Only 10 Bowls a Day: Nagoya's Exclusive Horai Wagyu Beef Experience for Asian Games Visitors
I'll be honest with you — the question I get asked most often during Asian Games week isn't about our menu or our location. It's this: "Is rare wagyu actually safe to eat?" I'm Masayuki Goto, founder of Itadaki here in Osu, Nagoya. I've been in the food and beverage industry for 18 years, and […]
Asian Games 2026 Nagoya Food Guide: Local Aichi Beef You Can Only Try Here
You've been planning this Japan trip for months. You've sorted your match tickets, mapped out your days around venues, and packed more than you probably need. And somewhere between scheduling athlete dinners and lining up your Nagoya sightseeing, a question surfaces that no travel app quite answers: Where do I eat something I will actually […]
Best Lunch Spot 2 Minutes from Yabacho Station | Nagoya's Rare Wagyu Experience During Asian Games
Here is a number that surprised even longtime wagyu enthusiasts when they first heard it: out of roughly 500,000 wagyu cattle raised across Japan each year, only 300 belong to the Horai Wagyu breed. That is 0.06% of the entire national herd — a figure so small that most people in Japan have never encountered […]
Hidden Gem Wagyu: Discovering Nagoya's Best-Kept Secret
Here's the bottom line: you do not need to speak a word of Japanese to fully enjoy one of Nagoya's most remarkable culinary experiences. That's the honest answer to one of the questions we hear most often at Itadaki — and it's worth saying clearly before anything else. Language anxiety is real. Across our four […]
4-Min Walk from TIAD Nagoya (Autograph Collection): 10-Bowl Daily Rare Wagyu
You've just settled into your room at TIAD Nagoya, Autograph Collection, and you pull up your Japan food list. Near the top: Itadaki, the restaurant that invented Rare Wagyu Gyudon — and it's a 4-minute walk from your hotel. You think, perfect, I'll just walk in at lunch. Then you read the line that stops […]
7 Signature Elements of Itadaki's Rare Wagyu Gyudon Experience
September in Nagoya has a particular energy to it. The summer heat hasn't fully lifted, but there's a shift in the air — and the streets of Osu are buzzing. Visitors are pouring into the district from every direction: some here for the shopping, some for Osu Kannon Temple, some just following Google Maps down […]
10 Reasons Itadaki Deserves Your Nagoya Lunch Reservation
A few weeks ago, a guest who'd just finished lunch stopped at the counter before leaving and said something that stayed with me: "I've been to Japan six times. This is the first time I've found somewhere that felt like I wasn't supposed to find it." She'd discovered us through Google Maps while wandering near […]
5 Things That Make Itadaki Different From Every Other Wagyu Place
You've been scrolling through Google Maps in Nagoya, looking for something truly memorable to eat — not just another sushi spot or ramen bowl, but something you genuinely can't find anywhere else. And then you see it: a gyudon restaurant charging ¥2,700 for a beef bowl. Your first instinct might be to scroll past. Your […]
Is Itadaki Really the World's First Rare Wagyu Gyudon Restaurant?
A guest once asked me — quite directly, in the best possible way — "Are you really the first? Or is that just marketing?" I appreciated the honesty. It's a fair question, and one I think every curious traveler deserves a straight answer to. So let me answer it the same way I answered her: […]
What Is Itadaki and Why Is It the Original Rare Wagyu Gyudon?
September in Nagoya carries a particular kind of energy. The Asian Games are underway, Osu district is buzzing with visitors from across Asia and beyond, and travelers everywhere are hunting for that one experience — the meal, the photo, the story — that will define their Japan trip long after they've returned home. Not just […]