{"id":359318,"date":"2026-03-04T06:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/359318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:11:27","slug":"iwaki-eatery-reimagines-shuttered-restaurants-specialty%ef%bc%88%e9%96%89%e5%ba%97%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e3%83%ac%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%a9%e3%83%b3%e3%81%ae%e5%90%8d%e7%89%a9%e6%96%99%e7%90%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/life\/359318\/","title":{"rendered":"Iwaki eatery reimagines shuttered restaurant\u2019s specialty\uff08\u9589\u5e97\u3057\u305f\u30ec\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u306e\u540d\u7269\u6599\u7406\u3092\u518d\u73fe\u3057\u305f\u3044\u308f\u304d\u306e\u98df\u5802\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u3000IWAKI, Fukushima \u2014 A new restaurant in Iwaki is paying homage to a former long-established restaurant, which closed its doors after the Great East Japan Earthquake, by carrying on its signature dish with a slight twist.<\/p>\n


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\u3000Ippei Market Studio, a restaurant in Iwaki\u2019s central wholesale market, uses fresh seafood caught off the coast and serves meals created with Japanese culinary techniques. The specialty dish, monkfish ramen, has its roots in a popular meal at Kappo Ippei, a high-end restaurant that once operated in the city.<\/p>\n


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\u3000Ippei Market Studio is operated by Ten Meal Iwaki, a food service company. Ten Meal executives Masateru Okitsu and his wife Yoko are central in running the restaurant.<\/p>\n


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\u3000Ten Meal decided to start its school meal operations after serving basic hot meals to people affected by the March 2011 disaster. The company heard that locals wanted to see the reopening of an eatery at the market that closed after the quake, in the hope that it would inject vitality into the market. Ten Meal decided to participate in the project and began preparing to open the restaurant.<\/p>\n


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\u3000Kappo Ippei was an establishment that had been popular with visitors from around Fukushima and further afield. The restaurant opened in 1938 but was forced to close when customer numbers dwindled following the 2011 earthquake and ensuing accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Some members of Ten Meal\u2019s management had connections with Kappo Ippei before their company was established, and Masateru also trained there as a chef.<\/p>\n


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\u3000Preparations to open Ippei Market Studio were buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the restaurant had a soft opening for market officials in December in 2025. It finally threw open its doors for business on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n


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\u3000\u201cThe monkfish hotpot was synonymous with Kappo Ippei,\u201d Yoko, 49, said with a smile. \u201cWe took those flavors and made them into a ramen so that people can easily enjoy that taste.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\u3000Ippei Market Studio also serves set and boxed meals, and the menu is decided based on the catch landed at the market that day.<\/p>\n


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\u3000\u201cI hope we can play our part in reinvigorating this area through our food,\u201d said Masateru, 49.<\/p>\n


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\u3000The restaurant, which is on the market\u2019s second floor, is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The monkfish ramen is scheduled to be available through the end of March.<\/p>\n


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