A seafood processing wholesaler from Kouzumi Fishing Port is expanding outside of the prefecture for the first time! Kozumi Crab Ichiban" in Namba Oriental Hotel, Osaka, Japan Kouzumi Crab Ichiban, a restaurant specializing in "Live Kouzumi Crab", will open on April 20 (Mon.)! The company opened "Kosumi Crab Ichiban," a restaurant specializing in "live Kosumi crab" in the Namba Oriental Hotel in Osaka on Monday, April 20!

Maruchika Corporation (Kami-cho, Mikata-gun, Hyogo Prefecture; Representative Director: Shigeyuki Kamigaki, 3rd generation), a manufacturer, processor, and wholesaler of marine products established in 1957, will open its third restaurant, Kasumi Crab Ichiban, on April 20 (Monday) on the restaurant floor in the Namba Oriental Hotel in Namba, Osaka. The restaurant will open on Monday, April 20 on the food floor of the Namba Oriental Hotel in Namba, Osaka.

The "Kasumi Crab" that gives the restaurant its name is the only brand in the Kansai region that is awarded to only those red snow crabs that meet certain standards among those landed at the Kasumi Fishing Port. We have the right to purchase Kosumi Port, and our main product is Kosumi Crab, which we sell on our own e-commerce site, as well as wholesale to the national central wholesale market and to inns and high-class restaurants in and outside of the prefecture. In addition, to promote the appeal of Kaju crab throughout Japan and around the world, we have opened a restaurant in Osaka, which attracts many inbound customers, where they can enjoy rare "live Kaju crab," which is not easily available in the market. This is the first restaurant outside of Osaka Prefecture that specializes in crab dishes with "Kaju crab" as the main attraction (*). We hope you will take this opportunity to try it.　*Surveyed by the company

A scene from the press conference held the other day. Second from the right is Mr. Masatomo Kamigaki, Executive Vice President. Mr. Kazuyuki Tanaka, President of Kasumi Seafood Processing Cooperative Association is on the far right, Mr. Kazuhiro Fukumoto, President of Kasumitsuru Corporation is second from the left, and Ms. Yumi Ishida, former NMB48 member and Kami Tourism Ambassador, is on the far left.

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From casual set menus to luxurious crab course meals!　*All prices include tax.

Our "crab connoisseurs" are convinced that the freshness, elegant sweetness, filling, and depth of flavor of the crab are all superior and cannot be determined by its appearance alone. Kaju crab is rare because it loses its freshness quickly, and it is difficult to enjoy its original taste outside of its birthplace. Our strength is that we are able to offer rare crabs that are difficult to obtain through general distribution.

We offer the original and exquisite taste of Kaju crabs by handling them one by one with great care, sticking to the time-consuming and labor-intensive manual process. Our mail order website was ranked No. 1 in the national monthly ranking of Furusato Choice, a tax payment service for hometowns. Since there are no multiple middlemen between the fishing port and the store, we are able to realize excellent freshness, high quality, stable procurement, and reasonable prices. Course meals start from 9,500 yen, and a la carte and set menus are also available. We have a multilingual menu list as an inbound measure.

The "Live Kaju Crab Course," available only in season until the end of May, is priced at 25,000 yen. Appetizer, crab sashimi, sashimi, shellfish miso, grilled on a ceramic plate, wrapped with Kosumi crab miso dressing, crab sukiyaki pot, zosui (rice cooked in a pot with vegetables), pickles, and dessert.

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Kouzumi Crab Ojyu (stacked in a box): 5,000 yen. Luxurious two-tiered set.

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Kouzumi Crab Cream Croquette" 1,480 yen. Homemade hot croquette set meal.

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Single dish: "Crab Meat in a Square" 1,280 yen

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Live Kaju crabs are moving in a large fish tank in the restaurant. The freshest Kosumi crabs are served.

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Auction. The company is also considering a "crabmeister system" to systematize crab sorting and other techniques within the company.

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Experience the one and only "Kasumi Terroir!

You can also enjoy a pairing of local sake "Kasumitsuru" with crab dishes (880 yen for a set of three sakes).

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Local beer from Kinosaki Onsen, one of Hyogo Prefecture's leading tourist attractions, is also offered (photo on right). Three kinds of beer are available, including Kinosaki's specialty "Crab Beer.

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Local ingredients are also used in abundance in desserts. In the back right photo is "Japanese affogado woven with Kasumi cranes" for 480 yen, and in the foreground is "Spring Kinosaki gelato in the style of cherry blossom rice cake" for 480 yen. Both are seasonal specials. There is also homemade ice cream made by boiling crab shells in milk.

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Store Data

Name: Kozumi Crab Ichiban

Location ： 2-8-17 Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

　　　　　　　　　 Namba Central Eatery 1F

Access ： 3 minutes walk from Namba Station, 2 minutes walk from Kintetsu Nihonbashi Station

Business Hours ： Lunch Weekdays 11:30-14:30 Weekends and holidays 11:30-15:00

　　　　　　　　　 Dinner 17:00-21:30

　　　　　　　　　 (Last order is 2 hours before closing for courses, 1 hour before for a la carte)

Closed: None

Seats: 38 (Semi-private rooms available; private parties on request) *No smoking throughout the day

Official website : https://kaniichiban-osaka.com/

Official Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/kasumiganiitiban/

Management Company ： Maruchika Corporation ( https://www.kani-mrck.com/ )

Inside the restaurant

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Maruchika operates the restaurant "Hana Wai Kasumi Honten" in the town of Kami, Mikata-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, where its head office is located, and the restaurant "Kinosaki Hana Wai KAWAI" and the ryokan "Kani no Yado Hana Wai Annex" in the Kinosaki hot spring resort area. He also envisions Kinosaki & Kasumi gastronomy tourism starting from Osaka.