Nikusho Nakata Honten (肉匠なか田 本店)

Nikusho Nakata Honten is an upscale wagyu yakiniku restaurant near Dotonbori in Osaka’s Namba district, specializing in A5 kuroge wagyu, in-house thirty-five-day dry-aged beef, and the restaurant’s proprietary Daikoku Sengyu branded cattle. The restaurant features an eight-seat open-kitchen counter where grillmasters cook tableside, along with private rooms, a trademarked “toro tan” (fatty tongue) dish, and a distinctive practice of hand-selecting seven of thirty-two varieties of natural salt daily to pair with different cuts, including a premium chateaubriand cut. This Namba location is the flagship honten of the Nikusho Nakata chain.