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
Bookable any time
Ichiunagi一鰻
Ito, Shizuoka
UnagiLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0557-37-9927

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kichiou吉凰
Nishiki, Nagoya
SushiLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-684-6890

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Okei Sushi Hongoおけい鮨 本郷店
Kamiyashiro, Nagoya
SushiDinner only
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-774-1789

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kobuchizawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi
SobaLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0551-45-8415

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Restaurant Ashihanaレストラン亜絲花
Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi
FrenchLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0551-32-6835

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
restaurant RyuレストランRyu
Meiwa, Mie
FrenchLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0596-52-6440

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Ryotei Susaki料亭 洲さき
Shinmei-machi, Takayama, Gifu
KaisekiLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0577-32-0023

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Soba Hajime蕎麦 Hajime
Kobuchizawa, Hokuto, Yamanashi
SobaLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 050-3550-0423

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Steak House Kitchen Ribbonステーキハウス キッチンリボン
Sakurayama, Nagoya
SteakLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-853-0181

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Sushi Ichijumusushi一寿夢
Masaki, Nagoya
SushiDinner only
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 080-2131-4091

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Sushijin鮨人
Shinnezuka, Toyama City
SushiLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 076-422-0918

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Tachigui Sushi Kiwami Meieki 4-chome (Meieki 4-22-1)立ち食い寿司 極 名駅4丁目店(名駅4-22-1)
Meieki, Nagoya
SushiLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-526-3385

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Tempura Yokoi天ぷら よこい
Shin-Moriyama, Nagoya, Aichi
TempuraLunch & dinnerCollection
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 052-793-2333

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Unagi Yaotoku Hontenうなぎ八百徳 本店
Itaya-machi, Hamamatsu
UnagiLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 11:00–20:00

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Yabaton Yabacho Honten名古屋名物 みそかつ 矢場とん 矢場町本店
Osu (Yabacho), Nagoya
TonkatsuLunch & dinner
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ +81-52-252-8810

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
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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