A special summer grill menu is set to be served aboard Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. vessels from June 8 to September 6, 2026. The menu is available at the onboard Grill, an exclusive restaurant separate from the standard dining hall that offers full-course meals in a relaxed, non-everyday atmosphere on the water.
About the Grill
The Grill is a premium dining venue found on Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. ships, designed to provide a distinctive onboard dining experience. Menus change with the seasons, featuring fresh ingredients sourced from port cities and the surrounding region. The current summer menu has been supervised by the head chef of Otaru Authent Hotel, a group hotel located in Otaru, Hokkaido, bringing hotel-quality cuisine to the open sea.
This summer's menu features refreshing flavors and indulgent dishes paired with the rich bounty of Hokkaido, inviting passengers to savor an elegant time unique to sea travel. Separate menus are prepared for northbound and southbound voyages, as well as for lunch and dinner, so round-trip passengers can enjoy an entirely different dining experience on each leg.
Full menu details are available on the official website: https://www.snf.jp/attraction/gourmet/meal/
Northbound Dinner – ¥7,700
Clair de Soirée – A Seasonal Dinner for a Clear Summer Night
- Amuse-bouche: Lighthouse whelk and shallot anchovy marinade, served with baguette
- Appetizer: Amberjack and summer vegetable colorful salad, sauce ravigote
- Soup: Cold corn soup
- Fish: Hokkaido black rockfish and scallop poêlé, with herb butter and marinara sauce
- Meat: Hokkaido beef fillet, slow-cooked, with lemon-flavored steak sauce
- Dessert: Butter loaf cake with vanilla ice cream
- Otaru Authent Hotel-crafted bread or rice
- Coffee or tea
Northbound Lunch – ¥5,500
Shiosai no Ajiwai – Seasonal Japanese Cuisine in the Sound of the Waves
- Starter: Cold corn tofu with silver sauce
- Chopstick garnish: Sweet shrimp marinated in rice malt, with chopped yuzu
- Sashimi: Seared octopus from Nemuro Ochiishi Port and salted sea urchin from Yoichi
- Side dish: Mountain yam dumpling and slow-simmered pork
- Meal: Hokkaido three-item rice bowl (salmon roe, snow crab, scallop), miso soup, pickles
- Dessert: Hokkaido red-flesh melon
- Coffee or tea
Southbound Dinner – ¥7,700
Shiokaze Yuragu Yoi no Nagomi Kaiseki – A Relaxing Sea Breeze Evening Kaiseki
- Assorted appetizer: White asparagus tofu with Pure White corn crackers; seared heshiko (fermented mackerel) on cream cheese with summer vegetables
- Soup: Hamo (pike conger) in kudzu broth with winter melon, water shield, and yuzu fragrance
- Sashimi: Two-piece assortment – Sea of Japan amberjack and scallop with garnishes
- Steamed dish: Cold chawanmushi (savory egg custard) with Japanese tea yuba, silver sauce
- Side dish: Beef fillet dengaku-grilled with Kinzanji miso, with jade sansho pepper
- Meal: Red sea bream golden rice, red miso soup, pickles
- Dessert: Niigata specialty sasa dango (bamboo leaf rice cake), evening-colored jelly, yuzu sherbet
- Coffee or tea
Southbound Lunch – ¥5,500
Brise Marine – A Seasonal Lunch Celebrating the Colors of Summer
- Appetizer: Smoked salmon and cottage cheese roulade, with salmon roe
- Soup: Cold edamame potage
- Fish: Greenling baked with tapenade, Italian tomato sauce, and basil
- Meat: Rusutsu pork shoulder and aromatic vegetable ragù
- Dessert: Mango rare cheesecake with vanilla ice cream and mango sauce
- Otaru Authent Hotel-crafted bread or rice
- Coffee or tea
Grill reservations are required and can be made in advance online or by phone, or on the day of departure at each port terminal window.
