Best Japanese,Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) Restaurants in Japan

Japanese, Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

Ginza Wagyu Lab

銀座和牛ラボ

Ginza, Ginza/Yurakucho/Tsukiji, Tokyo

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Steak

6,000 JPY

6,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Take exit A1 of Hibiya Line Higashi-Ginza Station, turn left immediately, go straight, and pass the second intersection. The restaurant is on the 2nd floor at the Hotel Musse Ginza Meitetsu on the right

Wagyu Kurosawa Otaru Ekimae Branch

和牛黒澤小樽駅前店

Otaru/Yoichi/Shakotan, Otaru/Niseko, Hokkaido

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Dojo (loaches) / Crab / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

3,000 JPY

3,000 JPY

11:30 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

None

English menu available.

2 minutes walk from JR Otaru Station. Enter the arcade of "Otaru Miyakodori Shopping District" from Chuo-dori Street, and it's on your left side. The straight line distance is about 100m.

Sukiyaki Shabu-shabu Nihonbashi Tsuruya

すき焼き　しゃぶしゃぶ　日本橋　鶴屋

Nipponbashi, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Nabe (hot pot)

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Exit 5 of Kintetsu-Nippombashi Station

Pontocho HOUSHOAN

先斗町　烹祥庵

Kiyamachi/Pontocho, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (grilled meat) / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine)

8,500 JPY

8,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, 3-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

Hidagyu Sukiyaki Nakabashi Wakachiya

飛騨牛すきやき　中橋　わかちや

Hida/Takayama, Hida/Takayama/Gero, Gifu

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Sake

5,000 JPY

5,000 JPY

10:30 am - 7:00 pm (L.O. 6:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

13-minute walk from Takayama Station toward the old town. It is located in a building by the river near the red bridge called "Nakabashi."

Yonezawa Gyu Sankai Ryori Yoshi-tei

米沢牛・山懐料理吉亭

Yonezawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata

Japanese, Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday, Tuesay, Thursday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 7:30 pm)

Wednesday, Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

About 50 minutes on National Highway 13 from the Fukushima Iizaka interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. Ten-minutes drive from Yonezawa Sation. Three-minute walk from Uesugi Shrine.

Tabehoudai Sukiyaki Jyuniten Hiroo

食べ放題　すき焼き十二天　広尾

Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) / Sake

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday-Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm), [Monday-Saturday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm), [Sunday, National Holiday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) *Notice of Dinner Service Charge Revision: Effective from August 1, 2025, the service charge will be revised to 12%.

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Less than a 1-minute walk from Exit 2 of Hiro-o Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. It is on the second floor of a building with Blue Bottle Coffee on the first floor.

Aji no YOHEI

味の与平

Hida/Takayama, Hida/Takayama/Gero, Gifu

Teppanyaki, Yakiniku/Steak / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling) / Local Japanese Cuisine

Dinner: 3,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Dinner: 3,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

30-minute from Takayama Interchange

Wagyu Kurosawa Main Branch

和牛黒澤　本店

Otaru/Yoichi/Shakotan, Otaru/Niseko, Hokkaido

Japanese, Japanese / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Unagi (eel) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

4,000 JPY

4,000 JPY

11:00 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

None

Unknown.

7 minutes walk from Otaru Station

Yakiniku Kobe Jushiya

焼肉　神戸十四屋

Nankinmachi(Kobe Chinatown)/Kyukyoryuchi, Kobe/Waterfront area, Hyogo

Yakiniku/Wagyu (Japanese BBQ), Yakiniku/Steak / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) / Japanese Beef Steak

Dinner: 4,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,600 JPY

Dinner: 4,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,600 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Tuesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

About 1-minute south from the west exit of JR Motomachi Station. Located on the basement floor of a building with Nakau on the first floor.

Wagyu Kurosawa Sakaimachi-dori Branch

和牛黒澤　堺町通り店

Otaru/Yoichi/Shakotan, Otaru/Niseko, Hokkaido

Unagi (eel), Japanese / General / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Japanese Beef Steak

3,500 JPY

3,500 JPY

11:00 am - 7:00 pm (L.O. 6:30 pm)

None

English menu available.

About 805m from Minami Otaru Station on JR Hakodate Main Line / Next to Kitaichi Venetian Art Museum located about halfway down the Sakaimachi Dori Shopping Street

Shabu-shabu & Sushi Hassan

しゃぶしゃぶ・すし八山

Roppongi, Roppongi, Tokyo

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Sushi / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

[Monday - Friday] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 4:30 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Take Exit 3 of Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and go straight to the left. It's located on the B1F of the Roppongi Denki Building next to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Wagyu Sukiyaki Kitsune

和牛すき焼ききつね

Nara, Nara city/ Yamatokoriyama/Tenri, Nara

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Sousaku Sushi (creative sushi) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

Dinner: 13,860 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

Dinner: 13,860 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Wednesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minutes walk from Exit 1 of Kintetsu Nara Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line / Past Higashimuki Shopping Street, it's one street back from Sarusawa Pond

Kamakura Sukiyaki & Shabu-Shabu Restaurant Sasho

Kamakura Sukiyaki & Shabu-Shabu Restaurant Sasho

Kamakura/Zushi, Kamakura/Enoshima, Kanagawa

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / General / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

Dinner: 16,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,850 JPY

Dinner: 16,500 JPY / Lunch: 3,850 JPY

[Monday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm *Last Entry 2:00 pm, [Monday, Friday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm *Last Entry 8:00 pm

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

8-minute walk from the west exit of Kamakura Station on each line

Nikuju Hokusai

肉重北斎

Shijokawaramachi/Teramachi, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Steak, Yakiniku/Steak / Japanese Beef Steak / Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew)

1,500 JPY

1,500 JPY

11:30 am - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) Toppings such as the egg and green onions can be removed. Feel free to ask staff.

None. May be closed during end of year holiday.

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Get off at Keihan Sanjo Station and cross the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge, then go straight until Kawaramachi-dori Street. Go south down Kawaramachi-dori Street and walk 2 minutes on the left side. Close to Uniqlo.

FUJIWARA STEAK HOUSE

FUJIWARA STEAK HOUSE

Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kumamoto

Steak, Yakiniku/Steak / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling) / Steak

10,000 JPY

10,000 JPY

[Monday, Wednesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) *Reservations are required. (Reservations can be made on the day.) *Please contact the restaurant at least one day in advance for information on lunch hours.

Tuesday

English menu available.

4-minute walk from the exit of Torichosuji Station on Kumamoto City Tram Line A or B

Yakiniku & Shabu-shabu Matsusaka

焼肉＆しゃぶしゃぶ　松坂　

Tenmonkan/Bayside, Kagoshima, Kagoshima

Yakiniku/Wagyu (Japanese BBQ), Yakiniku/Steak / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (Japanese BBQ)

5,000 JPY

5,000 JPY

[Monday-Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - 4:00 am (L.O. 3:00 am), [Friday, Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] 6:00 pm - 5:00 am (L.O. 4:00 am)

Sunday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

About 5-minute walk from Tenmonkan-dori station. Go through Bunka Street, turn left at the traffic light, and you will see a sign on your right.

Matsusakagyu Yakiniku M Dotombori Sennichimae Branch

松阪牛焼肉M　道頓堀千日前店

Namba, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Yakiniku/Wagyu (Japanese BBQ), Yakiniku/Steak / Sushi / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (grilled meat)

10,000 JPY

10,000 JPY

Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Get off at Osaka Metro Namba Station and walk 3 minutes from Namba Walk Exit B20

Shabu-shabu Sukiyaki Unagi Yoshino

しゃぶしゃぶ・すき焼き・鰻　吉野

Ginza, Ginza/Yurakucho/Tsukiji, Tokyo

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets)

Dinner: 9,999 JPY / Lunch: 2,999 JPY

Dinner: 9,999 JPY / Lunch: 2,999 JPY

Shabu-shabu and Sukiyaki Lunch 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (L.O.4:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00pm) / Koridokoro Mikasa, Eel Specialty Restaurant Ikaruga 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

English menu available.

62m away from Ginza Station

Shabuzen Umeda Branch

しゃぶ禅　梅田店

Kita-Shinchi, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Sake

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

[Monday - Saturday] Lunch 11:45 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) [Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:45 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

None

English menu available.

It can be accessed from various lines at Umeda Station. 162m from Kitashinchi Station