Atsuta Horaiken Honten

Horaiken opened in 1873 on the old Tokaido at Miya, the post town beside Atsuta Shrine. The house story says the second owner sent several orders of eel rice out in one wooden tub after the delivery boys kept breaking bowls, then chopped the eel through the rice when diners ate the eel and left the rice. That became hitsumabushi, and the company registered the name as a trademark in 1987. A tub costs ¥4,950. Horaiken suggests splitting it four ways: plain, with condiments, with dashi poured over, and a last bowl the way you liked best.

The main shop seats 180 and sits seven minutes on foot from Atsuta-Jingu-Temmacho subway station. Last orders are at 14:00 and 20:30.