Fire.Patience.Dinner.
Charcoal-fired kitchen · Binchotan · Irori counter
Provenance
Nothing arrives here without a story.
FISH
Whole branzino and black cod sourced daily from the Tsukiji outer market network — skin-on, bone-in, nothing trimmed before the fire.
LAND
Heritage aubergines, young leeks, and miso-dressed shiitake from a single family farm in Sonoma — harvested the morning of service.
FIRE
Binchō-tan from Wakayama Prefecture — ubame oak, slow-carbonized for sixty days. Chemical-free, near-smokeless, burning hotter and longer than any substitute.
Each course, a conversation
with the coal.
The menu changes with season and catch. These are permanent spirits — dishes that have earned their permanence.
Binchōtan-Kissed Oysters
Kumamoto oysters, thirty seconds over white coal. Ponzu mignonette, shiso snow.
Whole Branzino Robata
Slow-turned over binchotan for eighteen minutes. Sea salt, sudachi, yuzu butter.
Nasu Dengaku
Miso-glazed aubergine, charred until silk. White sesame, scallion ash.
A5 Wagyu Robata
Miyazaki prefecture. Thick-cut, seared to medium-rare over peak-heat binchotan. Wasabi salt.
The Counter
Eight seats.
One conversation.
The irori counter traces its lineage to the communal hearths of Hokkaido — where fishermen gathered around fire, passed food on wooden paddles, and ate without ceremony. Our counter preserves that spirit. Eight seats face the grill. You watch the coal, the chef watches the fish.
Ask for omakase-style and the chef will move through the evening at their own pace — what's best from the morning's market, what the binchotan is holding well tonight.
"I've been coming for three years. I stopped looking at menus after the second visit. I just sit down and trust the fire."
Reservations
Reserve
Your Seats.
Counter seats and dining room available nightly. Omakase-style counter service runs from open to close — no set menu, no clock.
Can't make it in?
Order Omakase at Home
Our robata box ships Friday mornings — whole fish, heritage vegetables, binchotan-infused sauces, and sake pairings chosen by the chef. Serves two. $140.
Order Omakase Box