Japanese Eel Restaurant Fukuizumi Misao

[Advertising Yanagawa nationwide, focusing on online sales]

Located in front of Nishitetsu Yanagawa Station, the restaurant is easy for tourists to drop by, and has partnered with travel agencies to provide meals for large groups. However, the impact of COVID-19 has completely changed the scene. Nevertheless, the restaurant is searching for a “post-COVID” future with powerful words, saying, “We have suffered a great blow, but we will focus on online sales and get through this.” The restaurant has been in business for 40 years. Since moving to the station in 2006, the restaurant has opened stores in department stores all over the country to promote Yanagawa, selling Yanagawa’s specialty, bamboo steamed dishes. The restaurant has grown.

The recommended dish is the “Unagi Seiro Tokujo.” It also comes with liver soup and seasonal dishes.
The eels are sourced from Kagoshima and Miyazaki, and the rice is from Setaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, and they are particular about “polishing only the amount of rice to be used.” The “Unamaki,” eel rice wrapped in Ariake nori seaweed, is also very popular online. They also serve dishes other than eel, and the “Kagozen” lunch set is apparently very popular.

Many people can sympathize with the way shop owners act with an eye to the next generation, even in the face of adversity. They have placed thermometers and alcohol disinfectants at the store entrance, installed partitions between tables, and are working together as a shop to prevent the spread of COVID-19.