Uotoya Kita-Asaka is a lively seafood izakaya in a basement space near Kita-Asaka Station, built around a live fish tank at the counter. Squid is prepared to order straight from the tank, prized for its natural sweetness, alongside seasonal sashimi platters and pufferfish (fugu) courses in winter. Seating ranges from a six-seat counter to sunken-kotatsu private rooms and a tatami hall, suiting solo diners, families, and banquets alike. Sake and shochu are a specialty, headlined by a rare long-aged Kagoshima shochu, and a Sunday/holiday lunch sushi buffet is a highlight.

Address

1-chōme-5-5 Nishihara, Asaka, Saitama 351-0034, Japan

Contacts

Reservation

https://r.gnavi.co.jp/plan/9g67unxd0000/plan-reserve/plan/plan_list/

Website

https://tatumura-totoya.com/

Phone

048-487-6667

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/totoya_asaka/

Hours

TodayLast order: 22:30

Opens soon

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

MondayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

TuesdayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

WednesdayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

ThursdayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

FridayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

SaturdayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

SundayLast order: 22:30

11:30 – 14:0016:30 – 23:00

Features

Private sunken-kotatsu rooms availableCounter seating availableReservations acceptedCredit cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Amex, Diners, UnionPay)PayPay acceptedFree Wi-FiKids and strollers welcomeWheelchair accessible entranceLive fish tank at the counterCalm, relaxing izakaya interior

* The menu was scanned by a user, not uploaded by the owner. There may be inaccuracies.

Lunch Sets

Live Fish (Ikezukuri)

Sashimi

Grilled Dishes

Skewers

Fried Dishes

Simmered Dishes

Salads

Delicacies

Sushi

Hand Rolls

Rice Balls

Ochazuke & Rice Porridge

Other

Hot Pot (Winter, October-March)

Hot Pot (Summer, April-September)

Hot Pot (Year-round)

Hot Pot Finishers

Dessert

Lunch Sets

Daily special set meal

A rotating lunch set meal that changes daily, served with rice and sides.

¥900

Fried chicken set meal

Japanese-style deep-fried chicken karaage served as a lunch set with rice and sides.

¥900

Sashimi set meal

Assorted sliced raw fish served as a lunch set with rice and sides.

¥1,150

Tuna rice bowl

Sliced raw tuna served over a bowl of rice.

¥1,550

Seafood rice bowl

An assortment of sliced raw seafood served over a bowl of rice.

¥1,550

Salmon and salmon roe rice bowl

Sliced salmon and salmon roe served together over a bowl of rice.

¥1,050

Totoya mini kaiseki set

A mini kaiseki-style multi-dish lunch set featuring the restaurant's seafood specialties.

¥1,750

Totoya set meal (sashimi & tempura)

A lunch set combining sashimi and tempura, served with rice and sides.

¥1,750

Tempura set meal

Assorted deep-fried tempura served as a lunch set with rice and sides.

¥1,100

Pork loin cutlet set meal

A 200g breaded and fried pork loin cutlet (tonkatsu) from Sangen pork, served as a lunch set with rice and sides.

¥1,500

Simmered beef tendon set meal

Beef tendon slow-simmered until tender, served as a lunch set with rice and sides.

¥1,100

Fugu rice porridge

Rice porridge simmered with pufferfish (fugu) broth and meat. Available in winter only.

¥1,250

Seasonal ice cream

Ice cream in a rotating seasonal flavor; ask staff for the current selection.

¥250

Live Fish (Ikezukuri)

Live horse mackerel sashimi / tataki

Horse mackerel kept live in the tank and served as sliced sashimi or minced tataki for maximum freshness.

¥900

Live horse mackerel namero

Live horse mackerel minced with miso, scallion, and ginger into a rustic paste, a classic izakaya dish.

¥950

Live red sea bream sashimi

Red sea bream kept alive in the tank and sliced to order as sashimi.

¥3,300

Live filefish sashimi

Filefish kept alive in the tank and sliced to order as sashimi.

¥3,800

Live flounder sashimi

Flounder kept alive in the tank and sliced to order as sashimi.

¥4,200

Live striped jack sashimi

Striped jack kept alive in the tank and sliced to order as sashimi.

¥4,500

Live spiny lobster sashimi

Spiny lobster kept alive in the tank and sliced to order as sashimi. Price varies by the size available.

¥5,000-6,500

Abalone

Abalone served sashimi-style, steamed, dance-grilled, or butter-grilled, your choice.

¥2,300

Turban shell

Turban shell (sazae) served as sashimi or grilled tsubo-yaki style in its own shell.

¥1,100

Sashimi

Bluefin tuna lean sashimi

Sliced lean cut (akami) of bluefin tuna sashimi.

¥1,300

Bluefin tuna medium fatty sashimi

Sliced medium-fatty cut (chutoro) of bluefin tuna sashimi.

¥1,650

Botan shrimp

A single piece of raw botan shrimp, prized for its sweet, delicate flavor.

¥400

Tuna yukhoe

Diced raw tuna dressed Korean yukhoe-style with sesame oil and seasoning.

¥900

Tuna with grated mountain yam

Diced raw tuna topped with grated nagaimo yam.

¥900

Grand sashimi platter

A large assorted platter of seasonal sashimi, ideal for sharing.

¥4,600

Grilled Dishes

Grilled salmon belly

Fatty salmon belly grilled until crisp on the outside.

¥880

Grilled overnight-dried Atka mackerel

Atka mackerel dried overnight and grilled whole; shipped direct from Hakodate, Hokkaido.

¥1,800

Roe-filled shishamo smelt

Grilled shishamo smelt filled with roe.

¥800

Miso-marinated grilled sablefish

Sablefish marinated in miso and grilled until caramelized.

¥1,100

Shrimp and asparagus butter grill

Shrimp and asparagus pan-grilled in butter.

¥850

Chicken gizzard garlic saute

Chicken gizzard sauteed with garlic.

¥680

Grilled dried stingray fin

Dried stingray fin lightly torch-grilled, a chewy izakaya snack often paired with mayonnaise.

¥880

Grilled tatami sardine

Sheets of pressed dried baby sardines, lightly grilled.

¥700

Whole grilled squid

A whole squid grilled and served intact.

¥800

Skewers

Chicken tail skewer

Grilled chicken tail (bonjiri) skewer, choice of salt or sauce seasoning.

¥200

Chicken thigh skewer

Grilled chicken thigh skewer, choice of salt or sauce seasoning.

¥180

Chicken skin skewer

Grilled chicken skin skewer, choice of salt or sauce seasoning.

¥180

Fried Dishes

Fried free-range chicken karaage

Deep-fried bite-sized pieces of free-range chicken.

¥980

Fried chicken wing

A single deep-fried chicken wing.

¥300

Free-range chicken cutlet with tartar sauce

Breaded, deep-fried free-range chicken cutlet topped with tartar sauce.

¥980

Fried cheese wrapped in yuba

Cheese wrapped in yuba (soy milk skin) and deep-fried.

¥650

Homemade satsuma-age

Homemade deep-fried fish cake containing squid.

¥850

Fried octopus

Bite-sized pieces of deep-fried octopus.

¥880

Large shrimp skewer cutlet

A single large shrimp, breaded and deep-fried on a skewer.

¥580

Fried river shrimp

Small river shrimp deep-fried whole and crisp.

¥680

Fried chicken tenderloin with plum and shiso

Chicken tenderloin wrapped with pickled plum and shiso leaf, then deep-fried.

¥750

Tuna cutlet

Breaded and deep-fried tuna, served cutlet-style.

¥1,000

Assorted tempura

A mixed plate of deep-fried tempura.

¥1,100

Fried burdock root

Deep-fried slices of burdock root (gobo).

¥650

Fried potato

Deep-fried potato pieces.

¥600

Kurobuta pork skewer cutlet

A single skewer of breaded, deep-fried Kagoshima kurobuta pork.

¥300

Simmered Dishes

Simmered meat and potatoes

A classic Japanese home-style stew of beef, potatoes, and vegetables simmered in soy-based broth.

¥800

Simmered beef tendon in miso

Beef tendon slow-simmered in a miso-based broth until tender.

¥950

Spicy simmered konjac balls

Bite-sized konjac balls simmered in a spicy sauce.

¥500

Eel and egg simmer

Grilled eel simmered together with egg, similar to unagi-tamago-toji.

¥1,100

Chawanmushi

A savory steamed egg custard with seafood and vegetable garnishes.

¥500

Clams in butter

Clams sauteed and steamed in butter.

¥900

Salads

Prosciutto and avocado Caesar salad

Caesar salad topped with prosciutto and avocado.

¥900

Beef shabu-shabu salad

Salad topped with thinly sliced, lightly blanched shabu-shabu beef.

¥1,100

Seasonal fish carpaccio-style salad

Salad topped with thinly sliced seasonal fish, carpaccio-style.

¥980

Small dried fish and green laver salad

Salad topped with tiny dried fish (jako) and green laver seaweed.

¥900

Delicacies

Moro-kyu (cucumber with miso)

Fresh cucumber sticks served with miso for dipping.

¥480

Salted fermented squid

Squid fermented and salted, a pungent, savory izakaya delicacy.

¥600

Crab miso

Crab hepatopancreas (crab miso), a rich, briny delicacy.

¥600

Spicy cod roe

Marinated spicy pollock roe (mentaiko).

¥650

Smoked cod roe, karasumi-style

Smoked spicy cod roe prepared in the style of karasumi (dried mullet roe).

¥650

Seared wagyu with ponzu

Lightly seared wagyu beef served with ponzu citrus sauce.

¥980

Grilled heshiko mackerel

Heshiko, mackerel fermented in rice bran, lightly grilled.

¥800

Rice-bran pickled mackerel

Mackerel pickled in fermented rice bran (nuka).

Cream cheese in sweet white miso marinade

Cream cheese marinated in Kyoto-style sweet white miso (saikyo).

¥600

Plum cucumber

Cucumber dressed with pickled plum.

¥480

Spicy miso cabbage

Fresh cabbage served with spicy miso dip.

¥580

Assorted pickles

A mixed plate of Japanese pickled vegetables.

¥680

Firefly squid marinated in soy sauce

Firefly squid marinated raw in a soy-based sauce (okizuke style).

¥680

Sushi

Assorted nigiri sushi

A chef's selection assortment of nigiri sushi.

¥1,300

Tuna nigiri

Three pieces of tuna nigiri sushi.

¥900

Medium fatty tuna nigiri

Three pieces of medium-fatty tuna (chutoro) nigiri sushi.

¥1,350

Hand Rolls

Tuna hand roll

Nori hand roll filled with tuna and rice.

¥400

Salmon roe hand roll

Nori hand roll filled with salmon roe and rice.

¥400

Conger eel hand roll

Nori hand roll filled with simmered conger eel and rice.

¥400

Cucumber hand roll

Nori hand roll filled with cucumber and rice.

¥300

Plum and shiso hand roll

Nori hand roll filled with pickled plum and shiso leaf.

¥300

Rice Balls

Grilled rice ball

A rice ball grilled until lightly crisp with soy glaze.

¥300

Salmon rice ball

Rice ball filled with grilled salmon.

¥300

Plum rice ball

Rice ball filled with pickled plum.

¥300

Bonito flake rice ball

Rice ball filled with soy-seasoned bonito flakes.

¥300

Spicy cod roe rice ball

Rice ball filled with spicy cod roe.

¥300

Salmon roe rice ball

Rice ball filled with salmon roe.

¥400

Ochazuke & Rice Porridge

Sea bream ochazuke

Rice topped with sea bream and green tea poured over.

¥780

Salmon ochazuke

Rice topped with salmon and green tea poured over.

¥700

Plum ochazuke

Rice topped with pickled plum and green tea poured over.

¥700

Green laver ochazuke

Rice topped with green laver seaweed and green tea poured over.

¥700

Heshiko mackerel ochazuke

Rice topped with fermented heshiko mackerel and green tea poured over.

¥780

Other

Green tea soba

Buckwheat noodles flavored with green tea, served chilled.

¥700

Inaniwa udon

Thin, smooth udon noodles from Inaniwa, Akita.

¥700

Nameko mushroom soup

Miso soup with nameko mushrooms.

¥300

Shijimi clam soup

Miso soup with shijimi freshwater clams.

¥380

Fish bone soup

Miso soup made from simmered fish bones and trimmings.

¥380

Hot Pot (Winter, October-March)

Totoya seafood hot pot

The restaurant's signature seafood hot pot, available in winter.

¥2,000

Oyster miso hot pot

Oysters simmered in a miso-based hot pot broth.

¥1,600

Simmered tofu hot pot

Tofu gently simmered in a light broth.

¥900

Free-range chicken salt chanko hot pot

A salt-based chanko-style hot pot with free-range chicken.

¥1,800

Hot Pot (Summer, April-September)

Kurobuta pork shabu-shabu

Thinly sliced Kagoshima kurobuta pork for shabu-shabu hot pot.

¥1,800

Kagoshima wagyu beef shabu-shabu

Thinly sliced Kagoshima-produced black wagyu beef for shabu-shabu hot pot.

¥2,500

Hot Pot (Year-round)

Softshell turtle hot pot

A hot pot featuring softshell turtle (suppon), available year-round. Price varies by size.

¥3,500-4,000

Hot pot vegetables

A plate of vegetables for adding to any hot pot.

¥600

Tofu

Two pieces of tofu for adding to any hot pot.

¥100

Egg

One egg for adding to any hot pot.

¥120

Hot Pot Finishers

Rice porridge finishing set

Rice and egg added to the remaining hot pot broth to finish as zosui porridge.

¥400

Udon finishing noodles

Udon noodles added to the remaining hot pot broth to finish the meal.

¥400

Chinese noodles finishing

Chinese-style noodles added to the remaining hot pot broth to finish the meal.

¥400

Dessert

Salted red bean ice cream

Ice cream flavored with salted red bean (azuki).

¥400

Vanilla ice cream

Classic vanilla ice cream.

¥400

Yuzu sherbet

Sherbet made with yuzu citrus.

¥400

Strawberry sherbet

Sherbet made with strawberry.

¥400

Home Collections Guides Join

魚とや 北朝霞店

魚とや北朝霞店