Grilled oysters at Yakigaki no Hayashi
Grilled oysters at Yakigaki no HayashiPhoto: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
Yakigaki no Hayashi dates itself to 1948 and calls itself the shop where grilled oysters began.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Yakigaki no Hayashi has been on Omotesando since 1948 and calls itself the first grilled-oyster shop. It steams the oysters in the closed shell over the grill, and the cook judges them by sound and smell. Open 10:30–17:00, last order 16:30; closed on Wednesdays. On a morning call it opens too late for anything but a quick plate before the last boat.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Closed on Wednesdays. Check the day before you plan around it.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The place to have it
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| The famous oneYakigaki no Hayashi焼がきのはやし | On Omotesando at 505-1 Miyajima-cho, 7 min on foot from the ferry terminal (our estimate). The shop dates itself to 1948 and steams its oysters in the closed shell over the grill. 10:30–17:00, last order 16:30; closed Wednesdays. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
Grilled oysters at Yakigaki no Hayashi and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 50 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The shrine, Daisho-in and oystersNeeds a 5.5-hour call · ~3.5h door to doorCalls of 5.5 hours or more that land at about 8:00 or later (Daisho-in opens at 8:00, the oyster shop at 10:30), on any day but Wednesday, when Yakigaki no Hayashi is closedRopeway to Mount Misen, then the shrineNeeds a 7.5-hour call · ~5.5h door to doorCalls of 7.5 hours or more, with the day inside the ropeway’s hours, 9:00 up to 16:30 down. None of the 2027 calls with published times fits: the morning calls sail by 12:30 and Le Soléal’s 20 March call lands too late for the summit. Check your own ship’s hoursUnder the shrine’s roofs, then the shopsA wet day · ~2.5h door to doorA wet day on a call of 4.5 hours or more. The shrine’s corridors are roofed but open at the sides, and Senjokaku is a roofed hall; the ropeway stops in high wind or thunderWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
1 hr 45 min for bothMomiji manju at Fujiiya
Momiji manju are small maple-leaf cakes filled with bean paste, the island’s standard gift.
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1 hr 45 min for bothThe shore walk and the deer
About 500 wild deer live on the island and about 200 of them in the town, mostly along the shore between the ferry terminal and the shrine.
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2 hr for bothSenjokaku and the Five-storied Pagoda
On the hill above the shrine stand the vermilion Five-storied Pagoda and Senjokaku, the large wooden hall the shrine lists as Hokoku Shrine.
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