Three restaurants in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Coil, TILE and barrier, will start serving winter-only crab menus on Saturday, November 7, 2026, timed to the opening of the kobako crab fishing season on Friday, November 6. The restaurants are operated by SU-BEE Co., Ltd., a company based in Ishikawa that plans and runs restaurants.
The menus use kobako crab, red snow crab, king crab, swimming crab and more, with dishes that bring out the character of each restaurant.
Three menus are offered, each with a different price and style. Coil serves a sushi set in which diners freely combine five crab toppings. TILE serves a set meal that offers three kinds of crab at once. barrier serves a Japanese-style course with crab sukiyaki and tempura, and diners can also choose their preferred dashi. Prices range from ¥3,900 to ¥14,000.
Winter-Only Crab Menus at Three Restaurants
Coil: A Winter-Only Sushi Set With Five Crab Toppings to Mix and Match
"Crab and Tea" (¥3,900, tax included), in which diners combine five kinds of crab toppings freely to make hand-rolled sushi
Crab and Tea (蟹と茶, Kani to Cha): ¥3,900 (tax included)
The set offers five toppings: red snow crab legs, red snow crab meat, crab kimchi, crab mayonnaise and flaked crab meat dressed with crab miso. The toppings are arranged in an okamochi (carrying box), and diners combine them as they like to make their own thin rolls and gunkan (battleship-style) sushi.
The set also comes with a crab cream croquette made with plenty of crab meat and a matcha experience. It lets diners enjoy various flavors of crab together with Coil's matcha experience.
Contents
- Sushi rice: 2 sheets for thin rolls, 3 pieces for gunkan
- Five crab toppings: Red snow crab legs / Red snow crab meat / Crab kimchi / Crab mayonnaise / Flaked crab meat dressed with crab miso
- Featured dish: Crab cream croquette
- Matcha experience
TILE: A Set Meal With Three Kinds of Crab, Led by Red Snow Crab
"Kanisai" (¥8,800, tax included), centered on a seafood rice bowl with red snow crab, sweet shrimp and salmon roe
Kanazawa Crab Zukushi Hakozen, Kanisai (金沢蟹づくし箱膳 ‐蟹彩‐): ¥8,800 (tax included)
This winter-only set meal presents three kinds of crab, red snow crab, king crab and swimming crab, each in a different dish.
It includes vinegared king crab, miso soup that brings out the flavor of swimming crab and crab chawanmushi (savory steamed egg custard), along with a seafood rice bowl topped with red snow crab, sweet shrimp and salmon roe. The different types of crab and cooking methods each bring a different taste, all in a single meal.
The meal is served in TILE's signature hakozen (individual box tray) style, so diners can enjoy Kanazawa's winter flavors at a leisurely pace.
Contents
- Vinegared king crab
- Crab soup with Kaga miso
- Lily bulb manju with crab sauce
- Crab chawanmushi
- Three-color rice bowl with red snow crab, sweet shrimp and salmon roe
barrier: A Crab Course Prepared in Many Ways, From Crab Sukiyaki and Tempura to a Finishing Dish
"Winter Feast: Crab and Dashi" (¥14,000, tax included), a course centered on crab that also uses Hokuriku ingredients such as nodoguro, bluefin tuna and Kaga vegetables
Winter Feast: Crab and Dashi (冬の馳走 ‐蟹と出汁‐, Fuyu no Chiso: Kani to Dashi): ¥14,000 (tax included)
This winter-only Japanese-style course centers on kobako crab and red snow crab, drawing out the flavor of crab through a variety of cooking methods.
The red snow crab sukiyaki is paired with seasonal winter vegetables, and a bowl dish is served with crab shinjo and yuba. The tempura features red snow crab legs and Kaga lotus root, and kobako crab and a crab cream croquette made with plenty of crab meat are prepared as special dishes.
For the finishing dish, diners choose either red snow crab ramen or red snow crab dashi chazuke.
The course also includes barrier's signature experience of choosing a dashi. Diners can compare the aroma and flavor of ichiban dashi extracted from different kinds of bushi (dried fish) such as bonito and tuna, and select their favorite.
Course contents
- Appetizer (sakizuke): Five kinds of Kaga vegetable obanzai
- Sashimi: Seared nodoguro and bluefin tuna
- Two soups (wan): Red snow crab sukiyaki with seasonal winter vegetables / Crab shinjo and yuba
- Tempura: Red snow crab legs and Kaga lotus root
- Shiizakana (hearty dish): Whole kobako crab
- Fried dish (agezakana): Crab cream croquette
- Finishing dish: Red snow crab ramen or red snow crab dashi chazuke
- Dessert: Bocha tea ice cream
Winter Flavors Also Available Individually
Coil, TILE and barrier all serve "Whole Kobako Crab" (香箱蟹の姿盛り, Kobako-gani no Sugatamori), a winter delicacy, from ¥2,980 (tax included). Kobako crab can be ordered on its own, not only as part of a course or set. Prices differ by restaurant.
"Whole Kobako Crab," available at all three restaurants from ¥2,980 (tax included)
Coil also offers "Kobako Crab and Gunkan" (香箱蟹と軍艦巻き, ¥3,580, tax included), which pairs kobako crab with gunkan sushi, and barrier offers "Kanimen Oden" (蟹面おでん, ¥3,500, tax included), served with dashi. Each is a dish unique to its restaurant.
Coil: Kobako Crab and Gunkan, ¥3,580 (tax included)
barrier: Kanimen Oden, ¥3,500 (tax included)
Kanazawa's Winter Flavors in Three Different Styles
Seasonal crab, led by kobako crab, which signals the arrival of winter, is served in dishes unique to each restaurant. The menus suit a range of occasions, from casual meals to dinners with someone special, for both locals and visitors to Kanazawa.
Kobako crab, a winter delicacy of Kanazawa
Restaurant Information
Coil
A creative Japanese restaurant centered on thin-roll sushi, located on the 2nd floor of Kanazawa Hakomachi, across from Omicho Market in Kanazawa. Diners choose their favorite sushi toppings and finish the thin rolls and gunkan sushi themselves. Besides set menus that combine sushi or tempura with a matcha experience, the restaurant serves small dishes using Hokuriku ingredients, local sake and café menu items. It is open for lunch, dinner and café use, for both locals and tourists.
- Restaurant name: Coil
- Address: Kanazawa Hakomachi 2F, 1-1 Fukuromachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa (15-minute walk from Kanazawa Station on the JR Hokuriku Shinkansen)
- Phone: 076-256-5076
- Hours: 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM (last order 9:00 PM)
- Website: https://coil-japan.jp/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coilofficial/
- Tripadvisor: https://bit.ly/3MRurW9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLVZe0aMHIk
TILE
A creative seafood rice bowl restaurant in a renovated machiya (traditional townhouse) about 110 years old, within walking distance of Kanazawa Station. Under the concept of "redefining tradition," diners combine seafood cut into tile-shaped pieces with colorful condiments to build their own "Kanazawa Yakumi Seafood Bowl." The restaurant also serves meals on hakozen trays, which reflect Kanazawa's food culture, in a calm space that makes use of the machiya's character. The restaurant suggests a new way to enjoy Japanese food through its cuisine and space, whether for a local meal or a break during sightseeing in Kanazawa.
- Restaurant name: TILE
- Address: 4-18 Konohana-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Phone: 076-255-2802
- Hours: Lunch 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (last order 2:00 PM) / Dinner 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM (last order 9:00 PM)
- Website: https://tile-japan.jp/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tile_japan/
- Tripadvisor: https://bit.ly/3DgI3af
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPdf0CkeOSI
barrier
A creative Japanese restaurant in a renovated historic machiya near the entrance to the Higashi Chaya district in Kanazawa. Based on the concept of "kekkai" (barrier), it creates a space where diners can step away from daily life and focus on their food. On the 2nd floor, courses and à la carte dishes using seasonal Hokuriku ingredients are served, centered on ichiban dashi, for which diners choose their preferred bushi (dried fish) and which is extracted with a siphon. A vegan and gluten-free course is also available. On the 1st floor, visitors can choose a vintage matcha bowl and whisk their own matcha, and enjoy sweets made with Japanese ingredients.
- Restaurant name: barrier
- Address: 2-14-21 Owari-cho, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Phone: 076-204-7018
- Hours: 12:00 PM to 10:30 PM (last order 9:30 PM)
- Seats: 43 (tatami seating and counter seats available)
- Website: https://barrier-japan.jp
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrier_kanazawa/
- Tripadvisor: https://onl.bz/8jmUVwm
