On Sunday afternoon in the super busy Harajuku, I finally had a chance to go to Hachiku. It looks like a really expensive Japanese restaurant from the outside, but it is an old Osaka-style Sushi store, for take-out service only. While they prepared my sushi, I was sitting on an old wooden stool, drinking the hot green tea I had been served. It was very quiet, I was the only customer and I couldn't believe that I was next to Meiji street. Apparently there are lots of grannies in the shop during weekdays and there is also a Yotsuya branch which was established in 1924.

I ordered Anago Battera (sea eel pressed sushi), Chakin-zushi (sushi rice and vegetables wrapped in a thin egg crepe), and Kimi-zushi for the first time. The marinated fish is topped with very sweet cooked egg yolk and the choice of fish is Kohada (Spotted Sardine or Gizzard Shad), Saba (mackerel), or Aji (horse mackerel). This sushi looks amazing and tastes interesting, it was a new taste for me. I always like Anago Battera, but their grilled Anago was really impressive!