Tabelog ratingKojitsu (好日) is a husband-and-wife kappō counter in a residential block in Nagoya's Ōzone area. It opened in July 2023 and already holds a Tabelog Award 2026 Bronze and a place in the Tabelog 100 for 2025. The cooking rests on three things: dashi from bonito, tuna and mackerel flakes shaved just before service; the chef's hand-cut nihachi soba (80% buckwheat), served mid-course; and a clay-pot rice finale. Two rice varieties arrive side by side, refilled with fresh accompaniments each round.
Almost every review praises the gentle, precise seasoning and the rice finale, above all the eel or nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch) clay-pot rice. The soba, the clear soups and the hamo (pike conger) are recurring favourites. So is summer ayu, deboned and served with its head and bones fried into a crisp cracker. Guests single out the warmth of the hosts, the wife's sake pairings and the antique serving dishes.
Criticism is minor. Some find individual dishes small, though the unlimited rice more than makes up for it. One reviewer preferred plain salt-grilled ayu to the miso-glazed version, and one marked service slightly lower without saying why.
Reviewers in 2025–2026 paid ¥8,800 for the lunch course, up from ¥5,500–7,000 in 2023–24. Dinner cost ¥13,200 in 2025 and ¥16,500 in 2026, plus a 10% service charge at dinner only. An eight-sake pairing in 45ml pours came to about ¥5,800, and a bottle of Akaboshi beer to ¥990. Lunch with a soft drink ran roughly ¥9,500–10,800, or about ¥17,900 with wine. Dinner for two with one pairing was about ¥40,000. Typical spend is ¥10,000–14,999 at lunch and ¥20,000–29,999 at dinner. The restaurant has announced courses of ¥11,000 (lunch) and ¥19,800 (dinner, plus service) from January 2027.
Value is the constant theme. Several reviewers gave full marks for cost performance: the cooking matches far pricier kitchens, and nobody leaves hungry.
- Getting there: 6 minutes on foot from Ozone Station, which serves the Meijo subway line, the Meitetsu Seto Line and the JR Chuo Main Line (North Exit). Morishita Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line is 360 m away. Look for a yellow noren curtain.
- Booking: reservation only, via TableCheck; phone bookings are not accepted and walk-ins are not possible. Seats go a year or more ahead, mostly to regulars rebooking as they leave. Reviewers have occasionally caught cancellations on TableCheck.
- Cancellation: give at least 2 days' notice. Cancelling within 1 day costs 50% of the course fee, and same-day cancellations cost 100%. The person who booked must attend; contact the restaurant before sending someone else.
- Timing: all guests start together, lunch at 12:00 and dinner at 18:30. Arrive 5 minutes early. Everyone orders a first drink.
- Payment: credit cards accepted, but lunch is paid in cash. Electronic money and QR payments are not accepted. Dinner carries a 10% service charge.
- Menu and diet: omakase course only, and no reviewer mentions an English menu. State allergies and dislikes when booking; extensive restrictions may mean the booking is declined. Reviewers report that children are welcome.
- Etiquette: no strong perfume, cologne or scented fabric softener, and no phone calls at the counter.
- Seats: 8 at the counter plus a private room for 4. The restaurant can be booked privately for up to 20.
- Smoking and parking: non-smoking. There is no parking on site, but coin parking is nearby.