Hatchobori Suzuki Kometen

Hatchobori Suzuki Kometen is located less than a one-minute walk from Hatchobori Station, down a side road directly off Shin-Ohashi Dori. At first glance you’d be forgiven for mistaking the shop for a café; however, their main business is the sale and distribution of rice. On the left side of the store, by the counter, they offer a range of different onigiri filled with salmon, ume and okaka (finely chopped dried bonito), konbu (kelp), chirimenjako (boiled and dried baby sardines), yakitarako (cooked cod roe), and various seasonal varieties. Onigiri here are made with relatively firm rice that’s been pressed together to give a soft and airy texture. On the right of the shop are some tables and chairs, at which, from 11am, the shop offers customers a lunchtime menu.