Robata & fresh fish in Hikone — Uomaru Fresh Fish & Robatayaki Hikone

Uomaru Hikone is a 90-seat seafood izakaya at 7-21 Asahi-machi, about a 2-minute walk from JR Hikone Station. There are three table private rooms for six guests each and two tatami private rooms for thirty, plus counter and round-table seating.

Can you take a private booking for 60 in Hikone?

Whole-venue bookings are for 50–60 guests, across 90 seats that include two 30-guest tatami private rooms. Nine banquet courses start at 5,000 yen including tax with 2 hours of free-flow drinks, and the Uomaru Standard Course takes 2–60 guests. Book by 23:00 two days ahead as a rule — the Uomaru Standard Course until 15:00 on the day, the Uomaru Casual Course until 23:00 the day before.

Can you drop in before or after Hikone Castle and the cherry blossoms?

From Hikone Castle, Genkyu-en garden or Yumekyobashi Castle Road it is a walk back to JR Hikone Station and about 2 minutes more to us. We open at 17:00 daily and close at 24:00 (last orders: food 23:00 / drinks 23:30), so we work as a first stop after cherry blossom viewing in spring. We have no car park of our own; please use a nearby coin park.

Where can you taste Shiga produce in one sitting in Hikone?

The Shiga Full-Experience Course — ten dishes, 6,050 yen including tax — runs from Kurao pork shabu-shabu salad and salt-grilled Omi shrimp to fried simmered burdock and Omi duck jun-jun. Straw-grilled bonito from Tosa-Saga port in Kochi, straw-grilled Omi beef and overnight-dried Omi chicken are also on the menu.

Can you get here from Maibara or the Koto area?

From the Koto area of Shiga, including Maibara, it is a single train ride to Hikone Station and about 2 minutes on foot. Inside, smoking is separated: the first floor is non-smoking and the second floor allows smoking (depending on availability we cannot always seat you upstairs).