When you visit JR Fukui Station, you can't miss the spooky sound of the dinosaurs roaring at the sky day and night. Then you cross the street, and find Oden Ishida-Ya standing just opposite the Hotel Toyoko-Inn. Pass by the lines of piled-up sake barrels and through the noren curtain, then you'll smell the delicious aroma of oden, a traditional Japanese simmered and seasoned food. Office workers enjoy sake and food at the counter after work, and on the tatami-mat floors customers relax in groups. This is a good old Japanese restaurant and bar, quite opposite to modern and stylish drinking places that youngsters love, but the food is excellent! Everything I ordered was delicious and priced reasonably. You can just drop in casually here and you'll be warmed body and soul. It's open from AM11:00 to midnight, 365 days a year.
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Oden Ishida-Ya at JR Fukui Station
Warm yourself with hot oden, a simmered Japanese food

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Hot Oden!

The entrance of Oden Ishida-Ya

A cute raccoon dog welcomes you at the entrance!

Counter seats inside Ishida-Ya

Bottles of mugi shochu (barley shochu)

Tofu with sesame sauce

Retro-looking poster adorns the wall

Vegetable salad

Sweet ume-shu (plum sake) goes well with salty oden

Sliced radish and katsuobushi salad (dried bonito shavings)

Steamed clam soup

Yakitori was tasty, too!

Oden and sake, perfect combination!

Piled-up sake barrels at the entrance

Dinosaurs at JR Fukui Station

Close-up look at one of the dinosaurs
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Relinda Puspita
9 years ago
It's my favorite meal during winter.
Mine too Relinda! Try some during this winter!
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