakae, Nagoya
- Sushi Hijikata Sakae, Nagoya
- Hanamaru Kichijitsu Sakae, Nagoya, Aichi
- Nakamura Sakaemachi, Yaizu
- Steak House Kitchen Ribbon Sakurayama, Nagoya
- Restaurant UOZEN Sanjo, Niigata
- Tashiro Seto, Aichi
- Tokiwa Sushi Shibata, Niigata
- Sushi Inukai Shimauchi, Matsumoto, Nagano
- Suehirozushi Shimizu, Shizuoka
- Tempura Yokoi Shin-Moriyama, Nagoya, Aichi
- Ryotei Susaki Shinmei-machi, Takayama, Gifu
- Sushijin Shinnezuka, Toyama City
- Yoshii Shinsakae, Nagoya
- Sumiyaki Unafuji Honten Shirogane, Nagoya
- Sushi-ya Kozakura Showa-machi, Kanazawa
- hiro Suehirocho, Gifu
- Takada Hassho Sugiyamacho, Gifu
- Kominka Yakiniku Kotori Tajimi, Gifu
- Oryori Hisamatsu Takabata, Nagoya
- Kaikatei Takamicho, Gifu
- Terroir Aitoibukuro Takane, Hokuto, Yamanashi
- Xiaocai Yidie Takaoka, Nagoya, Aichi
- Hida Kisetsu Ryori Sakana Takayama, Gifu
- Kitchen Hida Takayama, Gifu
- Sushidokoro Mutsuki Taketoyo, Aichi
- Fujisawa Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
- Tsubajin Teramachi, Kanazawa
- L'évo Toga, Nanto, Toyama
- Kisanuki Tokiwamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- il AOYAMA Tokugawa, Nagoya
- Nihonryori Yamazaki Toyama City, Toyama
- Caenne Toyohira, Chino, Nagano
- LA VAGABONDE Tsurumai, Nagoya
- sai Tsurumai, Nagoya
- Itsuki Tsurumai, Nagoya, Aichi
- Yoshoku Tsubaki Uchikoshi, Gifu
- Sushi Daimon Uozu, Toyama
- Cucina Italiana Gallura Yagoto, Nagoya, Aichi
- Hasshokan Yagoto, Nagoya, Aichi
- Chakaiseki Onjaku Yaizu, Shizuoka
- Chiso Nishi Kenichi Yaizu, Shizuoka
- Makinonchi Yamanoue-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Sushi Issei Yasue-cho, Kanazawa
About this region
Chubu & Hokuriku has 187 houses in this calendar. 51 of them (27%) take reservations only by telephone, in Japanese, and 13 seat guests only through an introduction — together the part of the map that no booking platform can open for you. 115 houses use an online platform (TableCheck 42, OMAKASE 23, Ikyu 14), and 6 take no reservations at all.
The release pattern: 39 houses open their books on a fixed day each month, and 35 of those on the 1st — Komatsu Yasuke, Sekine, Naruse among them. 20 houses release seats on a rolling basis a fixed number of days ahead, and 56 simply take bookings as they come. On release mornings the phone-only houses fill within the first hour, so the day and the minute matter more than the month.
Komatsu Yasuke 14:30 · Sekine 16:00 · Naruse 11:00
What does 'release day' mean for a Japanese restaurant?
Most hard-to-book houses in Japan do not take reservations continuously. They open their book on a fixed trigger — for example the 1st of the month for dates two months ahead, or exactly ninety days before each date — and the month often fills within the first hour.
Why are phone-only restaurants highlighted?
Because they are the seats overseas guests cannot reach: the line is answered in Japanese, during Japanese business hours, and often only for a short window on release day. A Tokyo desk that speaks Japanese and dials at the opening minute changes those odds materially.
Does being in the calendar mean you can book it for me?
It means we know exactly when and how the book opens. You can ask our desk to request any restaurant in Japan: ¥6,000 per seat at a house in our collection, ¥12,000 elsewhere, charged only if we secure the table and you approve it. A few houses accept bookings only in the guest's own name or only by introduction; for those, the page says so plainly and shows how to book yourself, and a free release alert tells you when to act.
← All 1,544 houses in the booking calendar
Rules are based on what we confirm by calling the restaurants ourselves, along with official notices and booking-platform listings, and are re-checked monthly. Houses change their systems without warning; treat the calendar as a planning tool. For restaurants in our collection, our desk confirms the specifics for your dates when you request.