Sushi & Seafood · Senba / Awajimachi

Yoshino Sushi (Awajimachi, Osaka) 吉野寿司

The Senba shop credited with perfecting Osaka hako-zushi, pressing sushi in wooden boxes since 1841. Buy a lacquer-neat box to go, or eat it upstairs at the counter.

About

Yoshino Sushi has stood in Awajimachi, in the old Senba merchant quarter, since 1841, and Osaka food writers routinely call it the home of hako-zushi: the third-generation owner refined the boxed style in the early Meiji era, layering kombu-dashi seasoned rice with kodai sea bream, grilled anago and thick sweet omelette, then pressing it in a wooden frame and cutting it into jewel-like squares. Unlike Edomae nigiri, Osaka-zushi is made to be eaten at room temperature, hours after it is made, which is why it was the lunch of Senba merchants and is still a favourite gift. The ground floor is a takeaway counter; upstairs there are 8 counter seats and table seating where you can eat the hako-zushi with a bowl of soup. Branches in the Takashimaya Osaka and Hanshin department stores sell the same boxes.

Highlights

• Osaka-style hako-zushi pressed in wooden boxes since 1841
• Kodai sea bream, grilled anago and tamago in neat geometric squares
• Second-floor counter and table room for eating in
• Old Senba merchant-district setting between Yodoyabashi and Hommachi
• Beautifully wrapped boxes that travel well

Tips

• Weekday-only: closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
• Arrive before noon, takeaway runs roughly 9:30-14:00 and popular boxes sell out
• Phone ahead (06-6231-7181) to reserve a box for a train picnic
• If you are only in Namba on a weekend, the Takashimaya Osaka branch sells the boxes

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