Hagi

Kenran Beef 見蘭牛 is a local specialty. It has a fatty, marbled texture and tenderness. Most hotels will have it on their dinner menu. Hagi is also a great place for fresh seafood, particularly sea urchin and squid.

Ajiro
43-1 Imafuruhagi-machi
+81 0838-22-0010
Â¥2300-Â¥6100
Th-Tu 11:30AM-2PM, 5PM-9PM

Kaiseki sets of the best of the local seafood catch.

Fujitaya
59 Kumagaya-cho
+81 0838-22-1086
Â¥700
11AM-7PM

A local institution — though a bit tricky to find — Fujitaya serves hot tempura and other dishes, but the specialty is seiro-soba, in which tasty soba noodles are delivered to your table in a steaming basket.

Hotori Tei
62 Minami Katakawa
+81 0838-22-1755
Â¥1600
11AM-5PM

Lunch sets in a lovely garden setting, in Jokamachi. Later in the evening, the same folks run Sam's Irish Pub see Drink.

Isuzu
8-1 Imafuruhagi-machi
+81 0838-22-5196
11AM-3PM, 5PM-11PM

Sea urchin and other tasty sea critters.

Midoriya Farm
89 Horiuchi
+81 0838-26-0141
Sets from ¥2100-¥5250
Tu-Su 5PM-10PM, lunch by reservation 11:30AM-2PM

The famed Kenran Beef is grilled here; if you enjoy it, gift boxes are available to take home. Seafood is served as well.

Tangotei
+81 0838-72-0264
Sets from ¥1380, or a feast for ¥5800
W-M 11AM-2PM, 5PM-8PM

Delicious, freshly caught seafood, including knockout sashimi. It's in the former town of Tamagawa, recently merged into Hagi now northeast of the city center near JR Esaki Station.