September itinerary in Japan Day 2 (Miyagi Day 2 Meal edition)
(Monday, September 27)
Table of contents
Lunch
I ate “Miyagi no Sachi Nigiri” set at Matsushima’s sushi restaurant “Sushi -Kou”. It was a sushi set made entirely of sushi ingredients from Miyagi prefecture, so I was grateful for the purpose of eating seasonal seafood and local dishes.
In particular, it was good to be able to eat “abalone” that I hadn’t eaten since I came to Miyagi prefecture. Also, I was very happy because I was able to eat “shark fin sushi” made from sharks, which has the highest catch in Miyagi prefecture. I think I ate shark fin sushi for the first time, but it was very delicious.
“Sushi -Kou” is a sushi restaurant in Matsushima that we can recommend to everyone. However, I later learned that there are more delicious sushi restaurants in Shiogama, where the fishing port is located, so I wanted to eat sushi in Shiogama next time.
Snack
I had “Zunda mochi” and matcha at Kanrantei. It makes me happy to eat “Zunda mochi” while looking at the beautiful Matsushima Bay. We highly recommend taking a break at “Zunda Mochi” at Kanrantei. Of course, “Zunda mochi” is a local dish of Miyagi prefecture.
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/nousin/kouryu/kyodo_ryouri/attach/pdf/190131-1.pdf
Matsushima is also famous for producing “oysters”, but in late September it seemed that oysters could only be caught offshore. I bought and ate only one grilled oyster. It was delicious enough. The season for oysters on the Matsushima coast is from October to March.
Craft beer
Craft beer is also produced in Matsushima (Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi Prefecture, to be exact), and I drank two types. Both Dunkel and Bock were delicious, but I preferred Bock.
Dinner
After returning to Sendai, I had dinner at an izakaya “Ako”. Ako is a well-known restaurant that has been selected as one of the 100 Tabelog restaurants. Everything was delicious, but especially the flatfish and Japanese sea bass sashimi and grilled saury with salt were excellent. It’s difficult to make a reservation, but I want to go there again.
https://edokagura.com/en/the-season-of-fish-and-shellfish/249/
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