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

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How to read it
Phone onlyThe line only a Japanese speaker can work — our desk can make this call for you (¥6,000 per seat in our collection, ¥12,000 elsewhere); the few houses we can't request say so on their page.
PlatformA Japanese booking platform (OMAKASE, TableCheck, Pocket Concierge, Ikyu).
OnlineThe house's own web form or major sites.
No reservationsQueue or name list on the day.
Introduction onlyRegulars and their guests only; no public book.

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

No fixed release days in the next seven days.

All houses

Your dates in Japan
HouseChannelHow the book opensNext opening
Sunday, November 1
Sushi Hanakuruma鮨 花車
Meieki, Nagoya, Aichi
SushiLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

1st of each month, 15:00 · 1 month ahead

Sun, Nov 1 at 15:00 JST → books December 2026
Sushimichi Sakurada寿し道 桜田
Marunouchi, Nagoya
SushiLunch & dinner
Platform

1st of each month, 15:00 · 1 month ahead

Sun, Nov 1 at 15:00 JST → books December 2026
Yukimoto柚木元
Iida, Nagano
KaisekiLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

1st of each month, 15:00 · 1 month ahead

Sun, Nov 1 at 15:00 JST → books December 2026
Seirin勢麟
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
KaisekiDinner only
Platform

1st of each month, 17:00 · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 at 17:00 JST → books January 2027
Tsurumai, Nagoya, Aichi
ItalianDinner only
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-252-0300

1st business day of each month · 1 month ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books December 2026
Nihonryori Imai日本料理いまい
Ikeshita, Nagoya, Aichi
KaisekiDinner only
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-761-9727

1st business day of each month · 3 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books February 2027Source last confirmed Mar 2025; treat the date as an estimate
Xiaocai Yidie小菜一碟
Takaoka, Nagoya, Aichi
ChineseLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 050-5456-2930

1st business day of each month · 3 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books February 2027Source last confirmed Mar 2025; treat the date as an estimate
Salle à Manger de Kajinoサラマンジェ ドゥ カジノ
Meieki, Nagoya, Aichi
FrenchLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-562-2080

6 times a year (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov 1)

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
Bleston Court Yukawatanブレストンコート ユカワタン
Hoshino, Karuizawa
FrenchLunch & dinner
Platform

1st of each month · 4 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books March 2027
Yaizu, Shizuoka
KaisekiLunch & dinner
Platform

1st of each month · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
Kawaki川㐂(川喜)
Mikuni, Sakai, Fukui
SeafoodLunch only
Platform

1st of each month · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
Komadaこま田
Kawasaki, Ise, Mie
SushiDinner only
Platform

1st of each month · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
sai日本のイタリア料理店 sai
Tsurumai, Nagoya
ItalianLunch & dinner
Platform

1st of each month · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
Shinzenbi眞善美
Higashi-Sakura, Nagoya
ChineseDinner only
Platform

1st of each month · 3 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books February 2027
Sushi Issei鮨 一誠
Yasue-cho, Kanazawa
SushiLunch & dinner
Platform

1st of each month · 2 months ahead

Sun, Nov 1 → books January 2027
All 187 houses in Chubu & Hokuriku
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.

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