Category — Japanese Restaurants in Hawaii

After the funeral and a little quick shopping, we met back up with some relatives before our flight home. We had dinner together at one of our regular Hilo stops, Nihon Restaurant.

My dad had one of the specials, ahi nitsuke over somen.

My uncle had the soba salad.

My dad’s aunty who is a regular at this restaurant ordered some sushi. It’s hard to tell but these pieces were huge!

And a bunch of us had combo dinners. It’s described as a two choice meal, but sashimi is included in all of them so it’s really like a three choice dinner!

I had the miso butterfish and tempura combo.

My husband had the chicken katsu and tempura combo.

We all really enjoyed our meals at Nihon Restaurant. And it was so much food - I was starving when we got there but could barely finish my dinner!

For special occasions such as wedding anniversaries, we usually go to one of the fine dining restaurants around Oahu. The other day being our 5th wedding anniversary, we were going to do the same ‘ol thing but at the last minute decided to try a Japanese place instead. We had a coupon for Miyako restaurant in Waikiki so we agreed to give it a try, I’m really glad we did!
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Kikuya is one of our regular stops when we’re in Kaneohe around dinner time. This is where we ate this past weekend when we were hanging out on the windward side.

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An evening of delicious food, great friends, and wonderful conversation. That’s what I had this past Saturday at Kunio Restaurant when I went out with some of my friends from work. And raising the bar on the fun-o-meter were the husbands who we all get along with.
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The other night we went out to indulge in Japanese food again. Because it was a Friday, we wanted to go to Yanagi Sushi for our usual late night specials. However, when we got there at 11:40 pm, it was packed with a 40 minute wait! Yanagi is great but not “waiting around while you’re starving at midnight” great. So we quickly set off for our next late night choice: Sushi King.
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Yanagi Sushi..one of my favorite late night eateries. Just like Kat, I usually do some sort of eating out over the weekend.

A perfect Friday for me goes something like this:

1. Productive day at work
2. No traffic on the way home
3. Two hour nap
4. Update blog
5. Late night dinner at Yanagi Sushi

What I like so much about Yanagi is their delicious Japanese food and cheap prices from 10:30 pm - 2:00 am. Because everything is cheaper at this hour, we can order to our hearts’ content. Here’s a look at what we had this past weekend….
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