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
Yamanomi石臼挽き蕎麦香房 山の実
Kitashiga Kogen, Yamanouchi, Nagano
SobaLunch only
Phone onlyWe can call →
☎ 0269-33-7577

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Auberge eaufeuAuberge eaufeu(オーベルジュ オーフ)
Kanagaso, Komatsu, Ishikawa
InnovativeLunch & dinner
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Fugetsuro浮月楼
Konya-cho, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
KaisekiLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Hasshokan八勝館
Yagoto, Nagoya, Aichi
KaisekiLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Hida Kisetsu Ryori Sakana飛騨季節料理 肴
Takayama, Gifu
KappōLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, up to 3 days ahead

No release day — book any time
Hikariya Nishiヒカリヤ ニシ
Ote, Matsumoto
FrenchLunch & dinner
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Installation Table ENSO L'asymetrie du calmeInstallation Table ENSO L'asymetrie du calme(エンソ)
Ikeda-cho, Kanazawa
FrenchLunch & dinner
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kanazawa Oden Akadama金澤おでん 赤玉
Katamachi, Kanazawa
OdenLunch & dinnerCollection
Online

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kanazawa Setsuri金澤 せつ理
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
KaisekiDinner onlyCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kappo Shintaku割烹 新多久
Murakami, Niigata
KappōLunch & dinner
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Katatsumuri摘草料理 かたつむり
Nagataki, Yamagata, Gifu
KappōLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kitchen Hidaキッチン飛騨
Takayama, Gifu
SteakLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
KOCHUTENフランス料理 壺中天
Aoi, Nagoya
FrenchLunch & dinner
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
Kyoaji Motoi京味 もと井
Kakuozan, Nagoya, Aichi
KappōLunch & dinnerCollection
Platform

Any time, no release day

No release day — book any time
La Mer the CLASSICラ・メール ザ クラシック
Kashikojima, Shima
FrenchLunch & dinner
Platform

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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