Hida Beef Sushi

Takayama street vendors sear slices of grade-A5 Hida wagyu with a blowtorch and lay them over sushi rice on a crispy rice cracker, served as walk-and-eat street food. Sakaguchiya near the Sanmachi historic district pioneered the format, and the combination of meltingly fatty beef, warm rice, and smoky char is unlike any sushi elsewhere. Lines form by mid-morning on weekends.