Kanikuidokoro Kanikosen Nijo Fish Market Branch

Located just steps away from Nijo Fish Market, Kanikuidokoro Kanikosen is a crab specialty restaurant that takes full advantage of its direct connection to a 55-year-old seafood processing company based in Nemuro, renowned for its crab. This ensures that the restaurant offers incredibly fresh and reasonably priced crab dishes, making it a popular choice.

The crabs are sourced directly from Nemuro, one of Japan's top crab ports, ensuring exceptional freshness. The menu focuses on rice bowls (donburi), with highlights including the "Kani-don," a simple bowl of steamed crab meat, and more extravagant options like half-and-half bowls featuring crab with ikura (salmon roe) or uni (sea urchin), as well as the "Sanshoku-don" with all three. For those looking for something unique, there's the sashimi bowl featuring raw taraba (king crab).

Beyond rice bowls, the menu also offers a variety of other dishes such as tempura, sashimi, and grilled crab. One of the most luxurious options is selecting live crab—like hairy crab, king crab, or snow crab—from the in-store tank, which can be prepared to your liking. The restaurant also offers an array of other fresh seafood, including live scallops and fresh uni. The early opening time of 8:00 AM makes it a great option for a seafood breakfast.