Booking calendar
Chugoku & Shikoku: when hard-to-book restaurants open reservations
Release days, booking channels and phone-line hours for 68 hard-to-book restaurants in Chugoku & Shikoku — checked monthly by a Tokyo reservation desk.
18 by phone · 7 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
No fixed release days in the next seven days.
All houses
No reservations, walk-in only
All 68 houses in Chugoku & Shikoku
- Sushidokoro Hisada Akaiwa, Okayama
- Yamagoe Udon Ayagawa, Kagawa
- Namae no Nai Italia Ryoriten (No Name) Chifunemachi, Matsuyama
- Kogushiya Chofu, Shimonoseki
- Uosho Yamamoto Jun Chuocho, Okayama
- Dogo Kaishu Dogo, Matsuyama
- Tori Yamamoto Ebisu-cho, Hiroshima
- Sushi Inaho Ebisucho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
- Engi Zushi Engi, Imabari
- Chiso Sottakuito Fujimi-cho, Hiroshima
- NICON Fujimi-cho, Hiroshima
- Obanzai Kimura Fukuyama, Hiroshima
- Sushi Nakagawa Gobo-machi, Takamatsu
- Akakichi Hakata Island, Imabari, Ehime
- Nijikichi Hakatajima, Imabari
- Nihonryori Kishin Hatchobori (Teppocho), Hiroshima
- Okonomiyaki Mitchan Sohonten Hatchobori Hatchobori, Hiroshima
- Sushi En Heiwa-cho, Okayama
- Hasunomi Heiwacho, Okayama
- Kisetsu Ryori Nakashima Hiroshima
- Kappo Takotsubo Horikawa-cho, Hiroshima
- NAKADO Horikawa-cho, Hiroshima
- Sushi Matsubara Horikawacho, Hiroshima
- Nano Hana Ichibancho, Matsuyama
- Sushi Kawanaka Ichibancho, Matsuyama
- Shinoda Imabari, Ehime
- Ryobo Imashinmachi, Takamatsu
- Masuki Inari-machi, Hiroshima
- Ikkaku Takamatsu Kajiya-machi, Takamatsu
- Sushi Ryogetsu Kanayama-cho, Hiroshima
- Okiru Kawaramachi, Takamatsu
- Sushi Tomo Kawaramachi, Takamatsu
- Kuikiri Ryori Happo Kita-ku, Okayama
- Jidori Labo Kobaba, Takamatsu
- Sushi Dokoro Hitoshi Komachi, Hiroshima
- Sushi Matsu Kyobashi-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
- Tanikawa Beikokuten Manno, Kagawa
- Teppan Cuisine Nagao Marunouchi, Okayama
- Kurumasushi Matsuyama, Ehime
- RESTAURANT TAKATSU Misakinocho, Shimonoseki
- Wagyu Lab K Misasa, Hiroshima
- AKAI Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
- Jimi Ippo Motomachi, Hiroshima
- Ryori Murakami Nagarekawa, Hiroshima
- Yakitori Yamanaka Nagarekawa, Hiroshima
- Soushi Naka-ku, Hiroshima
- Teppanyaki Atago Nakamachi, Hiroshima
- Chisoya Kono Nibancho, Matsuyama
- Sumishin Nibancho, Matsuyama
- Sushi Ino Nibancho, Matsuyama
- Mikadoya Nichihara, Tsuwano, Shimane
- Eizan Nobori-cho, Hiroshima
- Tokushima Aoyagi Omichi, Tokushima
- Ichome Omotecho, Okayama
- Sushi Koushirou Otemachi, Hiroshima
- Takanobashi Kiyotan Otemachi, Hiroshima
- Ryoriya Sobiki Saijo, Higashihiroshima
- Toraya Kochuan Sanagochi, Tokushima
- Sushi Takayama Sanbancho, Matsuyama
- Shunpanro Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
- Teuchi Judan Udon Baka Ichidai Taga-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa
- Suzaki Shokuryohinten Takase, Mitoyo, Kagawa
- Shima Katsu Tonosho, Shodoshima
- Kaniyoshi Tottori City, Tottori
- Mitsuki Tottori Station, Tottori
- Yagenbori Hassho Yagenbori, Hiroshima
- Yakitori Takase Yagenbori, Hiroshima
- Wara-ya Yashima, Takamatsu, Kagawa
About this region
Chugoku & Shikoku has 68 houses in this calendar. 18 of them (26%) take reservations only by telephone, in Japanese, and 1 seat guests only through an introduction — together the part of the map that no booking platform can open for you. 40 houses use an online platform (Tabelog 14, OMAKASE 8, TableCheck 6), and 8 take no reservations at all.
The release pattern: 7 houses open their books on a fixed day each month, and 5 of those on the 1st — Kurumasushi, Ryobo, Akakichi among them. 2 houses release seats on a rolling basis a fixed number of days ahead, and 21 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.
Kurumasushi 14:00 · Ryobo 00:00 · Akakichi 16:00
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.