Yakigaki no Hayashi
An oyster restaurant on Miyajima's main street that claims Japan's first grilled oysters.
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Yakigaki no Hayashi
SaveAn oyster restaurant on Miyajima's main street that claims Japan's first grilled oysters.
Only three-year-old Jigozen oysters go on the grill, and they are started when you order.
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Hayashi opened in 1948 on the Omotesando shopping street, about eight minutes on foot from the ferry pier, and calls itself the first place in Japan to serve grilled oysters to customers.
It grills only Jigozen oysters left to grow for three years, a kind that has taken the Emperor's Cup and a Fisheries Agency award. The dining room seats 86.
Raw oysters stay on the menu all year rather than in winter alone, which the shop puts down to steady water temperatures and about ten years of its own norovirus testing.
Sources and evidence (11)
- At busy times a line forms outside the shop, and with 86 seats in total people are shown in after about 15 minutes on average.source
- There is a set place to line up: join the back of the line along the side lane, which keeps other shops' doorways clear.source
- The grilled oysters only go on the fire once you order, so it takes about 15 minutes from sitting down to the plate arriving, on top of the 15 minutes in line.source
- Seating comes in two kinds, tables and tatami rooms, and you can choose the tatami, though nothing states whether shoes come off or whether there is a step up.source
- The restaurant has 86 seats in total.source
- Cards are accepted, so you don't need to bring cash for the whole party.source
- A child who eats neither oysters nor conger eel can get by on curry at 1,000 yen, tempura udon at 1,200 yen or cold soba at 900 yen, and the shop also says it has children's items, without naming them or their prices.source
- The phone number is 0829-44-0335.source
- The shop opened in 1948 and calls itself the birthplace of grilled oysters, the first in the country to serve them to customers.source
- It uses only three-year-old Jigozen oysters, an oyster that has won the Emperor's Cup and a Fisheries Agency Director-General's award.source
- Raw oysters are served year-round rather than in winter only, which the shop attributes to stable water temperatures in the sea around Okurokamijima and to about ten years of its own norovirus testing that has never returned a positive.source
With kidsThe part that matters
The oysters go on the fire only once you order, which is the point of the place and also why lunch runs about half an hour: 15 minutes in the line outside, then 15 more at the table before the plate arrives.
A child who wants nothing to do with oysters can have curry at 1,000 yen, or fries, fried chicken, udon or cold soba off the same menu.
The seating is tables or a tatami room, and you can ask for the tatami side, though the shop does not say whether there is a step up into it.
It is a daytime shop, open 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day but Wednesday, with last orders at 4:30, so put it in the plan as lunch rather than dinner.
Sources and evidence (5)
- A queue at 11:17 and twenty minutes from order to oyster. By autumn 2023 the line had moved into the gap between shops.source
- Baby and 3-year-old: etto's nursing room is a lockable cubicle with aircon, and strollers board the ferry unfolded.source
- Miyajima with a 3-year-old: they chose this shop over Kakiya for the tatami room and the easier door. Raw oysters too.source
- A downpour with children of 6 and 3: shelter at etto by the pier, ferries every 15 minutes, deer under the awnings.source
- Both lines: 200 yen adult, 100 child, two under-sixes free per adult. An IC card skips the ticket queue.source
By age0-1 / 2-3 / 4-6
- Ages 0-1The seating is tables or a tatami room, and you can ask for the tatami room. Plain rice is 500 yen on its own and miso soup 400 yen, so you can add just what a child who is not eating oysters yet will actually eat.Whether the tatami room means taking your shoes off, and whether there is a step up to it, is not written down, so ask when you are shown to your seat. At busy times the queue forms outside, in a set place: you join the back of it along the side lane. With 86 seats the average wait to get inside is about 15 minutes, and then the grilled oysters take another 15, because they are only started once you order. The 15 minutes queuing and the 15 minutes grilling are separate, so budget 30. The 100-yen Miyajima visitor tax for reaching the island is waived for preschool children. The bill can be paid by card.
- Ages 2-3For a child who eats neither oysters nor conger eel there is curry rice at 1,000 yen, french fries at 700, and two rice balls at 650. Dessert is one thing only: ice cream, 600 yen.Hours are 10:30 to 17:00 with last orders at 16:30 — a lunchtime restaurant only, nothing in the evening. It closes on Wednesdays, so if your Miyajima day is a Wednesday you cannot count on it. Those hours shift with the season, so on a day you would arrive close to the 16:30 cutoff, call 0829-44-0335 and check. Unscheduled closures are announced on their official LINE. Between 15 minutes in the queue and 15 minutes of grilling, expect about 30 minutes of waiting.
- Ages 4-6Any udon can be swapped for soba and any soba for udon, so a child picks between tempura udon at 1,200 yen and cold zaru soba at 900. The fried chicken at 950 yen and the fries at 700 are dishes to share around. Grilled oysters are 1,500 yen for two — three-year-old Jigozen oysters, started on the grill out front only after you order.The Miyajima visitor tax is waived for preschool children but costs 100 yen per person per visit from primary school age up. The ferry company collects it on top of the fare, so there is no separate payment queue at the port; an annual pass is 500 yen per person per year. The restaurant is about 8 minutes' walk from Miyajima port, near the middle of the Omotesando shopping street. A sister shop, CAFE HAYASHIYA, is about a minute away on Machiya-dori, but it is a different business with its own website — do not mix up its hours and closing days with these.
By weatherRain, heat, cold
- Rainy dayYou eat inside, in one of 86 seats split between tables and tatami rooms, but at busy times the line forms outside the shop and it takes about 15 minutes on average to be seated. The line has a set place: you join the back of it along the side street.
- Hot dayNot checked yet
- Cold dayNot checked yet
Time needed1 h
How was it with your kids?
Not greatGreat
- ElevatorElevator：not checked
- Stroller OKStroller friendly：not checked
- RentalStroller rental：not checked
- NursingNursing space：not checked
- ChangingDiaper changing table：not checked
- Family WCFamily restroom：with conditionsconditions
- Own foodOutside food allowed：not checked
- EnglishEnglish support：not checked
* Other not checked (14)
Diaper disposal bin, Child entry policy, High chair, Kids' tableware, Baby food policy, Non-smoking, Allergy support, Private room, Official family-friendly certification, Best-fit ages (guide), Crowding (guide), Quietness (guide), Serving speed (guide), Lost-child support
* Not at this spot — nearest options (3)
- Elevator: not at the spot itself. We read 73 pages and found 1 nearby instead.
- TOTO Miyajima Omotenashi Toilet has a rest area upstairs, reached by an elevator. source
- Nursing space: not at the spot itself. We read 73 pages and found 6 nearby instead.
- TOTO Miyajima Omotenashi Toilet (Miyajimacho 536-1), on the Omotesando shopping street, has a nursing room. Open 9:00-21:00. source
- The nursing room at Miyajima ferry terminal is on the left as you leave the ticket gates, usable from about 5:30 to about 23:00. source
- The Miyajima tourist information center has one nursing room and one changing table on the first floor, with a diaper bin and a sink. source
- Kids' toilet seat & step stool: not at the spot itself. We read 73 pages and found 1 nearby instead.
- TOTO Miyajima Omotenashi Toilet, a few minutes' walk away, also has a children's toilet. source
Green = we confirmed it. Gray = not checked yet. Gray with a line through = the place does not have it.
Worth a look before you go
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A queue at 11:17 and twenty minutes from order to oyster. By autumn 2023 the line had moved into the gap between shops.
A Miyajima institution: the three-way oyster set at Yakigaki no Hayashi
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Baby and 3-year-old: etto's nursing room is a lockable cubicle with aircon, and strollers board the ferry unfolded.
Miyajima with a 3-year-old and a baby: where to feed and change
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Miyajima with a 3-year-old: they chose this shop over Kakiya for the tatami room and the easier door. Raw oysters too.
Miyajima with kids in Hiroshima: the food and cafe leg
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A downpour with children of 6 and 3: shelter at etto by the pier, ferries every 15 minutes, deer under the awnings.
Even in a downpour: Miyajima with children (Hiroshima)
Japanese · opens translatedGuide
Both lines: 200 yen adult, 100 child, two under-sixes free per adult. An IC card skips the ticket queue.
A Miyajima guide explains the ferry from Miyajimaguchi Station
Yakigaki no Hayashi · Links & reads ▾
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Where it is
〒739-0588 505-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecturesource2
Before you go
- It closes on Wednesdays, so if your day on Miyajima falls on a Wednesday you cannot count on this shop.source
- A sister shop, CAFE HAYASHIYA, is about a minute's walk away on Machiya-dori, and since it is a separate business with its own website, don't mix up its hours and closing days with these.source
Basics
- Fee：All prices include tax and cards are accepted. Grilled oysters are 1,500 yen for two. Set meals run from 2,000 yen (fried chicken) to 4,400 yen, with conger eel over rice at 2,900 and oyster rice at 1,600. For a child who will not eat oysters or eel there is curry rice at 1,000, tempura udon at 1,200, zaru soba at 900, fried chicken at 950, fries at 700, a bowl of rice at 500, miso soup at 400, two rice balls at 650 and ice cream at 600. Any udon can be swapped for soba and any soba for udon. Prices for raw oysters differ between two places on the menu page, so check the board in the shop.source23
- Hours：10:30-17:00, last orders 16:30, closed on Wednesdays. This is a lunchtime place; it does not open in the evening. The hours can change with the season, so if you will be arriving close to last orders, ring 0829-44-0335 first. Unscheduled closures are announced on the shop's LINE account.source2
- Time to allow：1 h
- Booking：Nothing on the site explains how to reserve a table, so treat this as a place you queue for. At busy times the line runs outside; with 86 seats it takes about 15 minutes on average to get in. When you join the line, follow the side lane and stand at the back so you do not block the neighboring shops' doorways. Grilled oysters are only started once you order, and take a further 15 minutes to reach the table - the 15 minutes outside and the 15 minutes inside are two different waits.source23
Basics in detail (14)
- It is open 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with last orders at 4:30 p.m., a daytime place that does not open in the evening.source
- The 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. hours can shift with the season, so if you will be arriving close to the 4:30 p.m. last order, call 0829-44-0335 to check.source
- Unscheduled closures are announced through the shop's official LINE account, which took over from its own app in 2024.source
- Curry and rice is 1,000 yen including tax, which is enough of a meal for a child who won't eat oysters.source
- Fries are 700 yen and fried chicken 950 yen including tax, both easy to share around the table.source
- Cold soba is 900 yen and tempura udon 1,200 yen including tax, and any udon dish can be switched to soba or any soba dish to udon.source
- Plain rice is 500 yen, miso soup 400 yen and two musubi rice balls 650 yen including tax, so a child's portion can be built from single items.source
- There is one dessert only, ice cream at 600 yen including tax.source
- Grilled oysters are 1,500 yen including tax for two, the price of the dish the shop is known for.source
- Set meals run 2,000 to 4,400 yen, from the fried chicken set at 2,000 to the Miyajima set at 4,400, with conger eel rice at 2,900 yen and oyster rice at 1,600 yen.source
- Crossing to the island costs a Miyajima visitor tax of 100 yen per person per trip on top of the boat fare, in force since October 1, 2023, or 500 yen per person for a full year.source
- The 100 yen visitor tax is waived for preschoolers and for people holding a disability certificate, which has to be shown, while everyone from elementary school age up pays 100 yen each.source
- The 100 yen visitor tax is collected by the ferry companies as an addition to the fare, so there is no separate line to pay it in at the port.source
- It is about an 8-minute walk from Miyajima port, roughly halfway along the Omotesando shopping street, at 505-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima.source
Once you've decided
evidence & sources (5)
- Official: Indoor / outdoor, Tatami seating, Stroller access notes
- city.hatsukaichi.hiroshima.jp: Stroller access notes
- Official: Kids' menu
- Official: Family restroom
- Official: main site
The shop opened in 1948 and says it was the first in Japan to serve grilled oysters. It buys only three-year Jigozen oysters, and starts grilling after you order, so the plate reaches the table about fifteen minutes later. When the line forms, you join the back of it along the side lane; with 86 seats, the wait outside averages fifteen minutes. Seating is tables or a tatami room. A child who will not eat oysters can have curry, udon, fries or ice cream.
| Stroller friendly | Not checked yet | ||||
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| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet | ||||
| Nursing space | Not checked yet | ||||
| Family restroom | Yes | The official floor plan shows one room labeled "wheelchair WC", alongside two ordinary toilets. The plan does not show its size, the type of door, or whether there is a baby seat inside. | Web-checked | checked Sep ’26 | yakigaki-no-hayashi.co.jp |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet | ||||
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | ||||
| Elevator | Not checked yet | ||||
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | The 86 seats are indoors, but the queue at busy times forms on the street outside. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | yakigaki-no-hayashi.co.jp |
| Outside food allowed | Not checked yet | ||||
| English support | Not checked yet | ||||
| Child entry policy | Not checked yet | ||||
| High chair | Not checked yet | ||||
| Tatami seating | Yes | Two kinds of seating: tables and a tatami room. Whether you take your shoes off, and whether there is a step up, is not stated. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | yakigaki-no-hayashi.co.jp |
| Kids' menu | Yes | The menu page says there are dishes for children, but no items or prices are given for them. What is listed is curry rice 1,000 yen, tempura udon 1,200, zaru soba 900, fried chicken 950, fries 700, rice 500, miso soup 400 and ice cream 600 - enough for a child who will not eat oysters. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | yakigaki-no-hayashi.co.jp |
| Kids' tableware | Not checked yet | ||||
| Baby food policy | Not checked yet | ||||
| Non-smoking | Not checked yet | ||||
| Allergy support | Not checked yet | ||||
| Private room | Not checked yet | ||||
| Official family-friendly certificationExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Best-fit ages (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Crowding (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Quietness (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Serving speed (guide)Extra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Lost-child supportExtra info — guide only | Not checked yet | ||||
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | The shop is about 8 minutes on foot from Miyajima pier, halfway along the Omotesando shopping street. Crossing to the island costs a 100 yen visitor tax per person per trip on top of the boat fare, added to the ticket by the ferry company; pre-school children are exempt. When the line is long you wait on the street with the stroller, and the seating inside includes a tatami room. Nothing is stated about a changing table, a nursing room or where to leave a stroller. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | yakigaki-no-hayashi.co.jpcity.hatsukaichi.hiroshima.jp |